The Week On-chain A Network Overview The competitiveness of the Mining landscape and their conviction in the Bitcoin Network continues to rise, with the Hash Rate blasting towards new ATHs. However, investors remain unconvinced in the short term, with exchange-related onchain volumes beginning to languish.
The Week On-chain Short-Term Holder Stress The Bitcoin market has continued to experience downward pressure over recent months despite the average Bitcoin investor remaining profitable overall. However, the Short-Term Holder cohort remains heavily underwater on their holdings, making them a source of risk for the time being.
The Week On-chain A Return to Equilibrium Market speculation remains relatively subdued for Bitcoin, with investors locking in only marginal profit and losses, and a reset across perpetual swap markets. Historically, periods of quiet and calm market structure are short-lived, and often precede an expectation for heightened volatility.
The Week On-chain New Investors Pain Cycle Bitcoin, as the leading digital asset, continues to see its dominance expand, now commanding a staggering 56% of the total market capitalization. Supporting this, Bitcoin Long-Term Holders remain steadfast in their conviction, with significant accumulation pressure below the surface.
The Week On-chain A Return to HODLing With the market currently digesting the largest downtrend of the cycle, indecision amongst digital asset investors remains apparent. However, below the surface, a distinct return to HODLing and accumulation appears to be underway.
The Week On-chain Mid-Cycle Wipeout August has already been a exceptionally eventful month across both equity and digital asset markets, after a “correlation-1” event sparked a major market sell-off. Bitcoin has been no exception, recording its largest drawdown of the cycle, causing capitulation amongst Short-Term Holders.
The Week On-chain Facing Mt. Gox Distribution After more than a decade of legal process, the long awaited creditor distribution of the Bitcoin recovered from the Mt.Gox exchange collapse is underway. From a psychological perspective, this represents the final chapter in what has been a major market overhang over the industry since 2013.
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The Week On-chain Testing The Range Bands Bitcoin prices have rebounded strongly, rallying over $68k and catalyzing an uptick in perpetual futures activity. The appreciation in price has also provided much-needed relief for the Short-Term Holder cohort, with 75% of their coins now held in profit.
The Week On-chain Surviving the Sell-Off The Bitcoin market recently absorbed over 48k BTC in sell-side sourced from the German Government. With Mt Gox distributions also on the horizon, we examine these major sell-side forces, as well as the role ETFs have on price action.
The Week On-chain Bulls Under Pressure Following several months of sideways price action, Bitcoin has experienced its deepest correction since late 2022, trading below the 200DMA, and putting a significant number of Short-Term Holders into an unrealized loss.
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The Week On-chain Grounding Through Confluence The Bitcoin market is in an interesting spot, with the average coin still up 2x, whilst most Short-Term Holders are underwater. A multitude of volatility measures are also heavily compressed, suggesting a larger move is on the horizon.
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The Week On-chain Sizing Up Diamond Hands As Bitcoin struggles to reclaim the recent ATH, we investigate the Long and Short-Term cohorts contribution to the supply and demand side. We also leverage the new breakdown metrics to evaluate the spending behavior and market influence of differing subsets of Long-Term investors.
The Week On-chain Establishing Equilibrium Despite choppy price action, the unrealized profit of Bitcoin investors remains constructive. However, volumes across all market facets are declining markedly as an equilibrium between demand and sell-side forces is established.
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The Week On-chain Dissecting Divergences Despite impressive US ETF inflows, a market-neutral Cash-and-Carry trade appears to be subduing buy-side pressure, requiring non-arbitrage demand to further stimulate price action. Alongside this, we explore the divergence between declining active addresses and surging transaction counts.
The Week On-chain Room to Grow After months of apathy and sideways price action, the first glimmers of speculative activity is beginning to re-appear. The market responded to a false alarm regarding the distribution of Mt.Gox supply, however this offers a lens into how we can consider these events using onchain data.
Ethereum and DeFi Primer on Automated Market Making and Uniswap Decentralized exchanges (DEXs), such as Uniswap, are a fundamental building block of the crypto-financial system. These platforms enable users to trade cryptocurrencies directly with each other, or via pools of liquidity, eliminating the need for a counterparty or a centralized entity to execute the trade. In this article, we will
Ethereum and DeFi Market Making on Uniswap: An Analytical Approach - Part III Classifying Uniswap's Liquidity Providers and Their Strategies Introduction The introduction of concentrated liquidity in Uniswap V3 has granted market makers greater flexibility and opportunity to manage their positions. However, it has also increased competition among Liquidity Providers, who can now compete by using different market-making strategies. Additionally, it
Ethereum and DeFi Market Making on Uniswap: An Analytical Approach - Part II Understanding Liquidity Supply and Demand Dynamics on Uniswap Introduction The introduction of concentrated liquidity in Uniswap V3 has given market makers more freedom and opportunity to manage their positions. It has also made the competitive landscape more challenging, and thus the decision-making process has become substantially more complex for selecting
Ethereum and DeFi Market Making on Uniswap: An Analytical Approach - Part I A Breakdown of Uniswap's Protocol Activities Introduction One of the fundamental building blocks within the cryptocurrency ecosystem is decentralized exchanges (DEXs). These platforms enable users to trade cryptocurrencies directly with each other, or via liquidity pools, eliminating the need for a counterparty or a centralized entity to execute
The Week On-chain The Calm Bull Residing just shy of the ATH, Bitcoin continues to consolidate, with long-term investors beginning to re-accumulate coins for the first time since Dec 2023. Alongside this, a historic first tranche of Ethereum spot ETFs have been approved in the US, seeing a +20% surge in the ETH price.
The Week On-chain A Macro Reset Bitcoin markets have experienced a cool down after several months of intense distribution pressure. Whilst capital inflows remain modest, the lightening of sell-side, and compression of volatility suggest a bigger move could be on the horizon.
