If a financial asset is majority-owned by a handful of investors, their collective actions could theoretically shape demand, supply, and pricing. When the ‘Bitcoin Whales’ decide to hold their stores of Bitcoin, they effectively remove their share from circulation, and from trading activity. This reduces the amount of Bitcoin being bought and sold, which in turn affects pricing. When supply exceeds demand, prices go down, and when demand exceeds supply, prices go up. Long-term investors comprise 56% of Bitcoin holdings, 18% of Bitcoin has been lost, traders make up 15% of holdings, and 11% of Bitcoin remains to be mined.