2024

Bitcoin

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 <li>Long-term holders are adding to their holdings.</li>
 <li>An analyst opined that the BTC may not react quickly to a potential ETF approval.</li>
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Despite <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/search/bitcoin" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">Bitcoin’s [BTC]</a> sideways movement, AMBCrypto learned that long-term holders are still accumulating. This revelation was made known by CryptoQuant’s verified author JA Maartunn on X (formerly Twitter).
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 Let's end the year with this chart <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f447.png" alt="👇" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;">
 Long-term holders keep accumulating supply, reaching new highs repeatedly, which is a positive sign for the long-term outlook. <a href="https://t.co/mCy6NsL3yb" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/mCy6NsL3yb</a>
 — Maartunn (@JA_Maartun) <a href="https://twitter.com/JA_Maartun/status/1741504592679165989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">December 31, 2023</a>
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<h4>“Conviction” is the name of the game</h4>
The increase was proof that those who have experienced the ups and downs of the market are bullish on the BTC price action. At press time, Bitcoin changed hands at $42,485. This value represented a 1.72% decrease in the last seven days.
One of the reasons these holders are bullish could be because 2024 is the Bitcoin halving year.
The Bitcoin halving year is considered an important event on the crypto calendar. This is done by cutting the Bitcoin mining reward into two to reduce the number of coins entering the network.
When this happens, the demand for BTC increases afterward.
Also, in past cycles, the Bitcoin price reaches a new All-Time High (ATH) months after the halving. So, the sentiment around the coin might be valid, especially as this year’s event is billed for April.
As a result of the recent occurrence, AMBCrypto <a href="https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=BTC&amp;category=&amp;m=market.MvrvMore155&amp;s=1420066800&amp;u=1704063599&amp;zoom=" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="external">checked</a> the Long Term Holder-Market Value to Realized Value (LTH-MVRV) ratio.
At press time, Glassnode data showed that LTH-MVRV jumped from 0.74 to 2.0 between the 1st of January 2023 to the 31st of December.
<div id="attachment_361588" style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-long-term-holder-mvrv-2.png" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-361588" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-361588" src="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-long-term-holder-mvrv-2.png" alt="Bitcoin long-term holder MVRV ratio" width="1800" height="1013" srcset="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-long-term-holder-mvrv-2.png 1800w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-long-term-holder-mvrv-2-300x169.png 300w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-long-term-holder-mvrv-2-1024x576.png 1024w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-long-term-holder-mvrv-2-768x432.png 768w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-long-term-holder-mvrv-2-1536x864.png 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px"></a>
 Source: Glassnode
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The LTH-MVRV serves as a macrocycle indicator to assess the sentiment of long-term holders within a 155-day window. Historically, anytime the metric hits a double-digit reading of 10, long-term holders become <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/will-bitcoins-move-to-50k-cause-a-40-correction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">bearish</a>.
This was evident from the happening of December 2017 and April 2021.
During both periods, long-term holders liquidated their holdings. This also caused a correction in the BTC price. Therefore, the LTH-MVRV means that HODLers are confident of a Bitcoin bullish price action for most of the new year.
<h4>BTC’s future remains a bright one</h4>
Another metric worth considering is the Stablecoin Supply Ratio (SSR). High values of the SSR suggest low stablecoin supply, indicating potential <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/bitcoin-will-sell-pressure-hinder-btcs-growth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">sell pressure</a> and a price decrease.
However, Low values <a href="https://cryptoquant.com/asset/btc/chart/market-indicator/stablecoin-supply-ratio-ssr?window=DAY&amp;sma=0&amp;ema=0&amp;priceScale=log&amp;metricScale=linear&amp;chartStyle=line" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="external">indicate</a> potential buying pressure and a possible price rise.
Looking at the data from CryptoQuant, the SSR in the last 30 days had fallen to 12.31.&nbsp; This reading implies that the market is armed enough to get BTC to a new ATH.
However, it is also noteworthy to mention that it might not happen in the short term.
<div id="attachment_361591" style="width: 100%" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bitcoin-Stablecoin-Supply-Ratio-SSR-2.png" data-wpel-link="internal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-361591" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-361591" src="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bitcoin-Stablecoin-Supply-Ratio-SSR-2.png" alt="Bitcoin Stablecoin Supply Ratio on January 1, 2024" width="2560" height="1612" srcset="https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bitcoin-Stablecoin-Supply-Ratio-SSR-2.png 2560w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bitcoin-Stablecoin-Supply-Ratio-SSR-2-300x189.png 300w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bitcoin-Stablecoin-Supply-Ratio-SSR-2-1024x645.png 1024w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bitcoin-Stablecoin-Supply-Ratio-SSR-2-768x484.png 768w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bitcoin-Stablecoin-Supply-Ratio-SSR-2-1536x967.png 1536w, https://statics.ambcrypto.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Bitcoin-Stablecoin-Supply-Ratio-SSR-2-2048x1290.png 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px"></a>
 Source: Glassnode
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Meanwhile, Gabor Gurbacs commented on Bitcoin’s short and long-term outlook. Gurbacs, an advisor at U.S. asset management firm VanEck, noted that the initial <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/bitcoin-etf-race-fires-up-heres-whats-going-on/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">impact</a> of the spot ETF approval might be minimal.
He, however, advised players to check the history of gold, as that would give an idea of Bitcoin’s long-term potential.
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 In my view, people tend to overestimate the initial impact of U.S. Bitcoin ETFs. I think maybe a few $100mm flows (mostly recycled) money.
 Long term, people tend to underestimate the impact of spot Bitcoin ETFs. If history is any guide, gold is worth studying as a parallel. <a href="https://t.co/6vvkA9aC09" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://t.co/6vvkA9aC09</a>
 — Gabor Gurbacs (@gaborgurbacs) <a href="https://twitter.com/gaborgurbacs/status/1741463685275476023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">December 31, 2023</a>
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Realistic or not, here’s <a href="https://ambcrypto.com/calculator/marketcap" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" data-wpel-link="internal">BTC’s market cap in ETH terms</a>
In his concluding post on X, the strategy advisor wrote:
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 “People tend to hype the current thing but remain myopic about the big picture. Bitcoin is forcing its own capital markets systems and products well beyond the ETF and that’s not priced in. The question is not what BlackRock adopts, but what Bitcoin company is the next BlackRock.”
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