@glassnode here's how each cross played out, lined up on the signal day.
a year later $BTC's median was 3.3x and even the weakest was up 50%. after two years the median was 7x.
$BTC long-term holders spent most of this year selling at a loss. that has now been slowly flipping back to profit.
typical of past cycles on the way out of the bear, yet well before anything that felt like a bull.
Bitcoin 30DMA is about 2% below the 50WMA.
Since 2012, it has crossed above it six times.
If $BTC just holds here around $80k, the next crossing is about 6 days away...
$BTC has slipped below the bottom of the range.
That floor aligned with the True Market Mean and price needs to reclaim it for conditions to remain bullish.
If it does not, the short-term holder cost basis near $70k becomes increasingly likely.
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"The market has left its value zone without becoming expensive. A majority of indicators crossing above 50 would be the cleanest confirmation that the cycle position has turned." $BTC
Bitcoin is still stuck beneath the edge of a thick resistance band.
Moving above this level, would indicate a shift in long term market structure.
A return lower would result in significant pain for late longs.
$5B on $IBIT and $14B on Deribit expire later this month, most of it calls struck at $80K and up.
Spot at $79K.
The options market is positioned for a move above $80K that spot has not made yet. ~3 weeks to find out.
Bitcoin has stalled below long-term overhead supply.
The trading range is well-defined by two cost basis clusters.
Liquidation clusters also provide significant confluence.
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bitcoin:native ETF inflows came back with the rally, but volumes didn't (yet).
About $2B a day changing hands versus $4-5 billion in earlier inflow waves. Similar story as spot: the money shows up, the activity hasn't.
Bitcoin has stalled below long-term overhead supply.
The trading range is well-defined by two cost basis clusters.
Liquidation clusters also provide significant confluence.
Read our latest Week On Chain Article
Well, that flipped quickly.
25-delta skew is now at its lowest levels of the year across all tenors. The front end (1 week + 1 month) even turned negative.
$BTC traders now paying up for near-term upside rather than downside protection.
🪜Three rungs of the $BTC pricing ladder in two days
- 200DMA: first time since early November
- STH cost basis: reclaimed yesterday too
- True Market Mean: followed today
50WMA at $82.3K is the next one up.
Prior $BTC cycles bottomed between day 364 and 406 after their high.
Today is day 316, with price 48% below the high – shallower than prior cycles here (-66%, -67%, -72%).
The naive cycle math: their final legs would imply $29K - $54K in 7-13 weeks.