Understanding Bitcoin UTXO: Mid-To-Long Term Holders Responsible For November...
Data reveals that mostly mid-to-long term holders were selling their Bitcoin during November, thus being responsible for the correction. Bitcoin UTXO Age Shows Mid-Term Holders Sold Their Coins In November As per the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, mid-term holders seem to be behind the decline in BTC’s price during the month of November. The relevant on-chain indicator here is the “UTXO Age.” UTXO stands for Unspent Transaction Output; you can think of it as a Bitcoin mechanic that keeps track of coins on the chain. The UTXO age metric measures how long it has....
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On-chain data shows Bitcoin whales haven’t budged despite the recent dips, and are rather continuing to accumulate more. Whales Continue To Accumulate More Bitcoin As pointed out by a CryptoQuant post, the Bitcoin sum coin age (SCA) indicator has been going up, showing long-term holders are continuing to accumulate. The SCA is a BTC metric that tells us about the distribution of long-term holders. It’s calculated by taking the product of the UTxO (Unspent Transaction Output) alive days and the UTxO value. The “age” of a coin is measured in “coin days.”....
On-chain data shows the part of the Bitcoin realized cap held by the long-term holders has increased and is now at nearly 80%. Bitcoin Long-Term Holders Own Almost 80% Of Realized Cap As explained by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, the crypto has historically tended to form bottoms around when the long-term holder share of realized cap has exceeded 80%. The “long-term holders” (LTHs) are all those Bitcoin investors who have been holding onto their coins without selling or moving since at least 155 days ago. The realized cap is a way of assessing the capitalization of the....