I read some old threads about lost Bitcoins ND this question has been on my mind ever since
If the lost Bitcoins were for instance recovered will the price of Bitcoin drop because in theory it would affect the amount of Bitcoin in circulation which will lower it's price . I saw in those threads that lost Bitcoins are considered a donation to the Bitcoin network. so if my theory is correct then we should be happy those Bitcoins were lost.
Depends on the "amount" of lost bitcoin being recovered. If it is few bitcoins, then no, it won't affect the market. If a wallet was recovered with significant amount of bitcoin recovered (like a lot lot lot), then yes, it might affect the market, but just a little. There will be people that will panic and start selling without understanding anything, and others will follow seeing the price crash. They don't even care if the recovered bitcoin is going to be sold or not. And when the price crashes, others will see as an opportunity, grab it as a discount and the price will start going up. So yeah, a little hiccup on the market and then everything goes back to normal like nothing happened.