The most important distinction between the 2020 halving and the 2024 halving is skyrocketing institutional demand. Previous to the earlier halving, establishments have been on the sidelines. The market was dominated by retail buyers. Since then, the market dynamic has drastically shifted. As one instance, MicroStrategy didn’t make its first BTC buy till August 2020. As of April 2024, the corporate reportedly holds 214, 246 BTC (roughly $13.625 billion). Of the 21 million bitcoins that can ever exist, round 12.27% presently belong to publicly traded and personal corporations, ETFs and nations.
