In a recent turn of events, Arkham Intelligence has unveiled asset manager Grayscale’s astounding Bitcoin transfers since the launch of Bitcoin ETFs on January 11. Reportedly, Grayscale has moved a total of 266,470 Bitcoins out of their wallets for GBTC redemptions.
At the current rate of redemptions, GBTC runs out of Bitcoin to sell in 96 DAYS.
Since GBTC started trading as an ETF on 11th January, Grayscale has transferred 266.47K BTC out of their wallets for GBTC redemptions.
That’s a rate of 25.9K BTC per week. pic.twitter.com/tMT7T73ena
— Arkham (@ArkhamIntel) March 23, 2024
According to the surprising estimations of Arkham Intelligence, GBTC’s Bitcoin holdings will exhaust in 96 days at the current rate of redemptions. The platform added that the transfer of BTC marks a rate of 25.9K BTC per week.
Source: Arkham Intelligence
Chinese crypto journalist Colin Wu has recently drawn the readers’ attention to Arkham Intelligence’s insights on Grayscale’s Bitcoin transfer and the potential exhaustion of BTC holdings. On his official Wu Blockchain page on X, Wu asserted that Grayscale is considering “lowering fees and launching mini ETFs.”
According to Arkham, Grayscale has transferred 266,470 Bitcoins out of wallets for GBTC redemptions since GBTC began trading as an ETF on January 11. At the current rate, GBTC will exhaust its Bitcoin holdings in 96 days. Grayscale is considering lowering fees and launching mini…
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) March 24, 2024
Recently, Grayscale CEO Michale Sonnenshein assured that the platform’s Grayscale Bitcoin ETF Trust ETF, GBTC, would plummet in price over time. He stated, “I’ll happily confirm that, over time, as this market matures, the fees on GBTC will come down.” Further, he added,
We have seen this in countless other exposures, countless other markets, you name it, where typically when products are earlier in their lifecycle, when they’re new to be introduced, these [fees] tend to be higher. And, as those markets mature, and as those funds grow, those fees tend to come down, and we expect the same to be true of GBTC.”
Meanwhile, Bitcoin is trading at a price much lower than its new all-time high of $73,700. At press time, Bitcoin was priced at $64,367, marking a slight increase of 0.47% in the last 24 hours and 2.15% in 7 days. Despite the daily and weekly declines, Bitcoin experienced a monthly surge of 26.16%.
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