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Pioneering on-chain market analysis. Advanced charts/data/insights for investors in Bitcoin and digital assets. https://studio.glassnode.com/
Introducing: Glassnode's new suite of 28 cutting-edge on-chain metrics for Bitcoin and Ethereum. This suite provides a more granular, cohort-based view of some of the most important metrics in on-chain analysis, such as SOPR, MVRV and Realized Cap. Specifically, you can use this suite to gain detailed insights into how different coin age and wallet size cohorts are behaving, providing a deeper understanding of capital flows and market sentiment.
Key Features:
- Market Trend Identification: Analyze asset holding ages to detect early market movements.
- Volume Analysis: Optimize trading by evaluating volumes in profit or loss across different cohorts.
- Risk Assessment: Assess wealth distribution by holder age and wallet size for informed strategic decisions.
- Profit and Loss Signals: Our metrics enable detailed tracking of realized profit and loss by age and wallet size, providing clear signals for portfolio adjustments.
Discover more in our latest insights article below 👇
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The Week On-Chain 17, 2024
The fourth Bitcoin Halving has occurred, leading to a 50% reduction in supply inflation and an inherent increase in issuance scarcity. In this edition, we explore the evolution of the Bitcoin network across Epochs with respect to price performance, and fundamental network metrics.
Executive Summary
- The Fourth Bitcoin Halving has occurred, reducing the annualized inflation rate of the Bitcoin Supply by 50%, and decisively surpassing Gold in terms of issuance scarcity.
- When measuring across Halving Epochs, diminishing growth rates are noted across multiple network statistics, whilst the absolute value of these measures continues to climb to new ATHs.
- Investor profitability has been bolstered by a rising spot price and a decisive ATH break, which has dampened the 50% reduction in revenue for miners relative to the start of the year.
Read more in The Week On-Chain newsletter.
Bitcoin ETFs now hold 851k BTC, about 4.3% of all circulating Bitcoin. After starting with weekly inflows from $1.2 billion to $2.5 billion, there's been a slowdown since late March. As Bitcoin consolidates around $60k following its recent drop, could this signal further corrections ahead?
Explore the trends in our 'Spotlights' series: 👇
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In just two days, the Bitcoin halving will reduce the block reward from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC.
As detailed in our Q2 Guide to Crypto Markets, Bitcoin's price increased by 1,000%, 200%, and more than 600% in the 12 months following each of the previous halvings.
Will the upcoming halving have a similar effect? Dig deeper into this topic in the first article of our 'Spotlights' series, which will highlight key insights and critical market trends and events detailed in the Q2 Guide. 👇
https://glassno.de/3UlfFMM
During the last two bull markets, the aggregate share of Bitcoin wealth aged less than 6-months old reached between 84% and 95%, indicating a saturation of newer holders.
This metric has increased dramatically since early 2023, rising from 20% on 1-Jan-2023 to 47% today. This suggests that the capital held within the Bitcoin holder base is roughly balanced between long-term holders and new demand.
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If we compare the Bitcoin ATH break in prior cycles, it could be argued that current Euphoria phase (market in price discovery) is still relatively young.
Previous Euphoria phases have seen numerous price drawdowns exceeding -10%, with the majority being much deeper, with 25%+ being commonplace. The current market has seen just two ~10%+ corrections since the ATH was broken.
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This month's Finance Bridge examines the role of ETF inflows and wealth transitions in Bitcoin's rise, along with the ramifications of Ethereum's upgrade. The analysis includes a look at market momentum indicators and speculative trends as the Bitcoin halving approaches. A crucial read for finance professionals and institutional investors in the digital asset market.
Read the full article here: https://glassno.de/3VR40qg
We can employ the fundamental Realized Cap metric to track the cumulative USD liquidity ‘stored’ within the Bitcoin asset class.
Currently, the Realized Cap resides at a new ATH value of $540B, and is increasing at an unprecedented rate of over $79B/month.
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Assessing the Bitcoin Long-Term Holders, we can see their Realized Profit / Loss Ratio has gone exponential and vertical.
This a result of there being no LTHs in Loss when the market has only recently broken above the previous cycles ATH, and is further fuelled by a significant uptick in LTH profit taking.
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If we segregate the Bitcoin Realized Cap for coin-ages younger than 3 months, we can see a sharp increase over recent months, with these newer investors now owning ~44% of the aggregate network wealth.
This uptick in younger coins is a direct result of Long-Term Holders spending their coins at higher prices to satisfy the wave of inflowing demand.
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In this week's Glassnode Clips, we analyze Supply Cluster Heatmap:
- The heatmap shows older coins activate at all-time high breaks, indicating long-term holders distribute as newer coins enter the market.
- All-time high breaks trigger long-term holders to shift from accumulation to distribution, marking the euphoria phase with more supply in circulation.
- Long-term holder activity at all-time high breaks consistently signals key market phases, from the start of euphoria to potential peaks and turning points.
Discover more in the latest Glassnode Clips below 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CQd3xdud20
With the Bitcoin halving around 24 days away, we explore how the behavior of Long-Term Holders—a cohort of mature investors holding a significant majority of the supply—affects Bitcoin's macro supply and market dynamics.
Find out more below: 👇
https://glassno.de/49cZ5TG
The Week On-Chain 13, 2024
As the Bitcoin market hits resistance at a new ATH of $73k, the Long-Term Holder cohort have ramped up their overall distribution pressure. The market is currently seeing over $2.6B/day in realized profit, as investors start to take chips off the table.
Executive Summary
- Bitcoin prices have pulled back -15.4% from the new $73k ATH, reaching as low as $61k. This price action aligns very closely with the prior 2018-21 cycle.
- Several on-chain indicators have flagged an uptick in profit taking events, with over $2.6B in realized profit taken as the market reached resistance.
- The overall Bitcoin market has several similarities to prior ATH breakouts, specifically related to distribution pressure by the Long-Term Holder cohort.
Read more in The Week On-Chain newsletter and watch our latest video analysis report.
With the Bitcoin halving about 30 days away, our latest article examines its implications for directional traders, particularly considering its interplay with the new market dynamics introduced by the ETFs.
Discover how to adapt your strategies for the upcoming market changes: 👇
https://glassno.de/49cZ5TG
The Week On-Chain 12, 2024
The Dencun upgrade has activated successfully, introducing a new architecture for Layer-2 solutions to anchor into the mainchain. It also introduces modifications to the staking pool. Both could impact Ethereum's monetary policy.
Executive Summary
- The Dencun Upgrade on Ethereum introduces new data storage capacities, aimed at reducing fee costs of its Layer-2 scaling solutions.
- The upgrade also implements a fixed limit for entering validators to manage the growth of the validator set and maintain efficient node communication.
- This change could influence Ethereum's monetary policy by reducing the rate of new Ethereum issuance. This could potentially lead to a decrease in the Ethereum supply.
Read more in The Week On-Chain newsletter and watch our latest video analysis report.
Glassnodes's lead analyst James Check outlines the key themes shaping the digital asset landscape in 2024, in the latest episode of Coinbase Institutional's Market Call podcast.
Episode Highlights:
- Quarterly Analysis: Key insights from the report, focusing on BTC's role in strategic portfolio diversification.
- Bitcoin Halving Examination: Explore the expected impacts of the Bitcoin Halving on the mining industry and broader market.
- Macro Economic Context: Interest Rate Implications: Discuss how shifts in global interest rates could influence the cryptocurrency markets, with a comprehensive macroeconomic analysis.
We invite you to listen to the full podcast for more detailed discussions and subscribe for future episodes on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coinbase-institutional-market-call/id1705007171
Attention institutional investors! Join us today, April 22nd, 2024, at 04:30 PM EST for an insightful webinar with Glassnode's lead analyst, James Check, and Ben Floyd, Head of Execution Services at Coinbase Institutional.
In this session, James and Ben will provide a comprehensive view of the metrics that matter most to institutional traders. They will share actionable insights on key topics, including:
- Correlations to traditional assets and the role of crypto in building diversified portfolios.
- Insights on where we are in the current market cycle and how it compares to previous cycles.
- Deep dives into what the current ETF flows as well as the Bitcoin halving mean for market participants.
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The Week On-Chain 16, 2024
The Ethereum community is debating a change to the ETH monetary policy, following a proposals aimed at constraining the rapid expansion of the staking pool. This is motivated by a surge in demand for Liquid Staking and Restaking protocols.
Executive Summary
- The Ethereum community is currently engaged in a heated debate regarding the ETH monetary policy following proposals to reduce the ETH issuance rate.
- New innovations such as Liquid Staking, Restaking, and Liquid Restaking have introduced additional yield opportunities, significantly boosting staking demand.
- Concerns are that the increasing prevalence of staking derivatives may dilute Ethereum's function as money, and shift the governance power of the network.
Read more in The Week On-Chain newsletter.
Introducing the Q2 Guide to Crypto Markets by Coinbase Institutional and Glassnode.
This second instalment analyzes price trends and key themes in the digital asset landscape in 2024.
Some highlights from the 59-page guide:
- Data on the bull: The last two bull markets lasted 3.5 years; currently, we're 1.5 years into another. Previously, price increases reached 113x and 19x, with this cycle ‘only’ reaching 4x so far.
- Rising popularity, rising maturity: As the crypto market grows, spot Bitcoin ETFs boost accessibility for institutional investors. Last quarter, they attracted $12B and now hold $60B in BTC, becoming key market influencers and among the fastest-growing ETFs.
- The perfect diversifier? From April 2019 - March 2024, adding a small crypto allocation to a traditional 60/40 portfolio notably boosted returns: a 3% allocation yielded 52.9% returns, & a 5% allocation brought 67.0%, far surpassing the traditional strategy’s 33.3% returns.
Download the guide here: https://glassno.de/3VUhtxx
In this week's Glassnode Clips, we analyze NUPL by Cohort:
- Capitulation signs are revealed by NUPL by Cohort when all market participants face unrealized losses, signaling potential market bottoms and recovery points.
- Rising unrealized profits in any cohort as Bitcoin surpasses previous highs indicate a shift from enthusiasm to euphoria in the market.
- Historical analysis of NUPL shows that breaking all-time highs often leads to significant profit realization among cohorts, marking critical market phases.
Discover more in the latest Glassnode Clips below 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ6B4xyJ1xo&t=1s
As the market reclaimed the 2021 cycle high, the Bitcoin Relative Realized Profit peaked at 1.8%, suggesting 1.8% of the market cap was locked in as profit over a 7-day period.
This is significant but remains comparatively lower than the profit-taking intensity during the January 2021 rally (3.0%.)
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The Week On-Chain 15, 2024
In this edition, we analyse the surge in both spot trading, and onchain exchange volumes for Bitcoin underlying the strong YTD performance. The market has also transitioned into a euphoric phase, as profit-taking has climbed accordingly.
Executive Summary
- Bitcoin’s strong performance over the last 12 months is supported by a surge in both spot trade volume but also exchange deposit and withdrawal volumes.
- By inspecting the cumulative volume delta (CVD), we can see that a majority of 2023 saw net selling activity on the taker side, even though corrections have been historically mild and less than 20%.
- Profit taking by long-term holders spiked meaningfully into the $73k ATH and is cooling down in recent weeks. This comes alongside an uptick in new demand brought on by the US spot ETFs.
Read more in The Week On-Chain newsletter.
In this week's Glassnode Clips, we analyze SOPR Variants:
- Analysis shows sell pressure from long-term holders and GBTC intensifies as Bitcoin surpasses previous highs, following a cyclical pattern.
- SOPR metrics reveal the profit or loss on coins spent, highlighting a surge in profit-taking, especially by long-term holders during the current cycle.
- The entry of new liquidity through ETFs and media attention leads to accelerated profit-taking, with SOPR metrics peaking, indicating key moments of market tops and transitions.
Discover more in the latest Glassnode Clips below 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXSExzZbY7E&t=2s
Assessing the Bitcoin Short-Term Holders, we can see that their Profit / Loss ratio remains well within a profit dominated regime, with profit taking outsizing losses by 50x.
Regular retests of the equilibrium level of 1.0 suggests that profits are being absorbed, and investors are generally defending their cost basis during corrections.
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The Week On-Chain 14, 2024
As the Bitcoin Spot Price consolidates below the new ATH of $73k, the Long-Term Holder cohort has entered their distribution phase, selling to new investors at higher prices. This represents an injection of new capital into the asset class, driving the realized cap up to new heights.
Executive Summary
- Capital continues to flow into Bitcoin, with the Realized Cap rising to a new high of $540B, and seeing rates of capital inflow into the asset now exceeding $79B/month.
- The transfer of wealth from Long-Term Holders back to new demand is accelerating, with over 44% of the network wealth now owned by coins aged less than 3 months old.
- Profit taking continues to dominate investor behavior, with both the Long and Short-Term Holder cohorts taking chips off the table. Overall profit dominance is however shifting towards the Long-Term Holders.
Read more in The Week On-Chain newsletter.
If we index the Bitcoin price performance (black) since the April 2021 ATH (where we argue bear market sentiment set in), we can see a remarkable similarity to the prior cycle (blue).
By both duration and distance from the April 2021 peak, the market is in a near identical spot to December 2020 relative to the 2018-21 cycle.
Discover more in the latest Week On-Chain below👇
https://glassno.de/496ld1S
Following the break above the ATH, the Bitcoin market had reached a statistically significant level with respect to Unrealized profit held within the supply.
Past instances have historically been points of interest, where the market finds a degree of resistance, and some investors start to take profits and chips off the table.
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https://glassno.de/496ld1S
In this week's Glassnode Clips, we analyze Bull Market Corrections:
- Recent bull markets have experienced shallower corrections than earlier ones, indicating strong buy-side pressure and limited selling.
- The market's spot-driven nature and ETF contributions in the current cycle mirror those of the 2016-2017 cycle, aiding in understanding present market behavior.
- Events like the halving influence investor actions, but despite potential sell-offs, the market has demonstrated resilience with shallow corrections, pointing to continued demand and support.
Discover more in the latest Glassnode Clips below 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmDOJlzSKnc&t=2s
Roll-up solutions have gained popularity over the last 2 years, with the two major scaling solutions, Arbitrum and Optimism, seeing usage increase by up to 150k, and 100k daily active addresses, respectively.
Meanwhile, Ethereum's mainnet still has the largest activity count, with more than 400k active addresses per day.
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https://glassno.de/4cp3cii
In this week's Glassnode Clips, we analyse Realized Cap HODL Waves:
- Realized Cap HODL Waves offer insights into market cyclical behavior by focusing on the USD value of Bitcoin's age bands, providing an economically relevant perspective beyond traditional HODL Waves.
- This method excludes less economically meaningful data, such as stationary old coins, to emphasize the supply actively involved in market dynamics.
- Realized Cap HODL Waves uncover wealth transfer patterns from long-term holders to new buyers across market cycles, showcasing shifts in the economically active Bitcoin supply.
Discover more in the latest Glassnode Clips below 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGZmZQMs4qE