{"id":471282,"date":"2021-09-09T19:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T19:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=471282"},"modified":"2024-06-11T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:58:30","slug":"bitcoin-on-chain-sell-off-may-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/bitcoin-on-chain-sell-off-may-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin On-Chain Data Reveals Why This Selloff Is Different From May’s Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"
Bitcoin on-chain data shows the exchange reserve indicator looks different for the current selloff when compared to the May crash.<\/p>\n
As pointed out by a CryptoQuant post<\/a>, the BTC reserve on spot exchanges has actually declined amidst the current price dip.<\/p>\n The Bitcoin all exchanges reserve<\/a> is an indicator that shows the amount of coins present in wallets of all the centralized spot exchanges.<\/p>\n When the reserve’s value moves up, it means more investors are sending their BTC to exchanges for withdrawing to fiat or altcoin<\/a> purchasing.<\/p>\n Similarly, a downtrend in the metric implies investors are withdrawing a net amount of Bitcoin from exchange wallets to personal ones for hodling them, or selling through OTC deals.<\/p>\n Here is a chart showing how the value of the indicator has changed in the past year:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now, on examining the above graph, some interesting features can be seen. In the lead-up to the 2021 bull run, the exchange reserve was coming down from a very high value. This makes sense as a downtrend like that one means investors were accumulating more coins, which can help drive the price up.<\/p>\n Then, around when Bitcoin hit its all-time-high (ATH), the metric started climbing back up quick, indicating a selloff, and thus the price crashed in response.<\/p>\n Related Reading |\u00a0Panama To Recognize Bitcoin As Payment Alternative, Issues New Regulations<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The current sharp dip, however, looks different. The BTC reserve has actually been on a decline, implying investors haven’t been quick to selloff on these spot exchanges.<\/p>\n This would mean that this selloff may have been entirely driven by derivatives, unlike the May crash where spot exchanges also played a big role.<\/p>\n At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s price<\/a> is around $47k, down 5% in the last 7 days. Over the past month, the cryptocurrency has accumulated 3% in gains.<\/p>\n The below chart shows the trend in the value of the coin over the past five days.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Two days ago, Bitcoin saw absolute chaos in price action as the coin’s value went from $50k all the way down to $43k within the matter of fifteen minutes. And then just minutes later, BTC had already recovered above $47k.<\/p>\nThe Bitcoin exchange reserve seems to be going down | Source: CryptoQuant<\/a><\/pre>\n
BTC Price<\/h2>\n
BTC's price shows a lot of volatility | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView<\/a><\/pre>\n