holders, miners, buying,

Retailers buying more bitcoin than miners can supply

Jul 09, 2023 · 1 min read · 230 points
Retailers buying more bitcoin than miners can supply
Share this

Retail holders with less than 1 bitcoin, referred to as "shrimps," are accumulating more coins than miners can issue every month

Highlights

  • Retail holders with less than 1 bitcoin, referred to “shrimps,” are accumulating more coins than miners can issue every month.
  • Shrimps are stacking an average of 33,800 bitcoin (BTC) monthly.
  • This is the highest dollar-value accumulation since the peak of the bull market.
  • Miners are sending approximately $105 million worth of bitcoin to exchanges, the second largest USD-denominated transfer on record.
  • The number of unique addresses holding over 1 BTC surpassed 1 million for the first time in May 2023.
  • Bitcoin’s dominance is around 50% of the total crypto market cap, according to Glassnode data shows.

Read the original article

Join Newsletter
Get the latest news right in your inbox. We never spam!