Old Bitcoin Moves Spike: 3–5 Year Dormant Coins Wake Up Again
Bitcoin has fallen back below the $90,000 level after another wave of selling pressure and leveraged long liquidations, signaling that the market remains firmly on the defensive. Each attempt to stabilize has failed, with sellers quickly overwhelming buyers and forcing price into lower ranges. Fear and uncertainty continue to dominate sentiment, and traders increasingly prepare […]
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On-chain data shows a Bitcoin whale has recently transferred around 500 BTC that had been previously dormant for around 5 to 7 years. Bitcoin Spent Output Age Bands Show Spike In 5-7 Years Old Coins As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, this movement of 500 BTC has come following the 5k […]
BTC price action in 2022 is being accompanied by seriously old coins leaving hibernation after 10 years or more. Bitcoin (BTC) is seeing some of its oldest coins come back to life after a decade lying dormant.The latest on-chain data reveals that two-year BTC price lows have reawakened the most ancient part of the supply."Very old" Bitcoin come back to lifeAs BTC/USD returns to levels not seen since Q4 2020, questions are arising over how long-term holders will respond.The on-chain picture is mixed — the dormant supply is aging, but certain old hands are showing signs of wanting to sell at....
More long-dead BTC moved this week than at any time since just before the $20,000 all-time high in December 2017. Bitcoin (BTC) dived $3,000 into the morning of April 1 as a widely-predicted pullback seemed to accompany fresh moves by major investors. As revealed by the Whale Shadows indicator, over 11,000 BTC suddenly left its wallet on March 29, having previously sat there for most of a decade.Dormant coins echo December 2017Whale Shadows, coined by analyst Philip Swift, tracks coins that become active again after spending a considerable amount of time out of circulation.Tuned to only....
On-chain data shows the Solana network has just seen a large movement of dormant coins. Here’s what this could mean for the cryptocurrency. Solana Coin Days Destroyed Has Witnessed A Huge Spike In a new post on X, the on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has talked about the latest trend in the “Coin Days Destroyed” (CDD) indicator for Solana. A ‘coin day’ is a quantity that one token of the asset accumulates after having stayed dormant (that is, not being involved in any transaction activity) for one day. When a token carrying some number of coin days is moved,....
Bitcoin (BTC) is trading in a sideways consolidation phase after hitting its all-time high near $124,000, with volatility keeping investors cautious. The price has been fluctuating in a relatively tight range, showing resilience but also failing to establish a clear directional trend. For many traders, this period feels like the calm before a potential breakout, as the market sits at what analysts describe as a pivotal setting. Related Reading: Bitcoin Consolidates Above $115K As Market Eyes Fed’s Sept 17 Policy Move While short-term traders navigate intraday moves, long-term investors are....