RE: Raoul pal18 Dec 2021 18:04
It’s really amusing reading some posts on here, considering this is a stock market bb, I would of thought most would understand. I will try to throw my 2 cents into the debate. Every thing on LSE is supply and demand.
That’s are 21 million bitcoins in total.
18.7 million have been mined so far.
So around 2 million are left.
According to a recent study by the New York Times, almost 20% of Bitcoins are trapped in inaccessible wallets. The total value of these trapped Bitcoins is estimated to be around $140 billion. These Bitcoins will likely stay trapped indefinitely, which affects the total supply of Bitcoins in circulation.
My point is, it is inevitable for btc to rise and rise as the supply gets smaller and smaller. It’s not by chance, the Bank of England warned that btc could become worthless. You have to understand, he said could, I could climb Mount Everest but I’m not going to. He was worried about crypto becoming a threat to established financial systems.
Assuming that Bitcoin remains popular, the limited supply and investment value will tempt people to use Bitcoin as an investment commodity rather than for transactional use.
HODLers and retail investors will hoard Bitcoins in their wallets instead of releasing them. These actions will further decrease the supply and keep Bitcoin’s value high.
Institutional investors are treating Bitcoin as digital gold. Due to Bitcoin’s mining limit, scarcity and potential price increase, institutional investors will use virtual currency as a hedge against inflation, just like they’ve used precious metals in the past.
It is inevitable btc will keep rising. In my humble opinion.