I dug into who actually pockets money from Bitcoin every single month — and the picture is crystal clear:
It’s not the blockchain itself, and it’s definitely not the ideology.
It’s the centralized middlemen.
That’s exactly why ETFs, exchanges, and service providers promote Bitcoin and crypto so aggressively, even though they don’t need to hold massive long positions.
Their business model isn’t the asset’s success — it’s the volume and the fees they collect.
Just look at the numbers. Every month, roughly 2.2 billion USD in fees circulate around Bitcoin:
• About 960 million USD are simple trading fees
• Around 50 million USD flow to Bitcoin ETFs and ETPs
• Add roughly 13,500 BTC in block subsidy each month — over 1.2 billion USD of fresh inflation
• On-chain transaction fees and Lightning? Practically irrelevant in comparison
Now here’s the part almost everyone completely overlooks:
To keep this entire system stable, there must be at least 2.2 billion USD worth of buyers every single month.
That’s over 500 million USD of new buying pressure every week.
There is nothing else like this in any other speculative asset class on the planet.
So the honest question is: Who’s supposed to be that buyer now?
Retail? They’re mostly out.
Hedge funds? They bounce in and out for short-term gains.
If you’re investing in Bitcoin, you need to understand two things clearly:
• Who is earning money from your trades and your products
• And where this constant stream of 500+ million USD per week is supposed to come from
If you ignore this, you’re playing a game where others earn guaranteed money — no matter what direction the price goes.
