6% of Total BTC in Circulation Held by Asset Managers and Companies

On Aug 26, 2021 at 2:41 pm UTC by · 2 mins read

Analysts predict that the ultimate Bitcoin will be mined in 2140, with the market supply achieving a peak of 21 Mn coins.

In a data disclosure by Buy Bitcoin Worldwide, approximately six percent of the Bitcoin current market supply is held by asset managers and companies. The data promises a steep increase in the graph for crypto adoption of assets.

According to the data accumulated, more than 800K BTC estimated at $40.1Bn are retained by fourteen Bitcoin fund issuers and asset managers, involving four percent of the crypto supply. Grayscale Bitcoin Trust tops the list by holding on to more than three percent of the coin in circulation and functioning with 654,600 BTC (estimated at $32 Bn). The second place is bagged by Coinshare’s XBT Provider with 48,466 BTC worth $2.3 Bn. Their assets constitute 0.23% of the total supply. The prevailing twelve issuers hold 113,313 BTC or 0.54% of the total supply.

50% of the total Bitcoin accumulated by companies is under the purview of MicroStrategy, which holds 108,992 Bitcoins estimated at 5.3 Bn since the beginning of July.

Elon Musk-led Tesla possesses twenty percent of the Bitcoin accumulated by private firms. Twenty percent of the Bitcoin supply approximates 42,902 BTC (about $2.1 Bn). Private firms have gathered 174,068 BTC ( at $8.5 Mn), constituting 0.83% of Bitcoin’s supply. About eighty percent of BTC collected by private organizations is under the possession of Block. one, where one firm is presently amassing 140,000 BTC worth $6.8 Bn.

The data provider follows thirty-four public organizations that record BTC collection on their balance sheets, constituting one percent of Bitcoin’s supply. Approximate values vary among data providers, however, the Bitcoin Treasuries have estimated $1.4 Mn BTC on balance sheets of asset managers and companies, with 260,000 BTC being assigned to national government sheets.

Analysts predict that the ultimate Bitcoin will be mined in 2140, with the market supply achieving a peak of 21 Mn coins. AT present, 18.8 Mn BTC are in circulation, however, the opportunity to avail the Bitcoins is diminishing as companies and organizations continue to invest in larger market shares of the BTC.

Ethereum, on the other hand, is also experiencing a phase of diminished supply due to its recent London upgrade that has initiated a burn mechanism to the coin’s market. According to a recent report, about 97K Ether estimated at $313.5 Mn were annihilated in twenty-one days since the London upgrade. The mechanism has had severe consequences, with a 35% depletion in the total supply of newly entered Ether.

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