Bitcoin Sell-Side Pressure Dominated By New Holders, Research Shows
November 28 2024 - 2:00AM
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Bitcoin (BTC) remains resilient, trading close to the $100,000 mark
despite a recent correction that led to over $500 million in
liquidations, predominantly from long positions. A recent report by
Glassnode analyzes the cohorts driving the sell-side pressure
during this ongoing bull run. Majority Of Sell-Side Pressure Coming
From New Market Entrants According to Glassnode’s report titled
“The Week Onchain,” while some long-term Bitcoin holders
realize substantial profits – amounting to over $2 billion in a
single day – not all are willing to part with their holdings.
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Analyst Reveals What’s Next The report highlights that the
Long-Term Holder (LTH) cohort is capitalizing on the inflow of
liquidity and strong demand to sell BTC near all-time high (ATH)
price levels. Glassnode notes: Since the peak in LTH supply set in
September, this cohort has now distributed a non-trivial 507k BTC.
This is a sizeable volume; however, it is smaller in scale relative
to the 934k BTC spent during the rally into the March 2024 ATH. The
report breaks the LTH cohort into sub-cohorts based on realized
profit metrics to understand the sell-side dynamics better. It
reveals that holders who acquired BTC 6 months to 1 year ago
contribute the most to sell-side pressure, realizing $12.6 billion
in profits, accounting for 35.3% of all realized gains. Other
sub-cohorts have realized comparatively smaller profits, including
$7.2 billion by those holding BTC for 1 to 2 years, $4.8 billion by
those with 2 to 3 years of holdings, $6.3 billion by 3 to 5-year
holders, and $4.8 billion by investors holding for more than 5
years. The report adds: The dominance of coins aged 6m-1y
highlights that the majority of spending has originated from coins
acquired relatively recently, highlighting that more tenured
investors are remaining measured and potentially waiting patiently
for higher prices. This pattern suggests that heightened
profit-taking among holders in the 6-month to 1-year range
indicates the cohort is dominated by newer investors, many of whom
likely entered the market following the launch of Bitcoin
exchange-traded funds (ETF). Their strategy appears to involve
short-term gains, riding the wave of the current market surge.
Bitcoin Adoption Continues To Grow Around The Globe While the
recent price pullback may have cautioned some investors, others
opine that it was a healthy correction that gives the leading
cryptocurrency some time for consolidation before the next leg up.
Related Reading: Metaplanet To Expand Bitcoin Holdings With $11.3
Million Bond Sale Bitcoin’s unprecedented price has created a
shared urgency among corporations and nations worldwide. Following
MicroStrategy’s tactics, Canadian company Rumble recently announced
it would use a portion of excess cash reserves to buy BTC. Most
recently, CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings, Fred Thiel, said
institutional interest in BTC has increased significantly since
Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 elections. BTC trades at $95,462
at press time, up 2% in the past 24 hours. Featured image from
Unsplash, charts from Glassnode and Tradingview.com
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