One Bitcoin investor cohort has unloaded tens of billions of dollars worth of BTC in a matter of weeks, according to a popular crypto analyst.
The trader Ali Martinez tells his 70,100 followers on the social media platform X that short-term holders (STHs) have offloaded 642,366 BTC worth $36.434 billion since mid-August.
“While many aspire to be diamond hands and HODL, short-term holders actually have a big impact on Bitcoin’s price. When they buy, BTC typically rises, but when they sell, the market feels the pain.”
However, the pseudonymous on-chain analyst known as Checkmate argues that those coins are just maturing into long-term status rather than being offloaded by the cohort. Short-term holders are typically defined as entities that have held their coins for less than 155 days.
Martinez also notes that Bitcoin miners sold 2,655 BTC worth around $150 million over the weekend.
On the flip side, Martinez highlights a spike in the Bitcoin Taker Buy/Sell Ratio on the crypto exchange HTX.
“This indicates a surge in aggressive buying – a sign of upward momentum ahead!”
Bitcoin Taker Buy/Sell Ratio is “the ratio of buy volume divided by sell volume of takers in perpetual swap trades,” according to the digital assets analytics firm CryptoQuant.
At time of writing, Bitcoin is worth $56,676, down nearly 4.50% in the past day.
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