Bitcoin on-chain and options data hint at a decisive move in BTC price
Bitcoin’s (BTC) volatility has dropped toward historically low levels thanks to macroeconomic uncertainty and low market liquidity. However, on-chain and options market data alludes to incoming volatility in June.
The Bitcoin Volatility Index which measures the daily fluctuations in Bitcoin’s price shows that the 30-day volatility in Bitcoin’s price was 1.52%, which is less than half of the yearly averages across Bitcoin’s history, with values usually above 4%.
According to Glassnode, the expectation of volatility is a “logical conclusion” based on the fact that low volatility levels were only seen for 19.3% of Bitcoin’s price history.
The latest weekly update from the on-chain analytics firm shows that Glassnode’s monthly realized volatility metric for Bitcoin slipped below the lower bounds of the historical Bollinger Band, suggesting an incoming uptick in volatility.
The on-chain transfer volumes of Bitcoin across cryptocurrency exchanges dropped to historically low levels. The price is also trading near short-term holder bias, indicating a “balanced position of profit and loss for new investors” that bought coins during and after the 2021-2022 bull cycle, according to the report. Currently, 50% of new investors are in profit with the rest in loss.
However, while the short-term holders reached equilibrium levels, long-term term holders were seen making a move in the recent correction, which underpins volatility, according to the analysts.
Glassnode categorizes coins older than 155 days in a single wallet under long-term holder supply.
The gray bars in the image below show the Long-term Holder (LTH) Binary Spending Indicator, which tracks whether LTH spending averaged over the last 7-days surpasses is adequate to decrease
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