It was revealed that 92.7% of institutional bitcoin (BTC) reserves are held by companies based in the USA

Companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges continue to rapidly increase their bitcoin holdings. According to the latest data published by the platform Unfolded, the total number of bitcoins held by publicly traded companies in the U.S. has reached 1.24 million $BTC. This figure represents 92.7% of the total volume of bitcoin reserves held by publicly traded companies worldwide.

The data shows that companies from the U.S. are unequivocal leaders in institutional bitcoin ownership, with purchase volumes reaching impressive levels over the past year. Accordingly, companies whose shares are traded on American exchanges added 510,000 $BTC to their portfolios over the last 12 months.

One of the most striking aspects of this growth is that the volume of purchases significantly exceeded the volume of new bitcoins produced during the same period. According to Unfolded data, the volume of bitcoins acquired by publicly traded U.S. companies over the past year is more than three times the volume of new $BTC produced by miners during the same period. This indicates that institutional demand is increasingly impacting bitcoin's supply.

In recent years, institutional bitcoin purchases, particularly those initiated by Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), have accelerated, prompting many companies to include this digital asset on their balance sheets. Alongside this, many public companies operating in the energy, technology, and financial sectors have begun to consider bitcoin as a long-term reserve asset.

Analysts note that intense institutional purchases could reduce the volume of bitcoins in circulation and affect price dynamics in the long term. They particularly emphasize that if institutional demand maintains its current level, especially after the halving when the production of new bitcoins decreases, the supply-demand balance could deteriorate further.

*This is not investment advice.