Bitcoin Institutional Demand Points to Higher BTC Prices Next
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Key points: Coinbase’s institutional Bitcoin trading volume hits 75%, something that has always seen the BTC price rise a week later. Institutions are buying a lot more Bitcoin than is being mined daily. Risk assets are finding reasons to be bullish again as the US economic policy outlook improves. Bitcoin (BTC) is due for fresh gains within a week as institutions step up BTC buying, new analysis predicts. In an X post on Wednesday, Charles Edwards, founder of crypto quantitative digital asset fund Capriole Investments, pointed to booming outflows from US exchange Coinbase. Analysis: Institutions should spark fresh BTC price gains Bitcoin is once more a target for institutional buyers as US inflation cools and markets see lower interest rates next month. Capriole data showed that on Tuesday, 75% of Coinbase’s volume came from institutional players. “All readings above 75% have seen higher prices one week later,” he noted. BTC/USD chart with Coinbase institutional volume share. Source: Charles Edwards/X Capriole calculates institutional “excess demand” this week as 600% of the number of the roughly 450 BTC mined daily. BTC/USD chart with institutional demand vs new BTC supply. Source: Capriole Investments Bitcoin corporate treasuries alone added 810 BTC to their holdings Tuesday, with Monday’s tally even larger at nearly 3,000 BTC. BTC/USD one-day chart with treasury buys and sells. Source: Capriole Investments Bitcoin benefits from Fed rate-cut optimism The moves accompanied lower-than-expected US Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for July and a BTC price push toward all-time highs. Related: Ethereum hits new multiyear high as Tom Lee’s BitMine plans $20B ETH raise Asked why institutions “went crazy” as a result, Edwards drew specific attention to the outlook for interest rates. “Because yesterday inflation was as expected, which means it’s a certainty the Fed will cut rates next month, and probably 3…
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