Listed Companies' Bitcoin Purchases Hit Record High Last Year..."Governments Will Follow"
Son Min
Summary
- It was reported that Bitcoin purchases by listed companies last year reached an all-time high.
- Currently, more than 70 companies hold a total of $52 billion worth of Bitcoin.
- The analyst predicted that governments will also start purchasing, based on the fact that current purchases amount to 3% of the total Bitcoin supply.
It has been revealed that the amount of Bitcoin (BTC) purchased by listed companies last year reached an all-time high.
On the 12th (local time), Bitwise analyst Ryan Rasmussen announced via X that "Bitcoin purchases by listed companies last year were twice as much as the total purchases of all previous years combined" and that "currently, more than 70 companies hold $52 billion worth of Bitcoin." He added, "This represents about 3% of the total Bitcoin supply" and "eventually, governments will also start buying Bitcoin."
Son Min
sonmin@bloomingbit.ioHello I’m Son Min, a journalist at BloomingBit
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