On-chain data shows the largest of Bitcoin investors have continued to buy recently. Here’s whether the other cohorts have followed in the footsteps of these titans or not. Mid-Sized Bitcoin Holders May Finally Be Showing A Shift In a new post on X, the on-chain analytics firm Glassnode has discussed about the how the Accumulation Trend Score has looked for the various cohorts in the Bitcoin market. The “Accumulation Trend Score” is an indicator that tells us about whether the Bitcoin investors are participating in buying or selling. The metric checks not only the balance changes happening in the wallets of the holders, but also the size of the holdings themselves. This means that the indicator puts a higher weightage on the changes taking place that involve the large investors. When the metric has a value greater than 0.5, it means the large addresses (or a large number of small entities) are participating in accumulation. The closer the metric gets to the 1 mark, the stronger this behavior becomes. Related Reading: This Bitcoin Bear Confirmation Is Yet To Appear, Glassnode Reveals On the other hand, the indictor being under 0.5 implies the holders are taking part in distribution, or simply not doing any accumulation. Here, the extreme point lies at the 0 level. In the context of the current topic, the Accumulation Trend Score of the entire sector isn’t of interest, but rather that of each investor cohort separately. There are different ways to classify holders, but the relevant one here is on the basis of wallet size. Below is the chart for the indicator shared by the analytics firm that shows how the behavior has changed for the Bitcoin holder groups over the past year. As is visible in the above graph, the Bitcoin Accumulation Trend Score took a bright red shade for all cohorts back in February, indicating market-wide strong distribution. Since this selloff, the indicator’s value has gone up for the various cohorts, implying a cooldown of selling pressure has occurred. This cooldown has varied across the groups, however, with one cohort in particular diverging far away from the rest: the 10,000+ BTC holders. Popularly, the investors carrying between 1,000 to 10,000 BTC are known a the whales, so these holders, who are even more humongous, could be termed the “mega whales.” From the chart, it’s apparent that this group took to buying in March and has since seen its accumulation deepen as the Bitcoin Accumulation Trend Score has reached a value of around 0.7. The rest of the market has also been easing up its distribution in this period, but none of them have moved into the accumulation territory yet. That said, the 10 to 100 BTC investors are close, with the score now sitting at 0.5 for them. “This suggests at a possible shift in sentiment from mid-sized holders,” notes Glassnode. Related Reading: Bitcoin Realized Cap Sets New Record, But Momentum Fades It now remains to be seen whether the trend of increase in the indicator would continue in the coming days and the rest of the Bitcoin cohorts would catch up with the mega whales or not. BTC Price Bitcoin has taken to sideways movement recently as its price is still trading around $84,500. Featured image from Dall-E, Glassnode.com, chart from TradingView.com
The market intelligence platform IntoTheBlock has revealed how the largest of Bitcoin holders have been the ones applying selling pressure amid the price decline. Bitcoin Mega Whales Have Been Reducing Their Supply Recently In a new post on X, IntoTheBlock has discussed the latest trend in the Bitcoin supply held by the whales. The ‘whales‘ broadly refer to the entities who own more than 1,000 tokens of the cryptocurrency. Related Reading: Bitcoin Headed For $72,000? These Metrics Could Hint So At the current exchange rate, this amount converts to a whopping $88.9 million, so the only investors who would qualify for the cohort would be the big-money ones. In the context of the current topic, the holders of focus aren’t just any ordinary whales, but in fact the largest among them: those carrying more than 10,000 BTC ($889 million) in their balance. This group may be termed as the ‘mega whales.’ Now, here is the chart shared by the analytics firm that shows the trend in the holdings of the Bitcoin mega whales over the past week: As displayed in the above graph, the Bitcoin mega whales sold some of their supply during the price crash. More interesting, though, is the detail that these investors already began their selloff a few days back, a potential indication that they saw the price plunge coming. According to IntoTheBlock, this cohort was the primary seller in this window. In fact, the analytics firm has pointed out that the rest of the groups have shown combined accumulation at the same time, meaning the smaller entities are looking at the plummet as an opportunity to buy. In total, the mega whales have sold 25,740 BTC (almost $2.3 billion) over the last seven days. The behavior of the cohort could now be to keep an eye on in the coming days, as with the rest of the market buying, what these humongous investors do could tip the balance one way or the other for Bitcoin. Related Reading: Bitcoin Loss Holders Highest Since October As BTC Crashes To $87,000 Holder balance is just one way to classify BTC cohorts. Another is through exchanges, as different platforms can host a different demographic of investors. Two exchanges in particular are generally of relevance in this type of analysis: Coinbase and Binance. Coinbase is mainly used by entities from the US, especially large institutional traders, while Binance serves global investors. An indicator that can be used for tracking the difference in behavior between the two user bases is the Coinbase Premium Index. This metric measures the percentage difference between the Bitcoin price listed on Coinbase (USD pair) and that on Binance (USDT pair). As CryptoQuant founder and CEO Ki Young Ju pointed out in an X post, the Coinbase Premium Index has been negative recently. This trend, alongside the fact that Coinbase’s spot volume dominance has shot up recently (left chart), would suggest the American whales have been the main drivers during the crash. BTC Price Bitcoin approached the $86,000 mark during yesterday’s dip, but the coin has since seen a rebound as its price is now trading around $88,700. Featured image from Dall-E, CryptoQuant.com, IntoTheBlock.com, chart from TradingView.com