Bitcoin Crash Explained: Binance Research Blames Outflows Toward US Equities
The broader crypto market has endured one of its toughest weeks of the year, with $1.5 billion in liquidations recorded since Monday alone. The pressure intensified as Bitcoin (BTC) slipped back below the $67,000 level for the first time since April, a move that heightened selling fears and weighed on overall market sentiment. Despite the heavy liquidation numbers, Binance Research argued that the main driver of the recent pullback may have been less about things unique to crypto and more about capital moving into traditional markets. BTC Hit by A ‘Capital Black Hole’? In a report posted....
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On-chain analysis shows huge Bitcoin outflows from crypto exchange Binance. BTC might keep the rally up and break $40k. Huge Bitcoin Outflows On Binance As pointed out by a CryptoQuant post, the crypto exchange has observed huge outflows of BTC on Monday. The Binance Outflows indicator shows the amount of Bitcoin transferred from the Binance exchange wallets to personal or other exchange wallets. On the other hand, the inflows show how many BTC were sent into Binance wallets from other types of wallets. The indicator of most interest here is the the Binance Bitcoin netflow, which is just....
On October 21st, 2021, crypto exchange Binance US experienced a Bitcoin flash crash to led BTC’s price to dropped by over 80%. The industry is maturing, but these occurrences reminiscent the times when a crypto flash was business as usual. Related Reading | Brace For Impact: Wall Street Is Headed Straight For Bitcoin, Says Analyst A report by Arcane Research deep dives into the event, starting from the time it happened on the aforementioned date at 11:34:17. At this time, as the research firm claims, a “sudden massive selling pressure cleared the order book” on the exchange. This....
Bitcoin on-chain data shows that the BTC outflows have been gradually heading downwards recently, hinting that a crash could be coming soon. On-Chain Data Shows BTC Outflows Continue To Decrease As pointed out by an Analyst on Twitter, on-chain data reveals Bitcoin outflows have been gradually going down in the past month. The relevant metric here is the BTC netflows. This indicator shows the net amount of coins exiting or entering exchange wallets. Its value is calculated by taking the difference between the inflows and the outflows. When the netflow shows negative values, it means....
Centralized exchanges have experienced their heaviest week of Bitcoin withdrawals since November 2020. Bitcoin outflows from centralized exchanges have surged to their highest level year-to-date, with roughly 40,000 BTC being withdrawn over the past seven days.According to the Glassnode’s August 2 The Week On-Chain report, Bitcoin outflows have accelerated to a rate exceeding 100,000 BTC per month for just the third time since September 2019. The on-chain analytics provider estimates that just 13.2% of circulating BTC are currently held on exchanges — a new low for 2021.“This represents a....