Long-term holders are holding more than 75% of all existing #Bitcoin. This are percentages we haven't seen since Oct '15.
Data by @cryptoquant_com
#Bitcoin #OnChain #Data #Investment
Why is this important?
Long-term holders are experienced market participants who's seen different phases of the market. They are the hodl'ers from last resort, providing Bitcoin strong support.
This is important in bearmarkets, where coins are shifting from younger, less experienced market particupants to the long-term holders.
This proces will take time, but when it has completed #Bitcoin can start a new phase.
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Traders are betting on higher prices and are willing to pay a serious amount of interest. That doesn't have to be bearish perse, but when price start to move against them they might be forced to get out their position.
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Funding Rates for Bitcoin hits a 6-months high. Funding Rates is the amount paid by traders in a long-position to traders who are in a short-position.
It is a mechanism to keep the price of the perpetual futures contract nearby the assetprice.
▶ If funding is positive, traders are betting on higher prices. The future contract is trading above asset price which means that you pay to be long
In the last 10 months, the price of Bitcoin decreased with 70%. On the other side; hashrate, and thereby the difficulty, has grown. This means it's harder to mine new Bitcoin, and those Bitcoins will give less revenue.
In this thread, I'll focus on the hashrate, revenue for miners in BTC and dollar-terms, the total amount of fee and what these numbers mean at the current market situation.