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increase in crypto price described in this post happened in the past, and linked to a crypto market context that is completely different today. there is no guarantee that crypto price will go up again.
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Last update: Mar 22, 2026
Summary
1- Category
2- Utility
3- Market capitalization
4- Ecosystem
5- Distribution
6- Stakeholders
6-A- Asset managers - ETFs
6-B- Community
6-C- Developers
6-D- Holders
6-D-1- Holders - Corporate treasuries
6-D-2- Holders - Governments
6-D-3- Holders - individuals
6-D-3-a- Holders - individuals - Large holders
6-D-3-b- Holders - individuals - Small holders
7- influencers
8- Crypto mining companies
9- Bitcoin ups and downs
9-a- Why Bitcoin go down ?
9-b- Why Bitcoin go up ?
10- To monitor
11- where to trade Bitcoin?
11-A- Crypto exchanges by country:
12- How to stay informed about Bitcoin?
12-a- Bitcoin News:
12-b- Limited access / require subscription:
Summary
Any investment is risky, but Bitcoin is the safest and the most transparent crypto to invest in, any trading beginner should hold some bitcoins. For a $1.48T market capitalization, there is a LOT at stake. i would say that a good understanding of bitcoin technology, business and economics is not enough to be successful in bitcoin trading. from a speculative perspective you need to understand the relationship between politics, the media and the stakeholders.
i think that the united states next presidential election campaigns scheduled for Nov 2028 can (probably, i'm not sure) push the price again to $130k, if this is true, it means that today bitcoin at $70$ is a good deal, and again no one really knows.
Many risk-conscious investors limit crypto holdings exposure to such assets to a small share of their total portfolio value, often around 2% — as a risk-management practice. depending on the size of your portfolio.
As the leading cryptocurrency in the market, Bitcoin is very well documented and has dedicated:
- News outlets
- Data analytics
- social media communities
- Non-profit organizations,....
The job is already done, this post will provide links to other important online sources, some very rapid analysis and opinion on how to trade Bitcoin. Bitcoin is still risky, but it is the most legitimate cryptocurrency in the market, green lighted by many regulators and institutional. Consider allocating 2% of an entire crypto portfolio, depending on the size of the portfolio.
1- Category
Bitcoin is a consensus network that enables a new payment system and a completely digital money. It is the first decentralized peer-to-peer payment network that is powered by its users with no central authority or middlemen. From a user perspective, Bitcoin is pretty much like cash for the internet. Bitcoin can also be seen as the most prominent triple entry bookkeeping system in existence.
2- Utility
- payment,
- investment,......
3- Market capitalization
According to coinmarketcap.com Bitcoin is the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization with $1.48T.
4- Ecosystem
the Bitcoin ecosystem is a large one and can not be shortly described in this post, it is now a global phenomenon with organization operating in the local, national, regional, continental and global levels.
5- Distribution
Data in the following table is from bitbo.io.
| Holders | Number of BTC | % |
|---|---|---|
| ETFs | 1,492,414 | 7.11% |
| individuals - Large holders | 1,218,288 | 5.80% |
| Public companies | 1,131,857 | 5.39% |
| Gov | 518,526 | 2.47% |
| Private companies | 431,260 | 2.05% |
| DeFi | 267,236 | 1.27% |
| Mining companies | 126,786 | 0.60% |
| individuals - Small holders | 14,817,426.75 | 70.56% |
| Circulating supply | 20,003,793.75 | 95.26% |
| Not yet mined | 996,206.25 | 4.74% |
| Capped Supply | 21,000,000 | 100% |
6- Stakeholders
6-A- Asset managers - ETFs
Asset managers do not hold Bitcoin directly, they are financial services providers, buying Bitcoin for their clients. if banks are keeping their clients CASH accounts, asset managers are keeping their clients ASSETS accounts.
Over the years, Asset managers accumulate a list of clients accounts, which make them an important assets distribution channel for any issuer.
The chances for a new Bitcoin ETF (Exchange traded funds) issuance to fail are relatively low, and basically any asset manager in the world should offer its own Bitcoin ETF when ever the local regulation allow it.
A list of Bitcoin ETFs is available in this LINK.
6-B- Community
Among all cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin has the most faithful crypto community. it is a very enthusiastic community, spending a lot of energy in defending Bitcoin, spreading knowledge, discussion, news gathering, ....
To have an idea about how the Bitcoin community work you can visit its reddit community page
6-C- Developers
Developers can contribute to the bitcoin project on github by submitting a BIP (bitcoin improvement proposal), but first they should gather feedback from the community on this mailing list, basically a BIP can increase bitcoin utility, pushing the price of bitcoin up.
6-D- Holders
A list of Bitcoin holders is available in this LINK.
6-D-1- Holders - Corporate treasuries
Bitcoin corporate treasuries are mainly designed to strengthen the balance sheet with the goal of making money from the increase of BTC value in the future, it is actually a tool that can be used by CEOs and CFOs to solve some financial communication problems, improving relations with investors, analysts,.... a list of other reasons why would a company hold bitcoins can be found in this LINK.
6-D-2- Holders - Governments
Bitcoin holdings by governments are not the result of an investment but came from law enforcement operations conducted or can be conducted by agencies such as FBI, NCA, EUROPOL, INTERPOL,... The bitcoin are seized from criminal groups conducting illegal activities such as Cybercrime, money laundering,...
6-D-3- Holders - individuals
individuals are the largest group of bitcoin holders, owning +70% of total bitcoin in circulation, and they are split in two sub groups of holders: large holders and small holders.
6-D-3-a- Holders - individuals - Large holders
Large bitcoin holders are historic owners who were exposed early to bitcoin because of their occupation, all are mainly technology entrepreneurs:
| individual | Occupation | Major Brand |
|---|---|---|
| satoshi Nakamoto | Developer | Bitcoin |
| Winklevoss twins | tech entrepreneur | Gemini |
| tim Draper | Venture capital | Draper Fisher Jurvetson |
| michael Saylor | tech entrepreneur | Strategy |
| changpeng Zhao | tech entrepreneur | Binance |
6-D-3-b- Holders - individuals - Small holders
Small holders are a dispersed group of people with no to few influence on bitcoin market, they include:
- small traders,
- small speculators,
- small investors,...
this is where you belong as a trading beginner.
7- influencers
kevin warsh
kevin warsh is not a social media influencer but a government official in charge of monetary policy, he is expected to replace jerome powell as chair of the board of governors of the federal reserve system starting May 2026. the FED chair is in charge of inflation control, to SIMPLIFY what he can do, i will say that he can :
- - lower interest rate, cheap money will increase demand and push BTC price up,
- - raise interest rate, cash scarcity will increase BTC supply and push the price down,…
Michael Saylor
Michael Saylor is the founder & executive chairman of strategy (MSTR) a publicly traded business intelligence firm & holder of BTC761,068 that he founded in 1989. He is the most active bitcoin holder in the media and has 4.9M followers on twitter and basically can push Bitcoin price up by sharing information about STRATEGY bitcoin purchase, or his enthusiasm for Bitcoin.
8- Crypto mining companies
Miners are the most important stakeholders in the Bitcoin market, as data centers operators producing Bitcoin through mining operations, they are exposed to energy costs and playing their survival as businesses when ever the price of Bitcoin goes bellow their costs of production.
9- Bitcoin ups and downs
9-a- Why Bitcoin go down ?
A list of possible reasons why Bitcoin go down can be found in this LINK.
9-b- Why Bitcoin go up ?
This section describe increase in price that happened in the past, and linked to a crypto market context that is completely different today. there is no guarantee that crypto price will go up again.
A list of possible reasons why Bitcoin go up can be found in this LINK.
10- To monitor
Bitcoin trading is linked to macro trading, macro is macro economics. it means that one should have a good understanding of how money works, including the relationship that money have with a plethora of other commodities, assets and factors such as :
- - oil price,
- - cost of living,
- - government policy, Tariffs
- - food price,
- - wars,
- - interest rate,
- - unemployment,
- - geopolitics,…
For a trading beginner it's an overkill, but just to give you an idea, traders working in corporate trading rooms are following the economic calendar.
this of course will be useless for a $1k crypto portfolio, but extremely important for a $1B portfolio.
11- where to trade Bitcoin?
11-A- Crypto exchanges by country:
Each country has its own cryptocurrency and money transfer laws, as a beginner you should follow a simple rule which is: open a trading account with a crypto exchange located in your country of residence. Crypto exchanges are not available in all countries, so if your country is not listed bellow, you still can try the exchange available in the next section (12-B-).
Data in the table below is just an extract from the TOS, for official information you should read each crypto exchange TERMS OF SERVICES.
| Country | Exchange | Prohibited |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | notbank.com | USA, Ireland |
| Australia | uptrade.co | Global Brokerage, (min trade size is US$2K) |
| Bolivia | notbank.com | USA, Ireland |
| Brazil | notbank.com | USA, Ireland |
| Chile | notbank.com | USA, Ireland |
| Colombia | notbank.com | USA, Ireland |
| Costa Rica | coinpay.cr | USA, Canada, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Vanuatu |
| Hong Kong | Bitget.com | Canada, Singapore, USA, HK, France, Austria, Germany, Japan |
| Hong Kong | Blofin.com | Canada, Singapore, USA, India, UAE |
| Indonesia | osl.com | read TC |
| Peru | notbank.com | USA, Ireland |
| Seychelles | mexc.com | Canada, Singapore, USA, HK, UK, Malaysia, Kazakhstan |
| Singapore | bingx.com | Canada, Singapore, USA, HK, UK, Netherlands, Panama |
| SVG | bitunix.com | Canada, Singapore, USA, HK, France, UAE, Malaysia, Seychelles |
| UAE | ByBit | Canada, Singapore, USA, HK, France, UK |
| United States | bydfi.com | Canada, Singapore, USA, HK, France, India, Serbia, UAE |
12- How to stay informed about Bitcoin?
Here you can find a list of resources to stay informed about Bitcoin.
12-a- Bitcoin News:
12-b- Limited access / require subscription:
| News Outlet | |
|---|---|
| 1 | bloomberg.com/search?query=bitcoin |
| 2 | forbes.com/search/?q=bitcoin |
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