{"id":133957,"date":"2020-12-31T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T07:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/?p=133957"},"modified":"2020-12-31T02:09:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T20:39:51","slug":"bitcoins-liquidity-crisis-why-its-getting-harder-to-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/bitcoins-liquidity-crisis-why-its-getting-harder-to-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin&#8217;s liquidity crisis? Why it&#8217;s getting harder to buy Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New research indicates 78% of the circulating Bitcoin supply, which is 14.5 million BTC, as being illiquid. <a href=\"https:\/\/insights.glassnode.com\/bitcoin-liquid-supply\/\">According<\/a> to analysts Kilian Heeg and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/n3ocortex\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rafael Schultze-Kraft<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Glassnode, increased perception of Bitcoin as a store of value and hodling activity is reducing liquid bitcoin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illiquid Bitcoin has been increasing this year, which means there will be fewer BTC available in the network to be bought, thus increasing scarcity. The researchers believe that this trend \u201cpaints a potential bullish picture for Bitcoin\u201d in the upcoming months and <a href=\"https:\/\/insights.glassnode.com\/bitcoin-liquid-supply\/\">said:<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding Bitcoin liquidity is an important macro signal that demonstrably has a clear relationship with the BTC&#8217;s price.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further, a shortage of ASIC miners are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyled116\/status\/1344155233883066370\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be another <a href=\"https:\/\/insights.glassnode.com\/bitcoin-liquid-supply\/\">reason<\/a> why there could be a decrease in circulating supply of Bitcoin in the future:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/kyled116\/status\/1344155233883066370<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, Glassnode insight categorized the supply into &#8220;liquid supply,&#8221; which at press time, was 1.2 million BTC and &#8220;illiquid supply&#8221; which is 14.5 million BTC. The third category of &#8220;highly liquid supply&#8221; is 3 million BTC. Therefore, roughly 78% of the circulating Bitcoin supply is illiquid, the analysts deduced:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only 4.2 million BTC (22%) are currently in constant circulation and available for buying and selling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking at the change of supply in each category from the beginning of the year, we can see a clear upwards trend of Bitcoin illiquidity. This is indicates that the present bull market is driven by the staggering amount of illiquidity.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The research team also suggested that over 1 million Bitcoin has become illiquid during 2020:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133959\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133959\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/glassnodes-image-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-133959 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/glassnodes-image-2-1024x436.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/glassnodes-image-2-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/glassnodes-image-2-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/glassnodes-image-2-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/glassnodes-image-2-1536x654.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/glassnodes-image-2.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Source: Glassnode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With regard to liquidity\u2019s relationship with the BTC market the image below shows how illiquid supply decreases during bear markets and increases during bull markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133960\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Glassnodes-Fig-4.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-133960\" src=\"http:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Glassnodes-Fig-4-1024x436.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Glassnodes-Fig-4-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Glassnodes-Fig-4-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Glassnodes-Fig-4-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Glassnodes-Fig-4-1536x654.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Glassnodes-Fig-4.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Source: Glassnode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Illiquid supply is growing more than the total circulating supply and is similar to the bull run of 2017 shown in the image below.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_133961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133961\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Final-glassnodes.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-133961\" src=\"http:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Final-glassnodes-1024x436.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Final-glassnodes-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Final-glassnodes-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Final-glassnodes-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Final-glassnodes-1536x654.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Final-glassnodes.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-133961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image Source: Glassnode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research indicates 78% of the circulating Bitcoin supply, which is 14.5 million BTC, as being illiquid. According to analysts Kilian Heeg and Rafael Schultze-Kraft at Glassnode, increased perception of Bitcoin as a store of value and hodling activity is reducing liquid bitcoin.\u00a0 Illiquid Bitcoin has been increasing this year, which means there will be<a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/bitcoins-liquidity-crisis-why-its-getting-harder-to-bitcoin\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Bitcoin&#8217;s liquidity crisis? 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