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Bitcoin exchanges now hold the same BTC supply share as in late 2017

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Bitcoin exchanges now hold the same BTC supply share as in late 2017

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Other advancements, notably artificial intelligence (AI), should produce a similar effect over time, some argue.

Decreasing exchange balances, meanwhile, continue as the number of Bitcoin whale entities — those with the largest wallet balances outside exchanges — see an uptick.

Around 40 new whales have appeared since late April, and on July 7, their numbers hit their highest since the FTX meltdown in November last year.

Bitcoin number of entities with balance over 1,000 BTC chart. Source: Glassnode

A curious exception to the exchange outflow trend comes in the form of mining pool Poolin, which continues to send vast tranches of BTC to Binance.

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