{"id":30193,"date":"2020-10-16T11:07:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T08:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=30193"},"modified":"2025-08-27T21:02:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T18:02:45","slug":"opinion-institutional-investors-are-creating-a-bitcoin-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/opinion-institutional-investors-are-creating-a-bitcoin-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion: Institutional investors are creating a Bitcoin shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mass accumulation of Bitcoin by institutional investors could lead to a shortage of the first cryptocurrency. This was stated by Dan Tapiero, co-founder of Gold Bullion International and 10T Holdings.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, this will create higher demand for the coin and could push its price higher.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SHORTAGES of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> possible.<\/p>\n<p>Barry\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Grayscale?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Grayscale<\/a> trust is eating up btc like there is no tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>If 77% of all newly mined turns into 110%, it\u2019s lights out.<\/p>\n<p>Non-miner supply will get held off mkt in squeeze.<\/p>\n<p>Shorts will be dead. Price can go to any number. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4S4TrLNH8J\">pic.twitter.com\/4S4TrLNH8J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Tapiero (@DTAPCAP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DTAPCAP\/status\/1316517983670411266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u00abA Bitcoin shortage is possible. Grayscale is absorbing bitcoins as if tomorrow will never come. If 77% of all newly mined Bitcoins turns into 110%, a shortage occurs. Non-mining supply will be constrained by the market. This will destroy short positions and could push Bitcoin\u2019s price to any value\u00bb.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another crypto trader under the nickname light believes that Bitcoin is in the midst of a \u201cliquidity crisis\u201d due to mass retail and institutional accumulation:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Bitcoin is experiencing the beginnings of a sell-side liquidity crisis.<\/p>\n<p>It has always been like oil on crack. Production is entirely inelastic, demand meanwhile, is reflexive. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EDfiYabYpd\">pic.twitter.com\/EDfiYabYpd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 light (@lightcrypto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lightcrypto\/status\/1314793889031577600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u00abBitcoin is experiencing the start of a liquidity crisis on the selling side. Production is completely inelastic, and demand is spontaneous\u00bb, he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As noted recently, major companies have increased their Bitcoin holdings.<\/p>\n<p>In the third quarter <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/grayscales-cryptocurrency-funds-pull-in-a-record-1-05-billion-in-q3\"> totaled<\/a> inflows into Grayscale Investments-managed cryptocurrency funds a record $1.05 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In October, Stone Ridge Holdings Group, which manages assets of $13.4 billion, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/stone-ridge-holdings-group-nydigs-parent-buys-10000-btc\">purchased<\/a> 10,000 BTC (roughly $114 million).<\/p>\n<p>Also, the payments company Square led by Jack Dorsey <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/square-invested-50-million-in-bitcoin\">announced<\/a> a $50 million Bitcoin purchase.<\/p>\n<p>According to a September survey by analytics firm Pureprofile, 45 of 50 pension funds and insurers in the United Kingdom and United States, with assets of $78.4 billion, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/survey-90-of-institutional-investors-plan-to-buy-more-bitcoin\">will increase<\/a> their investments in cryptocurrencies over the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 full news feed, <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mass accumulation of Bitcoin by institutional investors could lead to a shortage of the first cryptocurrency. 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