During the 12 months, public companies, private companies, exchange-traded funds, and even countries have added bitcoin to their balance sheets. As of July 17, 2022, the aforementioned types of entities hold approximately 1,325,396 bitcoins worth $27. 84 billion today. However, the number of coins stored in bitcoin treasuries has dropped since June 5, 2021, by approximately 102,045 bitcoins worth $2.1 billion.
Bitcoin Balance sheet Data Slides Starting at 1. 42 million to 1. 32 Million
Last year, bitcoin (BTC) saw a significant rise in U.S. dollar value reaching $64K in April and $69K in November. Since the $69K price high, bitcoin has shed close to 70% in value against the U.S. dollar during the past eight months. Year-to-date bitcoin (BTC) is down 33.8% against the U.S. dollar.
In 2021, numerous headlines discussed the growing list of bitcoin treasuries stemming from the likes of publicly listed and private firms. Companies like Microstrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) started the trend and the list includes firms like Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA), Block Inc. (NYSE: SQ), and Galaxy Digital (TSE: GLXY).
Bitcoin Treasuries list screenshot on July 17, 2022.
As the months continued last year, bitcoin and a number of other crypto assets tapped all-time price highs, and countries like El Salvador added BTC to their balance sheets. Over a year ago today or 13 months ago, on June 5, approximately 1,427,441 bitcoins were stored by public companies, private companies, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and countries.
At that time last year, the 1. 42 million BTC was worth $78,387,515,121 using bitcoin exchange rates on June 5 ($36.3K per unit). Today, there’s a lot less BTC held in bitcoin treasuries as the list currently shows 1,325,396 bitcoins are currently owned by firms and countries. Year-to-date metrics on June 5, 2021, indicate that bitcoin (BTC) was up 284.2% against the U.S. dollar.
The value of that stash today is only worth $27. 84 billion and the 102,045 BTC that were sold are currently worth $2.1 billion. Recorded data from the Bitcoin Treasuries list via archive.org shows there were 33 publicly-listed companies that held BTC on their balance sheets on June 5, 2021.
Today, there’s 38 public firms that hold bitcoin in their treasuries and they collectively hold 262,695 BTC worth $5.5 billion. Last year there were four private companies that held BTC and now there’s seven.
Last year when there were four companies, they collectively held 317,383 BTC but today, the seven private companies collectively hold 174,381 BTC. The Tezos Foundation had 24,808 BTC in reserves but today, the private entity holds 17,500 BTC.
Stone Ridge Holdings Group held 10,889 BTC and now holds approximately 10,000 bitcoins. Last year, Ukraine was listed on Bitcoin Treasuries list with 46,351 BTC and that number is still consistent with today’s records. It should be noted that the Bitcoin Treasuries list may not be entirely accurate and any ‘who owns the bitcoins’ lists should be taken with a grain of salt.
What’s new to the list is El Salvador’s 2,380 BTC, Finland’s 1,981 BTC, and the government of Georgia’s 66 BTC. Cypherpunk Holdings once held 360 BTC according to the Bitcoin Treasuries list in June 2021, but today the publicly listed firm holds zero after selling all of its BTC and ETH.
It is possible that any bitcoins sold from the archive.org stash were traded for higher prices than today. In fact, from the $36.3K per unit price in June 2021, the BTC could have been sold near the top at $69K. Bitcoins sold after the November price high would still be above today’s USD value.
What do you think about the number of public and private companies, ETFs, and countries that hold bitcoin on their balance sheets in comparison to a year ago? Please comment below to let us know your thoughts on this topic.
Jamie Redman
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The malfunction allowed 32 wallets to claim 623M PYBOBO within 4 seconds.
The event emptied nearly all the 625M reward pool almost instantly.
The glitch coincides with OKB’s price underperformance.
The virtual currency sector recorded another sell-off on Friday as Bitcoin lost 10% in the past 24 hours to press time’s $81,865.
The global crypto market cap stands at $2.81 trillion after a 10% decline over the last day.
Amidst the broader bloodbath, OKX’s native token suffered the most as the downside coincided with OKX facing new scrutiny after an unexpected contract glitch in its recent Boost reward campaign.
A planned distribution of PYBOBO coins ended up with nearly all the pool drained within four minutes, and it wasn’t the massive demand as earlier thought.
🚨UPDATE: OKX’s PYBOBO Reward Pool drained in seconds.
Users report massive claims cleared almost instantly, showing the insane demand and liquidity frenzy. pic.twitter.com/mER1GrLeRJ
OKX’s token underperformed the overall cryptocurrency market in the past 24 hours.
It dipped from $115 to $94 during this writing, and over 18% dip on its daily price chart.
OKB experienced intensified selling pressure as the news of contract malfunctioning spread.
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On-chain stats show that 32 addresses claimed 623 million PYBOBO coins, wiping nearly all the 625 million allocated for the distribution event.
The most striking thing is that the entire sweep took only four seconds, catching the team and participants unaware.
Notably, a multifunction within the OKX Boost claim contract seems to have permitted abnormal, rapid claims, allowing a few addresses to receive far more PYBOBO tokens than initially planned.
OKLink identified a particular wallet that claimed 37.847 million tokens, worth roughly $18,600.
Nevertheless, what’s striking is how fast the pool evaporated, with 99.68% of rewards gone by the time the ream noticed the glitch.
The event’s nature indicates an unintended move that propelled distributions well beyond their specified limits.
OKX Wallets halts claiming amid investigations
The team acknowledged the issue immediately after the reports emerged and confirmed delaying PYBOBO claiming until after resolving the contract issuer.
Claiming for PYBOBO rewards will be postponed.
We’ll provide updates here once the issue has been resolved.
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Binance ecosystem’s native coin BNB, is amongthe top losers in the crypto market today.
The altcoin has seen bears push prices to near $800.
As altcoins mirror Bitcoin, the BNB price could plummet well below the intraday lows.
BNB is under pressure as a broader market downturn puts the token near the $800 support level.
With market turmoil likely to trigger further losses amid profit taking and heightened risk aversion, the BNB price could risk extending the dip across the past month beyond -24%.
Meanwhile, the total crypto market capitalization is down by 9% to below $2.9 trillion.
The global daily volume is up 43% to over $256 billion as Ethereum, Solana and other tokens plummet.
Another leg down could be bad news for BNB.
BNB price performance today
BNB’s intraday volatility has been stark.
After the token opened at around $866, bulls briefly managed a retest of $904.
However, intensified selling across the market triggered fresh selling to extend losses seen on Thursday.
The nearly 10% dip saw BNB price hover to lows of $805.
Meanwhile, daily trading volume surged 49% to over $4.39 billion, a metric that signalled increased selling pressure.
This breaching of crucial support levels adds to the vulnerability that has built since the token’s plunge below the psychological $1,000 mark.
In the past 24 hours, crypto traders have witnessed a brutal liquidation cascade.
Over $2 billion in leveraged positions have been wiped out, and while Bitcoin and Ethereum lead, a notable portion is across BNB bets.
Data from Coinglass reveals $8.3 million in liquidations for BNB.
BNB price falls after ecosystem hack
On Nov. 20, the BNB Chain ecosystem suffered a setback.
Per blockchain security platforms, the Binance platform saw the decentralized payment finance protocol GANA Payment fall victim to a sophisticated exploit.
The result – a $3.1 million drain from its contracts and liquidity pools.
The BNB token fell amid crypto market reaction to the news.
Further weakness linked to macroeconomic fears combined with a technical breakdown to extinguish the bulls’ glimmer of hope.
The bounce to $903 suggests not all is bleak, but to lift the lid of gloom, buyers have to take control.
Binance coin price outlook
Given Relative Strength Index is at 27 on the daily chart, it signals oversold conditions.
However, the downsloping outlook of the RSI indicates there’s room for bears to dominate further.
The Moving Average Convergence Divergence, or MACD, also paints a bearish picture.
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