My guess would be because it's a relatively new concept and there are pitfalls wrt. taking out a loan against Bitcoin collateral.

Also some countries have low (or no) taxes on profits from selling Bitcoin.

Could also be a risk-off and/or portfolio rebalancing thing for them, where they take the profits and put them in a global stock index fund for example.

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Which countries have low/ zero taxes on sale of Bitcoin? I shall investigate moving there.

Switzerland and UAE are two I recall off the top of my head.

You will probably have to pay an exit tax of your existing stack if you move (depending on the rules where you live).