Bitcoin Demand Vs Supply
Bitcoin Demand Vs Supply When rumors surfaced of a possible glitch in the blockchain system supporting Bitcoin, buying interest in the mega crypto briefly waned. In all markets, any seed of doubt, especially in a still nascent, somewhat hard-to-understand asset, will send some investors to the sidelines. This is what happened for about a week in the Bitcoin markets, and prices pulled back. But when instability hit trading platforms in the wake of the Reddit-inspired investing frenzy in heavily shorted securities, resurgent demand for Bitcoin popped prices back up towards their all-time highs, largely because Bitcoin supply did not increase rapidly enough to meet demand. The “double-spend” Bitcoin rumors were unequivocally proven false, stemming from a naturally occurring but extremely rare bifurcation in the resolution system for blockchain transactions that basically self-corrects as blockchain activities progress. Market prices decline when there is a lack of demand...