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Glassnode: What Bitcoin Long-Term Holder Cost Basis Tells Us About Bear Market Length
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Data from Glassnode shows the Bitcoin long-term holder cost basis is currently above the realized price of the crypto.
Bitcoin Long-Term Holder Cost Basis May Have Hints For Bear Market Length
As per the latest weekly report from the analytics firm Glassnode, the LTH cost basis has remained below the realized price for a period of between 248 to 575 days in previous bear markets.
Bitcoin “long-term holders” (or LTHs in short) include all investors who have been holding onto their coins since at least 155 days without moving or selling them.
The realized cap of the market is calculated by multiplying each coin in circulation with the price it was last moved/sold at and then taking a sum.
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From this capitalization, a “realized price” can be derived by simply dividing this metric with the total number of coins in circulation.
The realized price can be thought of as the cost basis of the average holder in the Bitcoin market. The below chart shows how the cost basis for LTHs has compared against that of the whole market during the history of the crypto.
Looks like the LTH cost basis has recently crossed above the realized price | Source: Glassnode's The Week Onchain - Week 30, 2022
As you can see in the above graph, the previous Bitcoin bear markets and the trends of the two realized prices during them are highlighted.
It seems like the LTH cost basis has always crossed above the entire market’s realized price as the crypto has approached bear lows.
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This happens because LTHs are the cohort least likely to sell at any point, while the rest of the market panic sells easier during downtrends. LTHs try to weather the storm even after going underwater, but other holders dump, thus lowering the average realized price.
From the chart, it’s apparent that the LTH price basis has remained above the realized price for at least 248 days and upto 575 days during the last bear markets.
Recently, the pattern of the LTH price basis crossing above the other metric has once again formed. But so far, the indicators have only observed this trend for 17 days, much lesser than historical cycles.
BTC Price
At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s price floats around $20.7k, down 9% in the past week. Over the last month, the crypto has lost 3% in value.
The below chart shows the trend in the price of the coin over the last five days.
The value of the crypto seems to have slid down during the last few days | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView
Featured image from Hans-Jurgen Mager on Unsplash.com, charts from TradingView.com, Glassnode.com
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