The amount of BTC command by public firms gained important market share from that command in spot ETFs since MicroStrategy’s “Bitcoin for Corporations” conference in February 2021. 


The quantity of Bitcoin (BTC) control by private firms augmented considerably throughout 2021, building on will increase from the previous year. 

In a Monday tweet, on-chain analyst Willy Woo claimed that public firms holding “significant BTC have gained market share from spot ETFs as how to access BTC exposure on public equity markets.” 

This has been a lot of noticeable since MicroStrategy’s “Bitcoin for Corporations” conference on February. 3 and 4, 2021. the web seminar aimed to explain the legal considerations for corporations seeking to integrate Bitcoin into their businesses and reserves. 

Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy may be a leading business intelligence firm and is understood for being significantly optimistic on BTC, owning virtually $6 billion in crypto assets. 

On Thursday, Saylor’s firm purchased an extra 1,914 BTC value $94 million. the corporate has gained over $2.1 billion in profit since its initial Bitcoin purchase in August 2020. 

Woo documented a chart of BTC holdings within exchange-traded funds (ETF) and public company treasuries on the market for public possession via equity markets, supported crowdsourced company treasury information. 

Spot ETFs hold BTC, as critical futures, within which firms purchase exposure via contracts from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange futures market. 

The data shows that digital currency quality management company Grayscale had gained the best market share by a landslide at 645,199 BTC by the tip of 2021. This took up 71% of the broader market as holdings of all spot ETFs and firms together totaled 903,988 BTC according to the chart. 

( Keira Wright, Cointelegraph, 2022)