Bitcoin: while are retail dumping, whales buying
Source: Glassnode
10% of the outstanding $BTC is held by $MSTR and the 11 Spot BTC ETFs.
These are the ways normies hold $BTC in regulated brokerage accounts. Collectively, the avg purchase price is $85.36K, meaning the average is now ~$8k underwater, with an unrealized loss of ~$7B. Source: Bianco Research
The unwinding of popular strategies such as the yen carry trade in traditional markets have been adding to the selling pressure on bitcoin.
The yen carry-trade strategy involves borrowing the relatively low-yielding yen and investing in other currencies offering higher returns. According to Matt Maley, chief market strategist at Miller Tabak & Co, “Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are assets that tend to move with liquidity. When liquidity is more plentiful, cryptos rally, and when it’s less plentiful, they decline.” “Well, one of the best indicators for the level of liquidity in the system is the yen carry trade.” Source: zerohedge
Bitcoin investors are now eyeing the $80,000 price level for support
- Rate cuts can't pump BTC. - Pro-crypto President can't pump BTC. - Weak dollar can't pump BTC. - Institutional adoption can't pump BTC. - Fed injecting liquidity can't pump BTC. - Stocks new ATH can't pump BTC. Is there anything that could pump BTC now? Which comes first? BTC $300k or a massive suck out of global liquidity??? Source: Zerohedge
Did the BTC/Gold ratio just find support?
Source: www.zerohedge.com
Bitcoin mining hashrate decreased -30% this week as a cold winter storm covered much of the United States.
Mining companies shut down voluntarily through demand-response programs, temporarily powering off machines to reduce electricity use and support the stressed power grids. Source: Documenting ₿itcoin 📄 @DocumentingBTC
Bitcoin dropped $2,500 in the last 5 hours and liquidated $400 million worth of longs.
More than $100 BILLION has been wiped out from the crypto market today. This is a low-liquidity Sunday evening dump. The real price action will come once the US market opens on Monday. Source. Bull Theory
Cathie Wood's Ark invest predicts digitalassets could reach $28 trillion by 2030, with Bitcoin dominating at $16 trillion by 2030.
Source: Cointelegraph
