Bitcoin OG Says You 'Aren't Bullish Enough'

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Bitcoin OG Says You ‘Aren’t Bullish Enough’ – Crypto News

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1 year ago

February 20, 2025

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With Bitcoin (BTC) crashing to $95k despite high investor interest, ETF success, and a reserve in the discussion, the question arose about what was going wrong. However, a famous crypto analyst, or OG, has asked investors to overlook this and focus on why they aren’t bullish enough. In this blog, let us discuss what this means.

Why This Bitcoin OG Claims Investors Aren’t Bullish Enough?

BTC is the biggest cryptocurrency in the market and follows a particular cycle revolving around halving. Based on this cycle, many Bitcoin price predictions have been made, with one being that it would surpass $200k by the end of 2025. Interestingly, amid these bullish beliefs, crypto analyst Adam Black claims people aren’t bullish enough

Back highlighted the massive difference between BTC’s supply and demand in an X post, making a strong bullish case. He argues that sellers can only sell once, while ongoing buy pressure is 4- 5 times the mined tokens.

Additionally, he adds that the crypto exchanges’ Bitcoin supply is shrinking. This means the number of available tokens for trading is reducing, but people’s demand is growing. When supply is lower than demand, the price increases. Back emphasizes that people underestimate BTC’s potential and should be more bullish.

Institutions Are Buying Faster Than BTC Can Be Mined

Interestingly, Adam Backs’s claims are based on the calculation of Coindesk analyst James Van Straten. In an X post, he pointed out that the correct stats for institutional accumulation are higher than those for mining.

According to Straten, since the last halving on April 20, Microstrategy, US ETFs, public miners, private companies, short-term buy pressure, long-term holders, and BTC moved from exchanges, long-term exchange pressure, and general miner balance pressure have accumulated 449,492 tokens, which is 3.26 times the mined supply since the recent halving, which is only 137,700 tokens.

More importantly, this demand level is a tailwind for this BTC’s price as sell-side liquidity dries up.

Institutional Adoption is Just Getting Started

Although the hype and accumulation are extravagant already, they are just the start. Analysts claim that the institutes are piling into Bitcoin with everything they can. A crypto analyst, Sam Callahan, reveals that the 13F filings are all focused on BTC.

According to his findings, in Q4 2024, around 1,573 institutions, including hedge funds, banks, pension funds, asset managers, and others, were exposed to Bitcoin. However, these institutions made up just 0.13% of their portfolios, indicating that the adoption or accumulation of this digital asset is in the early stages.

Overall, these 13F filings show how BTC is emerging as an institutional-grade asset. It’s now large and liquid enough to accommodate these investors. As new investment vehicles hit the market, these firms will have more ways to gain exposure to BTC, and adoption will gain steam.

This circles back to OG’s comment that people are not bullish enough on this asset.

Former Binance CEO adds ‘The Choice is Yours, Man’

Even the former Binance CEO, who came forward to help TST and Broccoli victims, has added a similar take. CZ weighed in, saying:

“You can buy Bitcoin after or before the US government is done buying it. There is no other choice.” The message is clear—this is a one-way train, and institutions are just beginning to pile in.

This clearly presents this digital asset’s potential, as it is being bought at three times the mining rate. Moreover, BTC’s shrinking exchange supply and skyrocketing adoption make the most significant case for its bullishness and upcoming rallies.

However, this is just anticipation right now. It may vary due to macroeconomic trends, global regulations, and changing market trends. Instead of following FOMO, investors must indulge in DYOR and research further.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Bitcoin OG Adam Back claims that investors underestimate BTC’s potential, even when an extremely bullish case is building.

According to James Van Straten, institutions have accumulated approximately 449,492 BTC, which is 3.26 times the total supply of mined BTC (137,700 BTC).

CZ emphasized the growing institutional demand for Bitcoin and encouraged others to buy it soon.