Bitcoin metric warns of $21K profit-taking as decade-old BTC wakes up

Bitcoin metric warns of $21K profit-taking as decade-old BTC wakes up

Bitcoin is getting livelier at current six-week highs, data shows, as profit-taking comes back into the spotlight. Bitcoin (BTC) asleep for up to a decade is waking up this week as BTC price action sees six-week highs.Data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode shows some of the oldest “dormant” bitcoins returning to circulation.BTC trends out of hibernationAs BTC/USD stages something of a comeback in the second half of October, hodlers are changing their behavior after a year-long bear market.According to Glassnode, the number of bitcoins previous stationary in their wallet for 7-10 years....


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