Bullish Sign for Crypto? USDC and Dai Balances on Exchanges Hit Record Highs

Bitcoin balances on major exchanges have hit their lowest point since November 2018. Yet unlike that time, it may be a positive signal.

On-chain data shows a large amount of USDC inflows have just hit exchanges, a potential sign that investors are looking to buy the Bitcoin dip. USDC Exchange Inflow Has Registered Multiple Spikes Recently As explained by CryptoQuant community analyst Maartunn in a new post on X, the USDC Exchange Inflow has shot up recently. The “Exchange Inflow” here refers to an indicator that keeps track of the total amount of a given asset that’s being transferred to wallets connected with centralized exchanges. Related Reading: Bitcoin Mayer Multiple Retraces To Lower Bound—What....

Investors piled into stablecoins following FTX’s collapse, and an uptick in DEX activity suggests a rising interest in self-custody options. On-chain data from Glassnode show Bitcoin’s (BTC) movements hit a new record for the largest net decline in aggregate BTC balances on exchanges, reducing by 72,900 BTC in one week. A similar movement occurred in April 2020, November 2020 and June 2022, with the current outflow leaving around 2.25 million BTC on exchanges. Bitcoin exchange balances with net position change line. Source: GlassnodeExchange exodus for Ether, but not stablecoinsWhile Ether....

Bitcoin balances on exchanges hit 2-year low, seen as a bullish sign that traders are holding for the long term, or tokenizing for use in DeFi.

Ethereum balances have continued their decline that began earlier this year. The decline of coins being kept on centralized exchanges has pointed to bullish sentiment among the large holder base of the digital asset. Despite the increase in the price of the asset in the past weeks and hitting new all-time highs since then, ETH […]