🔥 IPv4 Market Plunge: Buyers Rejoice as Large Block Prices Halve!
📉 Dramatic Price Drop
IPv4 prices just took a huge hit. /16 block prices dropped from around $50 per IP in mid-2024 to just $21-$24 today. That’s more than 50% down! Why? Big holders are dumping their assets fast because they’re worried about the economy.
⚖️ Small Blocks Still Strong
Here’s the weird part - while big blocks are crashing, smaller ones (/22 to /24) are holding steady at $31-$35 per IP. Smart sellers are taking advantage by breaking up their /16 blocks into smaller pieces to get better prices. But this might backfire if too many people do it.
🤔 Why This Is Happening Now
People are scared prices will drop even more, so they’re selling everything. If you’re leasing IPs at $0.50 per month, you’re protected from this mess. But if you own them outright, you’re watching your investment shrink.
🔮 What’s Coming Next
The government’s $42 billion BEAD program for broadband could change everything by 2025-2026. It might create huge demand and push prices back up. Also worth noting - IPv4 transfers are way down. Only 18.6 million IPs changed hands in 2024 compared to 44.8 million back in 2015.
💡 Bottom Line
This is a great time to buy IPv4 addresses, but you need to move fast. One broker told us: “These discounts won’t last once BEAD funding kicks in.”
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