{"id":846875,"date":"2025-05-08T23:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/bitcoin-losses-mount-traders-hit-hard-is-the-worst-yet-to-come\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T23:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T04:12:08","slug":"bitcoin-losses-mount-traders-hit-hard-is-the-worst-yet-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/bitcoin-losses-mount-traders-hit-hard-is-the-worst-yet-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin losses mount, traders hit hard! \u2013 Is the worst yet to come?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoins <\/p>\n<div id=\"single-post-wrapper\">\n<p><img width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Samyukhtha-2-1200x675.webp\" alt=\"bitcoins Bitcoin Traders Facing Losses Worse Than the FTX Crash?\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-del=\"avatar\" alt=\"bitcoins Avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/square_profile_pic-80x80.jpg\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"><\/p>\n<p>Journalist<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4>Share this article<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Bitcoin short-term holders faced steep losses, surpassing FTX levels, but without triggering full panic.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Short-term BTC investors were experiencing prolonged losses, with market uncertainty fueling caution instead of capitulation.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since early February, <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/category\/bitcoin-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Bitcoin [BTC]<\/a> traders have been quietly nursing losses, with the current figures now surpassing even the chaos seen during the FTX crash and the 2024 market correction.<\/p>\n<p>The pain is hitting short-term investors the hardest, particularly those holding BTC for just 1 to 3 months.<\/p>\n<p>As market uncertainty continues to linger, this trend of growing short-term investor losses could indicate a deeper shift in sentiment, leaving many wondering if the worst is yet to come or if we\u2019re simply stuck waiting for a breakout.<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoins <strong>Pain, but not capitulation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_480744\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GnxoctxWAAALXwy-scaled.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-480744\" alt=\"bitcoins bitcoin\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\"   data-old-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202560%201440'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GnxoctxWAAALXwy-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GnxoctxWAAALXwy-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GnxoctxWAAALXwy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GnxoctxWAAALXwy-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GnxoctxWAAALXwy-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GnxoctxWAAALXwy-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GnxoctxWAAALXwy-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GnxoctxWAAALXwy-scaled.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-480744\">Source: CryptoQuant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bitcoin\u2019s short-term holders are deep in the red, with them now sitting on realized losses worse than anything seen since the FTX implosion.<\/p>\n<p>The chart shows <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Darkfost_Coc\/status\/1908515344052084782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">the profit\/loss margin<\/a> plunging to -18.4%, eerily close to the -18.9% levels of late 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Yet interestingly, this isn\u2019t triggering full-blown panic. While the market\u2019s bleeding, there\u2019s little sign of a mass exodus \u2013 just traders biting their lips and waiting it out.<\/p>\n<p>The mood? Less \u201cget out now,\u201d more \u201cthis better be worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"841\" data-end=\"896\"><strong>Bitcoin: Why this time feels worse for short-term holders<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"1415\">Unlike long-term hodlers who\u2019ve weathered bear cycles before, STHs tend to enter near local tops \u2014 right when hype is peaking.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"1415\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/bitcoin-dominance-hits-63-time-to-rethink-your-altcoin-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">BTC<\/a> flirted with highs around $84K in early March, many of these traders piled in, only to be caught in a slow bleed rather than a dramatic crash.<\/p>\n<p class data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"1415\">It\u2019s the worst kind of loss: dragged out, confidence-chipping, and murky in direction. The data shows this group is now shouldering the brunt of realized losses \u2013 a clear reminder that FOMO buyers still learn the hard way.<\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"1415\"><strong>Echoes of FTX<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"1415\">The current drawdown mirrors the FTX crash in magnitude, but not in mood. Back then, the losses were driven by panic, contagion, and vanishing liquidity.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"1415\">Today, markets are hesitant, liquidity is decent, and BTC is still holding above $80K.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_480747\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BTCUSD_2025-04-06_15-18-14.png\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-480747\" alt=\"bitcoins bitcoin\" width=\"1824\" height=\"809\"   data-old-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201824%20809'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BTCUSD_2025-04-06_15-18-14.png 1824w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BTCUSD_2025-04-06_15-18-14-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BTCUSD_2025-04-06_15-18-14-1024x454.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BTCUSD_2025-04-06_15-18-14-768x341.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BTCUSD_2025-04-06_15-18-14-1536x681.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BTCUSD_2025-04-06_15-18-14-1200x532.png 1200w\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/BTCUSD_2025-04-06_15-18-14.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-480747\">Source: TradingView<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"1415\">The pain, however, is real. Market watchers are observing past patterns closely, and with loss levels now breaching 2024\u2019s correction, comparisons to November 2022 are becoming harder to ignore.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"898\" data-end=\"1415\">If history rhymes, then short-term capitulation could still be lurking just around the corner.<\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Share<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Samyukhtha L KM <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/bitcoin-losses-mount-traders-hit-hard-is-the-worst-yet-to-come\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist Share this article Bitcoin short-term holders faced steep losses, surpassing FTX levels, but without triggering full panic. Short-term BTC investors were experiencing prolonged losses, with market uncertainty fueling caution instead of capitulation. Since early February, Bitcoin [BTC] traders have been quietly nursing losses, with the current figures now surpassing even the chaos seen during<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":846876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4041,124],"tags":[11476],"class_list":{"0":"post-846875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin","8":"category-losses","9":"tag-bitcoins"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/846876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}