{"id":294,"date":"2021-03-19T08:33:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T08:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/?p=294"},"modified":"2021-03-19T08:33:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T08:33:04","slug":"bitcoin-btc-rides-on-new-hodl-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/bitcoin-btc-rides-on-new-hodl-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin (BTC) Rides on New \u201cHODL Wave\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"#\n<p>The mood of owning <a href=\"\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin (BTC)<\/a> has shifted in 2021, riding on the wave of emerging BTC-denominated corporate treasuries.\u00a0Increased demand from other entities such as funds, exchange-traded products or BTC-related investment vehicles also mops up available BTC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indicators for on-chain activity suggest increased demand for coins, coupled with locking in BTC in idle wallets and less probability for panic-selling. The price spike happening during sessions in Asia, Europe and US time zones show there is still demand for more coins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$BTC<\/a><br><br>So. Much. Demand.<br><br>The last two daily candles had long lower wicks, but closed bullish near the session highs. That means sellers tried to push price down but failed &#8211; bulls showed strength to end the day.<br><br>Today is shaping up to be the same.<br><br>Dips are being bought. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sQcG4SN6Zt\">pic.twitter.com\/sQcG4SN6Zt<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Wolf Of All Streets (@scottmelker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scottmelker\/status\/1372583243271266304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The trend to trade BTC or hold onto the coins have been correlated with price moves. Short-term BTC transfers to and from exchanges can sometimes signal price spikes or sell-offs. However, there is also a bigger trend of storing BTC in cold wallets and waiting out short-term turbulence to take part in the coin\u2019s longer-term future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wallet activity and owner behavior thus form a pattern known as \u201cHODL waves\u201d, further contributing to scarcity. While corporate BTC purchases are happening on the OTC market, there is also enough retail interest, even noted through Google Trends for the term \u201chodl\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>BTC Pump Restarted<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After slumping to $53,000, BTC restarted its pump to just below $59,000. The leading coin is still within range to attempt new highs, while continuing its growth toward $100,000. The case for an ongoing price expansion in 2021 coincides with predictions from the <a href=\"\/news\/s2f-model-envisions-bitcoin-btc-pathway-to-1m\/\">stock-to-flow model<\/a> and the <a href=\"\/news\/bitcoin-btc-rainbow-map-close-to-direction-change\/\">rainbow chart<\/a> on BTC buying risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But during this price cycle, even the type of holder has changed. During previous runs, with a much lower market price, most of the trading decisions were due to small-scale users riding the wave of price discovery.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One indicator showing greater confidence is the fact that while smaller BTC wallets diminished, those with more than 1,000 BTC showed significant growth in the past few years. This trend is an accumulation of \u201cwhale\u201d-size market players, as well as potential long-term storage building.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The impact of Long Term <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> Holders taking profits is less evident now than during January&#39;s peak. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6isxSJZnJZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/6isxSJZnJZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qRtQxZC8Ao\">pic.twitter.com\/qRtQxZC8Ao<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jan &amp; Yann (@Negentropic_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Negentropic_\/status\/1372228585583431681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Social media commentary envisions this potential large-scale accumulation as the driver behind BTC price growth in the longer term.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The world&#39;s largest banks are on the brink of properly entering crypto for the first time and people are unironically trying to say $62k might have been the top for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a><br><br>Not. Even. Close.<\/p>&mdash; Alistair Milne (@alistairmilne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alistairmilne\/status\/1372506853700173824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, even retail buyers tend to receive the advice to hold onto some BTC for the long ride. This trend omits the speculative investors, and tracks the potential of BTC to break out to higher valuations. In the short term, derivative trading can still bet on price moves in the range of thousands od USD per day, liquidating both short and long positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BTC sentiment may diverge when it comes to traders vs long-term holders. For the short term, there are still expectations for price drops. For long-term holders, however, the goal may be to build up a larger stash of coins to participate in the future crypto economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Will BTC See Yearly Lows?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While short term predictions envision BTC testing $75,000 soon or going above to $100,000, there are also scenarios where the price takes a downturn to yearly lows.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current predictions for potential lows range between $30,000 and a potential slide as low as $10,000. However, the market sentiment at nearly $60,000 is different and there are more encouragements that large-scale owners will hold onto their coins. Others believe the yearly low of $27,000 is already behind, when the price briefly crashed in January and continued upward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The recent news of India potentially banning even the ownership of BTC and other crypto coins was easily absorbed by the market, and BTC is now on track to test new highs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Closing Q1: BTC Near Top Performance<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>BTC prices are on track to close a notable Q1 of significant price records. The<a href=\"\/exchanges\/kraken\/\"> Kraken exchange<\/a> notes the last three months\u2019 performance is among the most successful, if counting from 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#39;re 2 weeks away from closing out 1Q21 &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> is on track to secure its 3rd best 1Q performance since 2011 \ud83d\ude80 <br><br>Kraken Intelligence reports: Not only is BTC&#39;s +100% return QTD huge, it&#39;s also well ahead of the average +43% return we&#39;ve typically seen 76 days into 1Q. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/beJbsZdtWd\">pic.twitter.com\/beJbsZdtWd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Kraken Exchange (@krakenfx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/krakenfx\/status\/1372301667564158982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But the current BTC top remains unique, supported by multiple on-chain and market indicators of relative strength.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BTC mining activity is still about 50% higher compared to a year ago. Trading volumes are also near a peak, going as high as $3B, an anomalously high volume, around March 18. Not all BTC trading, however, is considered realistic volume, and some exchanges are still suspect for inflated bot-based trading.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scarcity Drives Price<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the summer of 2020, there are only 900 new BTC produced each day. Some miner pools have even slowed down selling, adding to the scarcity or leaving some of the coins for OTC trading.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, buying BTC on exchanges is becoming rather competitive, as there are simply not enough coins to go around.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Only 2.3 million <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a>\u00a0left on exchanges &#8211; the lowest since July 2018.<\/p>&mdash; Bitcoin Archive \ud83d\uddc4\ud83d\ude80\ud83c\udf14 (@BTC_Archive) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTC_Archive\/status\/1372563345576976386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking BTC off exchanges can be done for multiple purposes beyond storing it long-term in a secure wallet. Staking or loans are some of the tools to make use of gains, while also preserving access to the coins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n#","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTC indicators point to higher potential for investors to hold onto their coins for the long-term, with diminished chance for panic selling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2,12,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-bitcoin","tag-btc","tag-hodl","tag-kraken","tag-wallet","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradersofcrypto.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}