Bitcoin Bear Market Sends On-Chain Metrics Into Sideways Trend

Bitcoin remains on an upward trend after breaking through $40,000 once again. However, this upward trend has not translated onto on-chain metrics. While the price of the digital asset continues to sit in the green, on-chain metrics have plummeted paining an entirely different picture in relation to price. From miner revenues to transaction fees, the […]

The fundamentals accompanying the previous Bitcoin bear markets are entirely different from 2022, however, putting the BTC price recovery at risk. Bitcoin (BTC) has been consolidating inside the $18,000–$20,000 price range since mid-June, pausing a strong bear market that began after the price peaked at $69,000 in November 2021.Many analysts have looked at Bitcoin’s sideways trend as a sign of a potential market bottom, drawing comparisons from the cryptocurrency’s previous bear markets that show similar price behaviors preceding sharp bullish reversals.Here are three strikingly similar....

Though on-chain metrics point to the worst Bitcoin bear market on record, they also highlight hodlers' growing resilience. While the current bear market may be the worst on record, on-chain metrics signal that the Bitcoin (BTC) network is becoming increasingly resilient, said Glassnode analyst James Check during a recent interview with Cointelegraph. In particular, Check refers to the amount of Bitcoin holders who don’t sell even in extreme market conditions, which has become much higher than in previous bear markets. “Cycle after cycle, that floor of hodlers is higher, the amount of....

“No doubt about it, people are really scared, which is typically [...] an opportunity to buy,” Willy Woo said. Bitcoin analyst and co-founder of software firm Hypersheet Willy Woo believes that on-chain metrics show that BTC is not in a bear market despite observing “peak fear” levels. Speaking on the What Bitcoin Did podcast hosted by Peter McCormack on Jan. 30, Woo cited key metrics such as a strong number of long term holders (wallets holding for five months or longer) and growing rates of accumulation suggest that the market has not flipped the switch to bear territory:“Structurally....

Bitcoin on-chain analysis is showing more short-term holders registering losses, and they are statistically more likely to sell according to Glassnode. Blockchain analytics provider Glassnode has depicted a bearish scenario for Bitcoin as on-chain metrics suggest increased selling pressure is imminent.In its weekly analytics report on Feb. 21, on-chain metrics firm Glassnode said that Bitcoin bulls “face a number of headwinds,” referring to increasingly bearish network data.The researchers pointed at the general weakness in mainstream markets alongside wider geopolitical issues as the....