- Bitcoin’s price value could decline in the near term as Grayscale’s GBTC outflow continues to increase.
- Grayscale GBTC outflow soars by $1.5 billion.
Despite the bullish anticipation for Bitcoin’s price from market players, a new development hints that the apex cryptocurrency could record a massive price decline in the long term.
According to Altascap Invest, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust GBTC could record an increase in selling pressure over the next 1-2 months. Subsequently, Bitcoin’s price value could be negatively affected by this development, the investment firm added.
Market players have collectively responded to the report, along with the continued outflow of funds from Grayscale’s GBTC. Colin Wu, a promising cryptocurrency reporter and market analyst is one such figure.
In a recent post shared to his 342,000 followers on X, Colin Wu, popularly known as Wu Blockchain spotlighted comments made by other key figures, along with his sentiments surrounding the ongoing development.
https://x.com/wublockchain/status/1748173832274493507?s=46&t=qzsvHvtDB3yjTaoaylh-2g
As Wu noted, JP Morgan analysts are convinced that the outflow of funds from Grayscale’s GBTC outflows could skyrocket in the coming weeks. Per a recent rewatch report published on Thursday by JP Morgan, an estimated $1.5 billion has already exited the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust GBTC.
JP Morgan speaks on factors driving the outflow
As a result, Bitcoin (BTC) has recorded a 15% decline in price value since the launch of 11 spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) last week. Ironically, market experts expected the price of the apex cryptocurrency to soar with the approval of multiple Spot ETFs. However, the opposite has been the case since these ETFs went live.
JP Morgan has reckoned that GBTC investors, most of whom had been buying the GBTC fund at a notable discount, had already begun taking full profit since the fund was converted to an ETF. A significant number of these investors are not only ignoring the potential to secure profits from a cheaper sport Bitcoin ETF but are making a collective decision to exit the Bitcoin space.
Despite the bearish market chaos currently being recorded in the market, analysts like Coin Wu are convinced that the long-term benefits could outweigh the current market losses.
Upholding the bullish position that many market players had taken in the previous year, Wu believes that the launch of a Bitcoin Spot ETF could be beneficial to the market in the long term.
“Most of the time, people tend to overestimate the short-term impact and underestimate the long-term influence. The launch of Bitcoin spot ETFs is a milestone, the first gateway to introducing crypto assets into the core of financial assets. Looking back after many years, this will undoubtedly be seen as a lasting and long-term positive development.” He wrote.
At report time, Bitcoin is trading for $40,876, although trading volume has soared by nearly 50% over the last 24 hours.
