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1 year: Impact of Institutional accumulations on Bitcoin prices

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In this post, we have attempted to cover some of the major institutional accumulations that has happened in Bitcoin since June 2020.

Bitcoin's rise over the past 1 year has been phenomenal. The rise does not only mean in terms of prices, but also as an attractive asset class that provides a much-needed diversification. During the pandemic, the response towards Bitcoin has been nothing short of extraordinary. Both institutional investors and retail traders understood the importance of Bitcoin in building long term wealth.

The data presented in this analysis has been researched and curated from different portals such as Tradingview, Coindesk, Forbes and Twitter. We have reviewed five different dates where the volumes have spiked up massively owing to news surrounding accumulation of institutional investors.

It should be noted that the dates mentioned here reflect the news coming to limelight regarding the accumulation. It does not necessarily imply that all the accumulation happened on that exact day.

02nd June 2020: BTC closed at $9525.73

Fidelity Investments stated in their report that the number of institutions buying Crypto derivatives products has more than doubled.

27th July 2020: BTC closed at $11,046.19

Report shows Bitcoin futures surging past 186% as institutional accumulation of the underlying continues at a massive pace. BTC jumps up above 11k.

20th October 2020: BTC closed at $12,802.67

Paypal announces its acceptance of Bitcoin for payments. This time the accumulation is fuelled from both institutional and retail end.

17th December 2020: BTC closed at $22,814.24

Grayscale investments increased their Bitcoin holdings by double digit figures over the past few months. Bitcoin shot up by approximately 7% following the report.

29th January 2021: BTC closed at $34,249.64

Carthie Wood's ARK publish that Bitcoin climb unto 400K as hedge funds and several other institutions are steadily increasing their Bitcoin and crypto holdings.

Another interesting piece that has come up very recently is MicroStrategy , a business analytics firm has purchased around 13,005 Bitcoins, amounting to approximately $489 million, on Monday, 21st June 2021.
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