Is Bitcoin Overheated Right Now? This Metric Suggests No
12 Giugno 2024 - 7:00PM
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Data of an on-chain indicator could suggest Bitcoin is currently
not at a stage where its price would be at a significant risk of
facing correction. Bitcoin 365-Day MA Growth Rate Is Sitting Below
Historical Overheated Zone In a post on X, CryptoQuant author Axel
Adler Jr has discussed about the recent trend in the “Growth Rate”
metric for Bitcoin. The Growth Rate basically keeps track of the
difference between the changes happening in the Bitcoin Market Cap
and Realized Cap. The Market Cap here is naturally just the simple
valuation of the cryptocurrency’s total circulating supply at the
current spot price. The Realized Cap, on the other hand, is a bit
more complex. Related Reading: Bitcoin Slips Under $67,000: Can BTC
Rely On This Historical Support Again? The Realized Cap is an
on-chain capitalization model for the asset that takes the “real”
value of any coin in circulation to be the same as the price at
which it was last transferred on the blockchain. As the last
transaction of any coin was likely the last instance of it changing
hands, the price at its time would act as its current cost basis.
Since the Realized Cap sums up this price for all tokens of the
asset, it essentially calculates the sum of the cost basis of each
coin in the circulating supply. In other words, the Realized Cap
measures the total amount of capital that the investors have used
to buy their Bitcoin. The changes in the Realized Cap would,
therefore, represent the capital inflows or outflows happening for
the cryptocurrency. As the Growth Rate keeps track of how changes
in the Realized Cap are reflecting in the Market Cap, it basically
tells us about how reactive the market is being to capital flows.
Now, here is a chart that shows the trend in the 365-day moving
average (MA) of the Bitcoin Growth Rate over the last decade or so:
As is visible in the above graph, the 365-day MA Bitcoin Growth
Rate has been at positive levels since early 2023. When the
indicator has green values, it means that the Market Cap is growing
at a rate faster than the Realized Cap. At present, the indicator
is sitting at the 0.001 mark, which is a relatively high level.
Thus, it would appear that capital inflows have been rapidly
driving up the price recently. Historically, during periods of
euphoria in the market, where Market Cap has exploded relative to
the Realized Cap, tops have become more probable to take place.
Related Reading: Litecoin In Uphill Battle: Strong Resistance Might
Block Recovery From the chart, it’s apparent, though, that the
recent levels of the metric, although high, have still been below
the 0.002 mark beyond which corrections have become likely in the
past. The Bitcoin all-time high (ATH) back in March, which has
continued to be the top for the rally thus far, had also occurred
when the Growth Rate had surged above this level. BTC Price Bitcoin
had slipped under the $67,000 mark yesterday, but the asset has
since seen a recovery push that has now taken its price back above
$69,300. Featured image from Dall-E, CryptoQuant.com, chart from
TradingView.com
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