Bear Cycle Warning: Bitcoin’s Rising Supply-in-Loss Is Mimicking The 2022 Pre...
Bitcoin is currently consolidating around the $70,000 level as the market continues to trade sideways following several weeks of volatility. Price action has remained relatively stable in recent sessions, with buyers and sellers struggling to establish a clear directional trend while liquidity across the broader crypto market remains constrained. Related Reading: Ethereum Leverage Declines As […]
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Crypto research firm CryptoQuant has flagged a potentially troubling development for Bitcoin (BTC) and the wider digital asset market, pointing to an early warning signal that has historically appeared ahead of prolonged downturns. In a report released Wednesday, the firm noted that Bitcoin’s supply in loss metric has begun to rise again, a shift that has often marked the early stages of past bear markets. Possible Shift Toward Bear Market Structure According to analysis by CryptoQuant contributor Woominkyu, increases in supply held at a loss tend to signal that market weakness is....
On-chain data shows the amount of Bitcoin supply in loss has now reached levels similar to during the COVID crash and the 2018 bear market bottom. Bitcoin Supply In Loss Spikes Up Following The Latest Crash As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, the BTC supply in loss has set a new record for this year following the FTX disaster. The “supply in loss” is an indicator that measures the total amount of Bitcoin that’s currently being held at some loss. This metric works by looking at the on-chain history of each coin in the circulating supply to see what price it....
Recent on-chain analysis by Glassnode has shown that the current Bitcoin bear cycle is playing out as the worst one in history. Several factors have contributed to making the current crypto bear market the worst ever recorded as most Bitcoin (BTC) traders are underwater and continue to sell at a loss, according to Glassnode.Blockchain analysis firm Glassnode’s Saturday report titled “A Bear of Historic Proportions” outlines how Bitcoin’s current dip below the 200-day moving average (MA), negative deviation from realized price and net realized losses have conspired to make 2022 the worst in....
Bitcoin slipped below the $80,000 level over the weekend as selling pressure intensified across global markets. Reinforcing a climate of uncertainty that has weighed heavily on risk assets in recent weeks. The move came amid broad weakness in equities, elevated volatility, and declining liquidity conditions, pushing many investors into a defensive posture. While the price action alone may resemble prior corrective phases, on-chain data suggest that the underlying market structure is beginning to change. A recent analysis from CryptoQuant indicates that Bitcoin is starting to exhibit....
A growing share of Bitcoin supply has slipped underwater, with CryptoQuant contributor Darkfost arguing that the market is now sitting much closer to historical bear-phase conditions than to a confirmed bull trend. His latest charts show 43% of Bitcoin supply held in UTXOs is currently in loss, leaving just 57% in profit. Darkfost is looking at the distribution of supply across Bitcoin’s unspent transaction outputs, a way of tracking how much coin supply is sitting above or below cost basis. In his reading, that metric has reached a zone that has historically marked the boundary between....