Bitcoin (BTC) Reserves on Binance Exchange Drop to January Levels, Raising Prospects of a 90% Price Rise

Bitcoin reserves held on leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance have dwindled to levels that hadn’t been seen since January of this year, raising prospects of a potential 90% BTC price rise as witnessed earlier this year, when reserves dropped to these levels.

Bitcoin reserves on leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance have fallen to levels not seen since January of this year, a development that could bode well for the price of BTC, with the cryptocurrency having surged to new all-time highs earlier this year as reserves on the exchange dropped to these levels.

According to analysis by CryptoQuant contributor Darkfrost, Binance’s bitcoin reserves have dropped to 570,000 BTC in a drawdown that mirrors one seen earlier this year, ahead of the flagship cryptocurrency’s price surging to nearly $70,000 in March.

The firm’s data shows that as reserves on Binance dropped to around 564,000 BTC earlier this month, the price of the flagship cryptocurrency rose to surpass the $100,000 mark for the first time ever, before reserves began rising slightly and BTC’s price dipped.

According to Darkfrost, the lower reserves on Binance suggest “that investors are confident in bitcoin’s long-term prospects, and are opting to withdraw their holdings from the exchange rather than keeping them there for selling on the short term.”

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As CryptoGlobe reported, the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that were approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this year have registered more than $1.5 billion in outflows over the last four days, with data showing that these funds’ largest-ever outflow occurred on Dec. 19 as $671.9 million were withdrawn.

According to data from Farside Investors, the spot bitcoin ETFs’ largest-ever daily outflow ended a 15-day inflow streak and came amid a significant cryptocurrency market sell-off, which saw the price of BTC drop from over $100,000 to a low below the $93,000 mark before recovering.

The massive exodus surpasses previous record outflows recorded back in May when the price of bitcoin dropped by more than 10% over a week. Since then, these funds have seen outflows of $277 million on Dec. 20, $226.5 million on Dec. 23, and $338.4 million on Dec. 24.

The outflows come at a time when Nasdaq-listed business intelligence firm MicroStrategy has announced the acquisition of an additional 5,262 bitcoin at an average price of $106,662 per BTC, with the purchase costing the firm around $561 million in total.

The Nasdaq-listed business intelligence firm’s total BTC holdings surpassed 400,000 BTC earlier this month after it invested $1.5 billion into the flagship cryptocurrency. The company's BTC accumulation strategy has inspired other companies to follow suit.

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