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After the powerful #Bitcoin rally in Jan, several on-chain oscillators have returned to an equilibrium position.
This aligns with observations from previous bear markets, where a turning of the market tides was underway.
Read more in our latest The Week On-chain newsletter
#Bitcoin markets have seen the strongest monthly price performance since Oct-2021.
This rally is fuelled by both spot demand, and a sequence of short squeezes
We explore these dynamics across derivatives markets, and spot exchanges in our latest edition of The Week On-chain.
The recent market rally has pushed #Bitcoin prices above $23k, surprising many investors.
However, with higher prices comes an increased motivation for network participants to take exit liquidity, especially after the prolonged bear of 2022
Read more in The Week On-chain Newsletter
Watch our latest Video Report.
For the first time since June, #Bitcoin has seen a greater volume of Profits realized on-chain than losses.
During bear cycles, this tends to act as a psychological level where investors sell at, or near break-even, creating resistance.
A convincing break above 1.0 for Realized P/L Ratio, or aSOPR has historically signalled a cycle regime shift is underway.
A successful retest and bounce of aSOPR from 1.0 is often observed near cycle turning points.
Read our Full Analysis in The Week On-chain
#Bitcoin markets display a fascinating and bizarre level of consistency between cycles.
In the 2018-29 bear, $BTC traded below the 200DMA 🔵 for 386-days.
With last weeks rally, $BTC is back above the 200DMA, having spent 381-days trading below it.
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#Bitcoin and #Ethereum markets opened the new year...by staying asleep.
Realized volatility for the two major assets fell to extreme lows, which has historically preceded explosive moves in either direction
More in our first Week On-chain edition of 2023.
The final edition of The Week On-chain for 2022 is live!
We cover:
- Volatility, derivatives, and leverage.
- Severity of realized losses.
- #Bitcoin on-chain supply concentrations.
- #Ethereum post-Merge supply dynamics.
- Shifting stablecoin dominance
Read more in The Week On-chain.
Our video report for Week 49 is now also live.
We explore
- The prevailing regime of loss realization by the Bitcoin market.
- All-time-low in Realized P/L Ratio and what it means.
- 17% decline in the Realized cap, returning to May 2021 levels.
- Observations regarding the uptick in on-chain activity.
Watch our video report.
NFTs on #Ethereum accounted for 18% to 22% of transactions during H1-2022.
However NFT dominance has since declined to just 8.3%, as interest in the space wanes during the bear market.
Stablecoin dominance has spiked since FTX from 10% to 12.5%.
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Our latest video report is live: Characterizing a #Bitcoin Capitulation Event.
In this edition, we analyze:
- Observations of market behaviour after major sell-off events.
- Assessing the scale of the recent FTX capitulation event.
- Measuring the damage done using Realized Loss metrics.
- Metrics which describe statistically significant deviations.
Watch The Week On-chain Video Report
During the chaos of the last few weeks, the #Ethereum market cap briefly fell below the aggregate stablecoin cap, once again.
The Top 4 stablecoins USDT, USDC, BUSD and DAI make up over $138B in total, with the $ETH market cap just 2.8% higher at $142B
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Our latest #Bitcoin on-chain analysis report is live.
In this edition, we assess the reaction of #Bitcoin Whales and HODLers, with both cohorts appearing shaken by recent events.
📹 Watch our analysis in The Week On-chain video report.
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The fallout of the #FTX collapse appears to be a dramatic shift towards self-custody, especially for $BTC and $ETH.
In our latest video report, we explore the net inflow of stablecoins to exchanges, and historical outflows of #Bitcoin and #Ethereum
Watch our latest video report: FTX Fallout and the Rise of Self-Custody
With the devastating collapse of #FTX, the industry has experienced the most shocking insolvency since Mt Gox
In this report, we analyze:
- #FTX bank run
- #Bitcoin holders seeking safety in self-custody
- Response of Bitcoins strongest hands
Read more in The Week On-chain
Our latest Week On-chain Video report is live.
In this report, we analyze the #Bitcoin rally above $23k from the perspective of:
- Three Waves of Short Squeezes
- Leverage in futures markets
- Spot Exchange $BTC flows
- Average acquisition prices
Watch the latest edition of The Week On-chain
There are now over 503k active Proof-of-Stake Validators on the #Ethereum beacon chain.
The total number of new, or exiting validators is capped each day, depending on the validator pool size. The current limit is 1575 validators/day.
📊 Live Proof-of-Stake Dashboard
The total $WBTC Balance wrapped on #Ethereum has declined by over 35% since the collapse of the LUNA/UST project
At the peak, there were 285k #Bitcoin wrapped on #Ethereum, and this has since fallen by 101.55k $WBTC over the course of 2022
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After one of the least volatile months in history, #Bitcoin has seen an explosive rally back above $21k.
In our latest piece, we analyse the rally and the key pricing and valuation models $BTC has broken above.
Read more in The Week On-chain
As #Bitcoin rallies to $18.2k, over 13% of the Circulating Supply has returned to profit.
The observed sharp move upwards in this metric helps to confirm that a large volume of $BTC was acquired between $16.5k and $18.2k.
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Our final video report for the year is now live.
We cover:
- Volatility, Derivatives, and leverage
- #Bitcoin on-chain supply concentrations.
- Stress in #Bitcoin mining.
- #Ethereum post-Merge supply dynamics.
- Shifting trends in Stablecoin markets.
Thanks to all our regular watchers and readers of The Week On-chain series. We hope you enjoyed our analysis this year, as much as we enjoy producing it. Wishing you all a very happy holiday season, and our analysis team will be back for another exciting 2023! 🎄
Watch our last video report for 2022.
Over the last 365-days, a total of $213B in Realized Loss has been locked in by #Bitcoin investors.
This compares to yearly Profits of $455B realized in the 2020-21 bull.
This reflects a relative capital loss of ~47% of the bull market gains, similar in scale to the 2018 cycle.
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In the wake of one of the largest deleveraging events in digital asset history, the #Bitcoin Realized Cap has returned to May 2021 levels.
The Realized Cap decline, and significant realized losses signal that a near complete capital reset has taken place of the speculative premium since the end of the 2021 bull cycle.
Read more in the Week On-chain
Since the #Ethereum Merge, the total net coin issuance has been just +2,317 $ETH.
A total of 131,454 $ETH has been issued to PoS validators, whilst 129,137 $ETH has been burned via EIP1559.
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In our latest Market Pulse edition, we build a #Bitcoin overheated / cooled-off tool in Workbench using:
- Stablecoin supplies and SSR ratio
- Unrealized profit and loss
- The MVRV Ratio
Market Pulse reports are a weekly research and analysis series by our analysts, which seeks to achieve several goals:
- Market insights you can't find anywhere else
- Demonstrate how we use Glassnode tools
- Provide unique edge with custom Workbench charts
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The total #Bitcoin market Realized Loss peaked at -$1.9B last Friday.
This is the fourth largest daily realized loss in history, ranking behind:
-$2.0B during LUNA collapse
-$2.2B in June 2021 start of bear
-$2.5B in June 2022 sub-$20k
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In the wake of the FTX fallout, confidence of both #Bitcoin Whales, and Long-Term holders appears shaken
With over 84k $BTC distributed by LTHs, and ~5k $BTC in net whale exchange deposits, #Bitcoin markets are on shaky ground.
Read our latest analysis in The Week On-chain
#Bitcoin Long-Term Holders are currently experiencing acute financial stress, holding an average of -33% in unrealized losses.
This is comparable to the lows of the 2018 bear market, which saw a peak unrealized loss of -36% on average.
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In direct response to the failure of FTX, #Bitcoin investors, of all wallet cohorts, have made a distinct behavioural shift towards self-custody.
From Shrimp, to Whales, #Bitcoin on-chain balances are on the rise🔵
Read more in The Week On-chain
Our latest video report covering the Fall of the #FTX Empire is live.
We cover:
- Relationship between FTX, Alameda and Binance.
- Token composition of multi-billion USD transfers.
- The collapse of FTX during the bank run.
- Reaction of #Bitcoin holders
Watch our latest video report on the collapse of FTX.