Aggressive Sellers Dominate, but Price Holds for Now
Bitcoin consolidates around $88–89K amid sustained sell-side pressure in derivatives markets. Two charts show synchronized deterioration in both cumulative pressure and current momentum.
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Bitcoin consolidates around $88–89K amid sustained sell-side pressure in derivatives markets. Two charts show synchronized deterioration in both cumulative pressure and current momentum.
Bitcoin LTH Distribution Pressure Index drops to -1.628, entering Accumulation zone. Long-term holders reduce selling to 221 BTC/day despite sitting in profit.
Market in stress mode: short-term holders are underwater and their cost basis is declining. This is pressure from above, but not capitulation - the buffer to critical levels remains sufficient.
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This brief compares the current loss regime to November's capitulation. Core thesis: the market has already passed through peak stress, seller pressure is structurally exhausted, and conditions for a local recovery are forming.
This brief confirms the continuation of a negative capital flow regime: the weekly average in negative territory indicates that loss-making sales outweigh profitable ones. Until the 7dMA reaches zero, the market remains in a risk zone.
Bitcoin lost about one-fifth of its value over the past 3 months and shows negative annual performance. Price structure relative to moving averages and monthly RSI help determine whether this remains a correction within the cycle or signals a deeper reversal.
Short-term holder Net Pressure has dropped into the bottom 5% of its distribution. Price is trading below STH Realized Price, leading to equalization of buying and selling pressure.
Sentiment and on-chain structure are synchronously pointing to market weakness. Short-term holders are underwater, and all key nearby support levels have turned into resistance.
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The financial health index is at a critical threshold, demand-supply balance is weak, and nominal revenues have reached local lows.
Short-term holders have entered a stress regime, price has fallen below their average purchase price, and STH-SOPR (30D) has dropped to 0.98, indicating loss-taking and increased risk of accelerated selling.