1/ New #bitcoin addresses were absolutely off the charts last week.

The backstory is bullish and intriguing — a unique view on a new bull market catalyst.

I’m about to break this down 👇

#BTC
2/ First: volume precedes price.

And #bitcoin active address counts are an OG on-chain leading indicator of volume.

3/ We typically see 5-10k new #bitcoin addresses / day.

That figure grew it its highest level in over two years last week, peaking above 22k.

data // @glassnode // indispensable
4/ Where are these new #bitcoin addresses coming from?

We’ll never know for sure — but here's my suspicion:

It's a story from last week that mostly passed under the radar — despite being the most bullish force I can imagine.
5/ Last week the Chinese government began a coordinated marketing campaign to focus Chinese retail investor psyche on crypto.

Yes, this is really happening.

coindesk.com/china-crypto-b…
7/ The Chinese government seems to want to ignite the bull market.

8/ But doesn’t China have a long track record of suppressing crypto?

Yes...but the reality is more complex. Simplified:

Chinese leadership promotes whatever narrative benefits their position, at any given time.
9/ Why the new narrative? My guess:

China dominates $BTC mining — and no doubt holds more $BTC than any other country, by a wide margin.

#Bitcoin is China’s national treasure.

Sooner or later, maximizing $BTC's potential becomes an unavoidable economic incentive.
10/ The recent explosion in #Tether printing might have been a leading precursor to China's marketing campaign.

China dominates $USDT volume globally -- and #Tether dominates their fiat onramp liquidity.
11/ And of course, #Tether printing has been an effective leading indicator for years.

h/t @BTC_JackSparrow
12/ I suspect Chinese retail buying interest helped #bitcoin absorb last week’s bearish headlines.

13/ I’d love to validate the overall theory with OkEx, Huobi & Binance volume, but it doesn’t work that way.

New retail buyers won’t make a statistically significant impact on exchange volume that's dominated by much larger players, already in excess of a billion dollars/day.
14/ Daily active addresses likely offers advanced signals on big moves throughout this bull market.

A great lens on that is Active Address Sentiment — the brainchild of my friends at @decentrader.

(@filbfilb + @philipswift)

15/ Active Address Sentiment is a cross-discipline indicator:

It does technical analysis on fundamental data.

It’s a leading indicator with a history of solid bull market signals.
16/ Bottom line -- this news is incredibly bullish, and appears to have fundamental confirmation.

I definitely I expect more shakeouts and sideways price action moving forward.

But I'm fundamentally bullish on $BTC.

And I think hodlers will be grinning by Christmas.🎄

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I think we're seeing a full blown parabolic advance.

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2/ This shouldn't come as a big surprise if you've followed me for awhile.

I said I was expecting this two months ago.

3/ marines have plenty to celebrate. 🍻

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@glassnode just reported the largest $BTC transfer from miners to exchanges in over a year.
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They've only been this net short once before: the last time $BTC hovered around this same price.
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The last one ended in 1929.

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1/ Get this: BTC’s curved log price growth fully straightens out when price *and* time are charted in log scale.

The implications are fascinating — and can be used as an edge.

I’ll break it all down, and show you a new indicator I'm loving.
2/ First: logarithmic charts show you log price in linear time. (They are 'price-log').

But what if you charted log price in log time? ('log-log')

Tradingview doesn’t offer that option — you need a specialized platform.
3/ Here's what you'd see:

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His words on Dec 4, 2017: “I would lean towards 3k”.

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He focused on one metric: estimated cost of mining production.

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tradingview.com/chart/BTCUSD/3…
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But their incentive to sell vanishes below the cost of production.

Institutions and smart money knew it, and were ready. Retail was mostly unaware.
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