1/18 Monthly #Bitcoin
market analysis 
This month, I'll share my thoughts on:
1. Where are we in the cycle?
2. Has the correction bottomed?
3. When next run-up?
with BPT, MVRV, Reserve Risk, Puell Multiple, SOPR, exchange balances, miner activity, reflexivity & more


This month, I'll share my thoughts on:
1. Where are we in the cycle?
2. Has the correction bottomed?
3. When next run-up?


2/18 Based on the #Bitcoin
Price Temperature (BPT) per cycle charts, we are still early in the # of post-halving days and the maximum price
that was reached
If you correct the BPT for M2 inflation; even more so
Want more BPT? Check out this thread: https://twitter.com/dilutionproof/status/1356218323835506690


If you correct the BPT for M2 inflation; even more so
Want more BPT? Check out this thread: https://twitter.com/dilutionproof/status/1356218323835506690
3/18 If the #Bitcoin
Stock-to-Flow (S2F) or Cross Asset (S2FX) model is correct, we would also expect a further price increase over the next year or so
In comparison to the long-term power law corridor of growth, we are a bit above the modeled value ($19.4k) though

In comparison to the long-term power law corridor of growth, we are a bit above the modeled value ($19.4k) though
4/18 Similar to the BPT, ratio between #Bitcoin
's market value and its realized value (the average price at which all existing coins last moved) recently peaked in the short-term, but hasn't reached previous overall market cycle highs yet
Chart by @PositiveCrypto

Chart by @PositiveCrypto
5/18 The Reserve Risk, which is another metric that leverages the on-chain information of the age of existing unspent transactions, also suggests that #Bitcoin
's long-term holders still have confidence in a potential further price increase
Chart by @PositiveCrypto

Chart by @PositiveCrypto
6/18 The Puell Multiple, that represents the degree in which miners have been able to pump up the daily new #Bitcoin
issuance (often as the result of increased profitability due to a price rise), has been increasing - but also hasn't reached previous market cycle top levels yet

7/18 The huge decline in #Bitcoin
exchange balances of 2020 has stagnated in 2021
Nonetheless; you usually see this *increase* during bull runs as an increasing number of holders take profits
Either 'it is different this time' or we're still early
Chart by @cryptoquant_com

Nonetheless; you usually see this *increase* during bull runs as an increasing number of holders take profits
Either 'it is different this time' or we're still early

Chart by @cryptoquant_com
8/18 Finally (w.r.t. cycle analysis), when we look at the degree in which long-term #Bitcoin
holders have recently 'cashed out' their profits, the latest run-up is barely visible on the chart, illustrating long term HODLers' optimism
Chart by @whale_map

Chart by @whale_map
9/18 So as for the question "Where are we in the cycle?", my suspicion is that we're well underway in a
market, just had our 1st serious correction but may have some gas left in the tank 
(Leaning heavily on the assumption that we'll see another similar cycle off course)


(Leaning heavily on the assumption that we'll see another similar cycle off course)
10/18 Next: "has the correction bottomed?" 
My favorite chart here is the daily Spent Output Profit Ratio (SOPR)
The SOPR has recently reset to 1, which means that most 'profit taking potential' has been cleared; we would need to sell at a loss to get <1
Chart by @whale_map

My favorite chart here is the daily Spent Output Profit Ratio (SOPR)
The SOPR has recently reset to 1, which means that most 'profit taking potential' has been cleared; we would need to sell at a loss to get <1
Chart by @whale_map
11/18 A group of #Bitcoin
stakeholders that do appear to be currently selling are the miners, as a relatively high numbers of BTC are leaving their wallets in comparison to the previous year(s)

12/18 Based on Technical Analysis (TA), there is confluence for a ~$30k bottom on this retracement
E.g., if you draw a Fibonacci retracement with the late 2017 top & late 2018 bottom, you get a ~$30k zone
Do this for the mid-2019 top & early 2020 bottom & you get the same
E.g., if you draw a Fibonacci retracement with the late 2017 top & late 2018 bottom, you get a ~$30k zone
Do this for the mid-2019 top & early 2020 bottom & you get the same
13/18 The combination of the reset SOPR, the confluence for a ~$30k support that was successfully tested twice & the overall bullish outlook make me pretty confident that the bottom of this dip is likely in
If you are mid- to long-term bullish, IMO this is not where you sell
If you are mid- to long-term bullish, IMO this is not where you sell
14/18 During this weekend's 'Elon pump', ~17k more #Bitcoin
were deposited on than withdrawn from exchanges (investor skepticism?)
However, after Elon's interest turned out to be serious, that same net flow turned *negative* 21k BTC yesterday
Chart by @cryptoquant_com

However, after Elon's interest turned out to be serious, that same net flow turned *negative* 21k BTC yesterday

Chart by @cryptoquant_com
15/18 One of the larger entities that has been accumulating #Bitcoin
over the last year regardless of price action is Grayscale, who sits on a 648k BTC position
Late last year, Grayscale shared that ~90% of the entities that invest via their service are institutional investors


Late last year, Grayscale shared that ~90% of the entities that invest via their service are institutional investors
16/18 The price of Grayscale's GBTC product is usually at a hefty premium compared to the spot #Bitcoin
prices, but that is currently sitting at historically low values, suggesting that @BarrySilbert's vacuum cleaner could soon be turned on again 
Chart by @bybt_com


Chart by @bybt_com
17/18 With Elon's new interest in #Bitcoin
, Saylor's corporational on-boarding event this week & the #WSB crowd starting to take interest, there are multiple short-term triggers
@woonomic estimates that each $1 currently invested in #Bitcoin
lifts its market cap by $3.4

@woonomic estimates that each $1 currently invested in #Bitcoin


18/18 To summarize, my personal view is that:
- ..the current cycle has likely not completed if we assume it will be similar to previous ones,
- ..but it had its 1st serious correction,
- ..that may have bottomed,
- ..and is now waiting for something to trigger the next leg up
- ..the current cycle has likely not completed if we assume it will be similar to previous ones,
- ..but it had its 1st serious correction,
- ..that may have bottomed,
- ..and is now waiting for something to trigger the next leg up