Analyze the bitcoin market in US? Find and describe the supply change and demand change, equilibrium of bitcoin in US Bitcoin price change The substitutes of bitcoin Time period: From Jan
Analyze the bitcoin market in US
Find and describe the supply change and demand change, equilibrium of bitcoin in US
Bitcoin price change
The substitutes of bitcoin
Time period: From January to June 2022
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The pre-COVID equilibrium point was in the intersection of Q1 and P1 with the Demand and Supply equal to D1 and S1. According to World Gold Council, during 2020 pandemic, the drastic shift to the left may be seen in both Demand and Supply. Therefore, the quantity dropped significantly, however the price grew up accordingly. It may be seen from the shifts of P1 to P2 and Q1 to Q2. In 2021, the demand has recovered from most of the COVID- 19 losses, therefore there was a positive shift to the right from D2 to D3. However, the supply curve shifted to the left. Consequently, the Price has increased from P2 to P3 as well as Quantity from Q2 to Q3, making the new equilibrium in E3 point.
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Elasticity Price elasticity of supply
It measures the responsiveness of a good or service to the supply after the change in its market price. Gold is a precious metal, primarily found and mined in nature. Therefore, gold supply is limited to natural deposits and can be described as inelastic. (Ross, 2022)
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(4359,4 – 4454,3)
(4359,4 + 4454,3) / 2
Gold Pre and Post – COVID-19 Demand Equilibrium
Jewellery which stands for the greatest source and accounts for ~50% of annual gold demand Investment in gold as in a reliable, tangible, long-term asset which reduces volatilitiy of the investment portfolio during market crisis Central Banks Holdings where the US, Germany and Italy take the first 3 places in having the largest gold reserves Technology where ~80% of gold is used by the electronics sector (World Gold Council, 2022)
Demand for Gold consists of 4 major components:
In 2020, the global gold market was deteriorated by pandemic disruption while registering highest prices over a decade. However, in 2021, the demand was recovered from most of COVID-19 losses with 50% growth y-o-y basis Total annual jewellery demand dropped by 34% from 2019 to 2020; China and India as largest markets were the main contributors to the decrease. In 2021, the jewellery consumption fully recovered from COVID-19 destruction with 52% increase (skyrocketing Indian demand by 93% y-o-y basis) The investment demand grew up by 40% in 2020 showing the investors' interest for gold (both Bar and Coin and ETFs) at high risk and uncertainty, economic slowdown, low interest rates and fiscal policy expansion. In 2021, Bars and Coins demand consecutively grow in the scope of high global inflation, however the outflow in ETFs was seen due to appetite for riskier investments (vaccines roll-out) signifying the overall 43% decrease in investments The picture of 2020 in Central Banks is divided into 2 halves: H1 – continuous buying trend, H2 – sharp increase in sales. Yet the buyers' number preponderates the sellers' with predominantly emerging market economies. In 2021, central banks added 463t to global gold reserves, 82% higher compare to 2020 2020 gold demand for technology fell by 7% y-o-y and saw a rapid recovery in 2021 with 9% compare to 2020 (World Gold Council, 2022)
Supply for gold is measured predominantly from mine production (of new gold), which accounts for 75% each year. Annual demand, however, requires more gold than it is initially produced through mining, and the gap is filled by recycling existing supplies, the majority coming from jewellery. Almost all of the gold currently mined is presumably still available under certain form or another and potentially recycled (World Gold Council,2022).
In 2019 the total supply increased by 2% y-o-y to 4,876 tones. Even though there was a positive production growth seen in the leading nations' mine producers – Russia, Turkey, Australia, mainly due to development in greenfield and brownfield, as well as further government support to reduce trade deficit in gold, the growth was outweighed by the decline in other leading nation producers – China, where the local government implemented stricter environmental restrictions, and Indonesia’s big mining project, which has ceased its production for the past years. Recycled gold supply increased significantly up to 16%, as a regard to the annual average US dollar gold price jump and the currency weakness in India against the dollar. (World Gold Council, 2020)
Supply
In 2021 the recycled gold supply fell 11%, as a result of lower gold prices in Q3 and Q4, higher demand for wedding jewellery, and the withholding of many purchases from 2020 which have been made this year. On the other hand, mine production encountered issues regarding safety in China, leading to a drop of 10%; however, many countries saw positive numbers in their production output. Overall, total supply still continued to decrease in 2021, with 1% decrease from the previous year (World Gold Council, 2022).
(1393 + 1268) / 2
D = = -0.23
Total supply in 2020 fell by 4% to 4,728t, predominantly due to pandemic disruption and lockdown restrictions. COVID-19 impacted the mine productions, with a decline of 3%, varying in countries depending on the spread of the virus. The most significant fall in production was 34% in Papua New Guinea as a result of cessation of operation in their biggest mine. Another attribute for fall in supply came from the decrease of 1% in recycling gold, due to closure of retail outlets and higher local gold prices. (World Gold Council, 2021)
2019
According to statistics from World Gold Council, the LMBA gold prices actually grew up during 3 years under the consideration from $1393 per 1 oz. in 2019 to $1799 per 1 oz. in 2021.(LBMA Precious Metal Prices, 2022) The quantity of the demand dropped significantly in 2020 compare to 2019 from 4359 to 3657 tonnes which signifies a shift of demand curve to the left. However, in 2021, according to the data mentioned in the "Demand" section, demand achieved 4022 tonnes which symbolises the shift to the right of the demand curve. Supply dropped in 2020 by 4 % overall which was shown on the graph. Despite the recovery of demand in 2021, the supply continued to drop (especially in recycled gold). Overall, the supply curve has moved to the left twice in 3 consecutive years.
% Change in Quantity Supplied E s =
% Change in Price (4876,2-4772,9)
(4876,2+4772,9) / 2
(1393 + 1268) / 2
E s = = 0.23
The data was taken from World Gold Council for 2018-2019 As the result is <1, the conclusion that the gold supply is price inelastic may be done
Price elasticity of demand
India is one of the major gold markets, and rising prosperity is significantly increasing demand, as already mentioned in the previous point. Gold plays a vital role in the country's culture, serving as a store of value, a symbol of wealth and prestige, and an essential component of numerous traditions. Moreover, Indians' main reason for purchasing gold (regardless poor or rich) is for social events, such as weddings, where they have the saying “no gold, no wedding”. Consequently, this high demand increases the wealth in the country, and leads to a deficit in the current account, forcing the government to restrict gold consumption. However, India still remains the leader in gold consumption worldwide, regardless of price fluctuations. (World Gold Council, 2022)
It measures the responsiveness of a good or service to the demand after the change in its market price. Likewise for the supply, the demand for gold is relatively inelastic and comparatively non-reactive to the changes in the market prices. (Price Elasticity of Demand, 2022)
India – the biggest player in the market
% Change in Quantity Demanded E D =
% Change in Price
Geopolitical tension is associated with high uncertainty and therefore people tend to convert their savings into precious metals, such as gold. It is perceived as a safe haven by investors and preferred as more stable than other stocks. Opportunity costs can also influence especially correlated with rising yields of bonds, as investors favour returns on bonds more. (The Economic Times. 2022) Gold is used not only as other financial alternatives but in a form of jewellery as gifts, etc. Hence, demand within final consumers is also interwoven with seasonality factors, which usually drives the demand and prices up during the holiday season, for instance in December. Moreover, fluctuations in the income of the population may also change the demand, as it is related to their purchasing power. The industrial use of gold also contributes to changes in demand. Gold is being used in the production of semiconductors chips and other details for electronics. Therefore, demand for these products is positively correlated with the demand for gold. Similarly, usage of gold is drastically increasing within the aerospace industry, boosting its demand in return. (Manhattan Gold & Silver. 2022)
The data was taken from World Gold Council for 2018-2019 As the result is <1, the conclusion that the overall gold demand is price inelastic may be done It should be mentioned that the price elasticity of demand depends on the sector of gold demand analysed
Drivers of changes in Qd
2021
Profit Maximization in Monopoly: MR=MC<P; Economic Profit = Revenue – Explicit Costs – Opportunity Costs (Tuovila, 2020)
The Qmax for a participant in Monopoly is equal to Q1 with P1 in 2019. The revenue is equal to P1*Q1. The economic profit is equal to Q1*(P1-ATC). Due to the shift in demand to the left in 2020, the Marginal Revenue has moved to the left as well. Therefore, the new Qmax was found at Q2 point as well as new price in P2. Q2 and P2 are drastically lower than Q1 and P1, respectively. Consequently, the economic profit dropped dramatically (Graph 2020). However, in 2021 the demand for the gold has mostly recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic consequences, therefore the demand shifted to the right, but still not to the same position as in 2019. Correspondingly, the final Qmax was found in Q3 point as well as new market price in P3 point. Overall, the economic profit has increased, however not to the same level as in 2019 still (Graph 2021).
2020
India’s limited mining and recycling makes it significantly reliant on bullion imports to supply domestic demand. Despite the high import taxes, the country’s imports are continuing to grow in order to meet the increasing demand. For the past seven years, Indian’s supply accounted for 86% of imports, 13% of recycled gold, and mining being only 1%, due to further restrictions implemented by the government, high taxational policies for mining equipment, and closure of many mines due to COVID-19. In 2020, India’s main importers for bullion came from two countries – Switzerland (44%) and UAE (11%). (The Economic Times, 2022)
By: Adnan, Anastasiia, Desislava, Ivana, Magdalena, Zoia
It is without doubt that the COVID-19 financially impacted the revenue of gold for the whole Indian market. Nevertheless, the epidemic and its associated concerns may potentially increase demand for gold in India. Due to the relatively dramatic increase in prices of gold, people are investing in anticipation of the next pandemic waves or lockdowns, in terms of the ease of liquidation as social security. (Nair, 2021)
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Authors: Anna, Alisa, David & Preslava
This article is designed to analyze the cryptocurrency market from an economical perspective during the period from 2018 to 2022 with several instances from other timelines.
Economics & Public Policy
Equilibrium
Supply Shifts
While bitcoin supply is extremely transparent, bitcoin demand is rather opaque. That said, there are a few quantifiable items that we do know about bitcoin demand. First, we have a pretty good idea of the number of bitcoin transactions performed each day. Secondly, and more importantly, it appears that fluctuations in bitcoin transaction costs play a major role in determining price corrections. For example, the number of transactions stopped growing in 2012, about one year before bitcoin’s 2013 peak and bear market. It began to rise again in 2014 before bitcoin prices began to recover in earnest but have been stagnating since the end of 2016, perhaps foreshadowing the recent correction.
Bitcoin’s demand and supply are both considered perfectly inelastic. The reason is very simple but before that, it is very important to understand how bitcoin price moves and how bitcoin mining works. First thing first, bitcoin has its ultimate quantity of supply which is known by every buyer/trader/investor, which is only 21 million of bitcoin. Meanwhile, there are around 18 million bitcoins in circulation. How then does the quantity of circulation go up? It depends on the bitcoin miners, as bitcoin miners contribute their computers’ GPU and electricity to verify the transaction among the decentralized network, in return, they will be rewarded with bitcoin from the quantity that is not in circulation (hence the quantity of the circulating bitcoin goes up). In the long term, the rewards decrease, while each block is formulated the less the miners can earn.
Published on: 22nd of March 2022 Publisher: Olga Larina
Demand Shifts
The supply inelasticity explains in large part why bitcoin is so volatile. Items with inelastic supply show a greater response to demand shifts than items with elastic supply. The same is true of demand: the more inelastic the demand, the greater the price changes in response to small fluctuations in either supply or demand. Bitcoin’s limited and highly inelastic supply is also a major factor driving its price appreciation, a rise so spectacular that it can only be appreciated when seen on a log scale. In bitcoin’s first four years, supply grew by roughly 2.5 million coins per year. Even then prices were rising as the user community grew. Since then supply has continued to grow but the pace has slowed substantially while demand has occasionally dipped, even on a year-on-year basis. Bitcoin’s limited supply and soaring price make it difficult to be used as a medium of exchange outside of the cryptocurrency space.
Cryptocurrencys' Impact on the Global Economy
The relationship between bitcoin prices and transaction costs is even more compelling. This third spike in transaction costs may be closely related to the recent correction in bitcoin prices as high transaction costs may play a role in causing demand for the cryptocurrency to wither. We are not suggesting that bitcoin prices are a function of trading costs or vice versa; however, there is an association between the two with mutual feedback loops. When bitcoin prices rise, eventually transaction costs appear to rise as well. When transaction costs reach levels that market participants can no longer bear, the price of bitcoin often corrects. A decline in prices puts downward pressure on transaction costs which, at least in the past, allowed for another bitcoin bull market once they had corrected to lower levels.
Bitcoin Price in Relations to Costs
Impact of Global Economic Events on Bitcoin Price
GEPU – Global Economic Policy Uncertainty BCP – Bitcoin Price
Since the moment of Bitcoin was created, it was always considered the legitimate cryptocurrency which is leading the market now. Bitcoin works as an anchor of the market. To be more specific and clear, bitcoin itself can be considered as important as the s&p 500 to the entire stock market to the crypto market. When the price action rises, most of the other crypto currencies' prices will go down. Same as the price goes opposite.
Perspective 1: Bitcoin itself
Perspective 2: Market competition
Ultimately, it is also essential to consider the external factors which have been very influential to Bitcoin price actions. Which are the political decisions and ongoing events. Even though in 2022, many countries have started to legalize bitcoin as legal tender, there are still not many regulations regulating bitcoin and the entire crypto market.
Perspective 3: External factor
Perspective 4: Retail investor (Fomo)
The existence of forks in bitcoin serves to modify some of our intuitions on supply. That is, while bitcoin’s supply is fixed, the supply of cryptocurrencies is not. Indeed, rising bitcoin prices incent bitcoin forks. This makes a lot of sense but it does complicate the analysis as it is a reminder that one should not look at bitcoin in isolation but as an anchor for the whole cryptocurrency space.
What will happen with the Revenue and Profit of One Player in this Market after the Indicated Shifts?
Uptrend’s price action (Firms & Organizations Individual player, Retail investor, Long term holder & Trader) Downtrend’s Price action (Trader & Long term holder) Bitcoin Sideways Price (Long term staking holder)
When Bitcoin is generated profit from firms & individuals as an investment there are several factors to consider at the same time. But in this part when the demand & supply shift there are three kinds of situations to be taken into consideration which are Uptrend’s price action, Downtrend’s price action & Sideway price action. And there are the followings:
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Liu, Y., Tsyvinski, A. and Wu, X., 2019. COMMON RISK FACTORS IN CRYPTOCURRENCY. [online] Massachusetts: National Bureau of Economic Research, pp.15-22. Available at: <https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w25882/w25882.pdf> [Accessed 21 March 2022].
Putnam, B. and Norland, E., 2018. An In-Depth Look at the Economics of Bitcoin. [online] Chicago: CME Group. Available at: <https://www.cmegroup.com/education/featured-reports/an-in-depth-look-at-the-economics-of-bitcoin.html> [Accessed 21 March 2022].
Trivedi, V., 2022. With Demand Curve Growing Bitcoin May Behave like Apple Stock: Exec. [Blog] YahooSports, Available at: <https://sports.yahoo.com/demand-curve-growing-bitcoin-may-135227504.html? guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAFp8_jqSrBNGPPFH VuLaDBuy-yYVfedhkdA4ousSIWzbNpQRSmJEJzCB72NyQCkpMV5YQRlmsSakpV3lmR8CH7aE- RKQ8YRVfDUAQJauhlTbPWxfDgArDLLNo9-5Za4bC9P5iwWlx04luq8MjWbR2WQRXpdYctI6DLEg8O9ZvFoI> [Accessed 21 March 2022].
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