Bitcoin holdings of public companies have surged in 2021
The amount of BTC held by public companies has gained significant market share from that held in spot ETFs since Microstrategy’s “Bitcoin for Corporations” conference during Feb 2021. The quantity of Bitcoin held by private corporations has increased significantly during 2021, building on increases from the previous year. In a Jan. 3 tweet, on-chain analyst Willy Woo claimed that public companies holding “significant BTC have gained market share from spot ETFs as a way to access BTC exposure on public equity markets”. This has been more noticeable since MicroStrategy's "Bitcoin for....
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Public companies hold more than $3.6 billion worth of Bitcoin, technology research Kevin Rooke found. Technology researcher Kevin Rooke has been tracking the Bitcoin (BTC) holdings of public companies throughout the past two years. According to Rooke, public firms now hold over $3.6 billion worth of BTC.In 2019, public companies had merely 20,000 BTC on their books. This figure has increased to 105,837 BTC in 12 months. Rooke said:“Last year, public companies held fewer than 20,000 BTC on their balance sheets. Today, 19 public companies hold 105,837 BTC on their balance sheets, valued at....
Tesla remains one of the public companies with the largest bitcoin holdings in the world. The automotive manufacturer had purchased bitcoin which was made public by CEO Elon Musk at a conference. Since then, the company has maintained its position in the digital asset, revealing that it had no intentions of selling its holdings. This […]
Bitcoin futures exchange Bakkt is going public via a merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) created for taking startup firms public. Both companies have now confirmed the transaction, and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under a new name – Bakkt Holdings Inc., – sometime in the second quarter of 2021. Rumours about the deal have swelled since early January. After the merger, Bakkt is expected to have an enterprise value of $2.1 billion, the company announced on Jan. 11. Bakkt was founded by Intercontinental....
Data shows public Bitcoin miners dumped around 14.6k BTC during the month of June, which is about 25% of their total holdings. Bitcoin Public Miners Capitulate As Mining Revenues Stay Quite Low As per the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, BTC miners sold almost 400% of their production during the last month. Miners pay off their electricity bills, expansions, and other running costs using dollars. As such, the USD value of their Bitcoin rewards is the more relevant metric for them. Since the price of the crypto has been in a state of decline during the last few months, times have....
As Bakkt prepares to be listed on the NYSE, even more crypto companies could be going public in the future. Digital assets marketplace Bakkt is set to go public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021, which could pave the way for more cryptocurrency service providers to follow suit. The Intercontinental Exchange announced on Jan. 11 that its cryptocurrency marketplace Bakkt would soon be listed on the NYSE public stock market. This will be done through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings.The shell company will be used to merge with Bakkt in....