All this selling is obviously coming from somewhere, but nobody knows for sure? That's even scarier. But then again, I thought everything was traceable on blockchain.
It is, but Coinbase is doing lots of things internally, so that is one problem. They have a lot of retail customers, and are the custodian for almost all of these ETFs. Only only ETF publishes their address so we can see the total of coins held and the flow. El Salvador has also published their address I think.
I have seen lots of posts lately about the many coins being taken off of Coinbase. Obviously it will never go to zero as people are either too scared to self custody or want to be able to trade in and out, but the lower this number goes, the better.
Bitcoin gives us the most transparency that we have ever had, but we probably need more time for all the coins to end up in stronger hands before these flows become more of important. When you really think about it, if major supply happens at 60-70k, its much better than at 100k or higher. This amount of selling at a higher price would cause prices to drop faster.
Eventually, the coins to get distributed more, and if they get distributed at these lower prices, chances are the new owners might hold for much higher. If I was an OG with the idea that I want to support bitcoin adoption, I'd make a bunch available now, so more people can participate in the price appreciation. I know that's too altruistic, but it almost makes sense.
If bitcoin is really going to where we all think its going, even 0.1 bitcoin will be a huge fucking deal when it underpins the entire financial system.