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Telegram Makes More Money From Crypto Than From Messaging |
Telegram’s leaked 2023 financials show that the company generated more than 40% of it’s revenue from crypto-related transactions. |
Images shown by the Financial Times – which got their hands on the company’s P&L – show that the company made nearly $150 million in transactions. |
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Furthermore, Telegram’s balance sheet shows that the company holds ~$400 million in digital assets, nearly 4x from 2022. Telegram’s digital asset holding is also notably larger than its cash & equivalents which is only ~$170 million. |
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What it means: In this newsletter, we usually discuss the holdings of publicly traded companies that hold crypto on their balance sheets. Telegram is a great example though of how much crypto private companies may just have stocked away. |
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Where Does BTC Price Go From Here? |
While we’ve had some major bitcoin announcements over the past six months (i.e. U.S. gov bitcoin reserves), investor sentiment has been indifferent. |
We’ve now had more than 6-months of choppy, sideways trading for bitcoin with the price pretty rangebound between $55-65k… |
However, according to Glassnode, “a notable change has occurred over the last three months.” |
With downward price pressure increasing, the market has now experienced its largest drawdown of the current cycle. That’s the bad news. Today bitcoin is down ~23% from ATHs hit in March. |
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The good news, however, is that unrealized losses remain historically low, even in the face of continued price declines. Total unrealized losses amount to just 2.9% of the bitcoin market cap. |
 | Bitcoin: Relative Unrealized Loss |
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While this is a small amount, it is relegated to very short-term holders who bought at the top, probably are chasing the trend, and are heavily underwater on their holdings. |
What’s this mean for you? Glassnode likes to break down market cycles into four categories: |
Deep Bear Market Early Bull Market Enthusiastic Bull Market Euphoric Bull Market
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According to the firm, today’s price action sits firmly within the Enthusiastic Bull Market category. |
With that being said, any small downturn will push more short-term holders in the red, potentially adding more sell-side pressure. |
The pricing level of $51k remains a critical area of interest that must be maintained for further price appreciation. |
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As always, this leads us to ask: What kind of investor are you? |
There’s a lot that could happen over the next six months for bitcoin – positively or negatively. Now’s your time to mentally prepare. |
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 | Alex Thorn @intangiblecoins |  |
| from a seasonality perspective, september has historically been #bitcoin's worst performing month. 7 of the last 10 septembers, btcusd has traded down october is bitcoin's best month though, and the rest of the fall has usually been bright ☀️ | |
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