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Strategies & Market Trends : Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

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Glenn Petersen
To: Elroy who wrote (2452)2/7/2021 3:23:00 PM
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does it probably mean pushing Bitcoin up to $162,000 price would take 10x the buying power of the 2017 run


Institutions (e.g. ETFs, hedge funds) and companies like Microstrategy are probably dwarfing individual investments in Bitcoin. BTC is now 711 Billion which is a drop in the bucket compared to other investment vehicles like stocks, real estate, debt and derivatives:

visualcapitalist.com

CategoryValue ($ Billions, USD)Source
Silver$44World Silver Survey 2019
Cryptocurrencies (edit-now $1,183)$244CoinMarketCap
Global Military Spending$1,782World Bank
U.S. Federal Deficit (FY 2020)$3,800U.S. CBO (Projected, as of April 2020)
Coins & Bank Notes$6,662BIS
Fed's Balance Sheet$7,037U.S. Federal Reserve
The World's Billionaires$8,000Forbes
Gold$10,891World Gold Council (2020)
The Fortune 500$22,600Fortune 500 (2019 list)
Stock Markets$89,475WFE (April 2020)
Narrow Money Supply$35,183CIA Factbook
Broad Money Supply$95,698CIA Factbook
Global Debt$252,600IIF Debt Monitor
Global Real Estate$280,600Savills Global Research (2018 est.)
Global Wealth$360,603Credit Suisse
Derivatives (Market Value)$11,600BIS (Dec 2019)
Derivatives (Notional Value)$558,500BIS (Dec 2019)
Derivatives (Notional Value - High end)$1,000,000Various sources (Unofficial)

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