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PayPal, Square, Grayscale Pave The Way to Bitcoin (BTC) Supply Crisis: Analyst Charles Edwards

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Fri, 6/11/2020 - 14:34
PayPal, Square, Grayscale Pave The Way to Bitcoin (BTC) Supply Crisis: Analyst Charles Edwards
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Charles Edwards, founder and CEO of Capriole Investments, a firm tasked with digital assets analysis, revealed the processes that could bring crypto markets to the most massive sell-side liquidity crisis in history.

Bitcoin (BTC) miners are failing to keep up with institution-driven greed

According to estimates shared by Mr. Edwards in his recent Twitter thread, institutions sell more Bitcoins (BTC) than miners manage to produce in the corresponding period.

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In Q3, 2020, Jack Dorsey's Square sold 163,000 Bitcoins (BTC), while all miners of the flagship cryptocurrency managed to receive 81,000 Bitcoins (BTC) as a reward.

Meanwhile, Square is very far from alone in its interest in selling Bitcoins (BTC) to retail clients. PayPal, which added cryptocurrencies support in October of this year with much fanfare, significantly outperforms Square in terms of Bitcoin (BTC) sells.

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Another Bitcoin-focused corporate giant, Grayscale Investments, increased its Bitcoin Trust volume to $7.24 bln. At press time, Bitcoin (BTC) constitutes 84 percent of Grayscale's massive crypto allocation.

Institutions go all in on crypto

Should this activity remain so aggressive, it may bring Bitcoin (BTC) to a supply crisis, Mr. Edwards concludes. In a nutshell, there will be no more Bitcoins (BTC) in circulation to sell.

Q3, 2020, was a crucial period in terms of Bitcoin (BTC) adoption by corporations. Seasoned Bitcoin (BTC) proponent Rodolfo Novak, who goes by @nvk on Twitter, launched the Bitcoin Treasuries project to track corporate-driven activity on the Bitcoin (BTC) scene.

According to this resource, corporations own 811,233 Bitcoins (BTC), or 3.86 percent of its total supply.

Bitcoin (BTC) is not the only digital asset that attracts the attention of giants. For instance, Grayscale reported that its Ethereum (ETH) trust surpassed $1 bln in volume on Nov. 6.

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