Exchange-traded funds (ETFs), governments and MicroStrategy (MSTR) own nearly one-third of all known Bitcoin (BTC) holdings.
The 31% of known BTC holdings owned by ETFs, governments and MicroStrategy represents a 14% increase from December 2023, according to Ki Young Ju, the founder and chief executive of the digital asset analytics firm CryptoQuant.
[adinserter block="1"]“Bitcoin Cap Table Update: ETFs, governments, and MSTR now account for 31% of all known Bitcoin holdings, up from 14% last year.”
Young Ju also discussed the importance of MicroStrategy’s BTC holdings.
“Different forms of money require distinct gateways.
Bitcoiners should recognize MSTR as a gateway bridging Nasdaq-100 money to Bitcoin.
I don’t understand why some Bitcoiners dislike MSTR. They might raise concerns about self-custody, but very few people actually practice self-custody — just as only a few care about privacy breaches. MSTR’s Bitcoin bank model aligns well with the current adoption level.
If the gateway’s active fund management enables the acquisition of a significant amount of Bitcoin with relatively little capital, that marks the success of a Bitcoin bank.
Of course, there is always the risk of failure, so one should view it as entrusting funds to a bank with the goal of gaining more Bitcoin, using Bitcoin itself as the form of money.”
Bitcoin is trading at $93,895 at time of writing. The top-ranked crypto asset by market cap is down nearly 2% in the past 24 hours.
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