{"id":849356,"date":"2025-05-18T23:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T04:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/bitcoin-nears-capitulation-as-short-term-holders-face-deep-losses\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T23:11:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T04:11:56","slug":"bitcoin-nears-capitulation-as-short-term-holders-face-deep-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/bitcoin-nears-capitulation-as-short-term-holders-face-deep-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Nears Capitulation as Short-Term Holders Face Deep Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bitcoins STH MVRV dropped to 0.82, signaling investor stress \u2014 while long-term holders quietly accumulate.<\/h2>\n

Updated Apr 16, 2025, 1:08\u202fp.m. <\/span>Published Apr 16, 2025, 10:33\u202fa.m. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Bitcoin\u2019s (BTC) on-chain metrics are flashing a key signal once again, as the short-term holder (STH) MVRV ratio fell to 0.82 \u2014 a level historically associated with market stress and capitulation, according to Glassnode data. <\/p>\n

This metric compares the market value (current BTC price) to the realized price (average cost basis of coins held by short-term holders). A STH MVRV value below 1.0 indicates that recent buyers are, on average, underwater, holding unrealized losses. At 0.82, this means short-term holders are down roughly 18% on average, a sign that many are experiencing significant pain.<\/p>\n

This level closely mirrors previous MVRV cycle lows: 0.84 in August 2024 and 0.77 in November 2022, both of which preceded market bottoms and trend reversals.<\/p>\n

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BTC: STH-MVRV (Glassnode) <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

Historically, such deep MVRV drawdowns have marked periods where weak hands capitulate and smart money accumulates.<\/p>\n

According to Glassnode data, since February, long-term holders (investors holding for 155 days or more) have increased their cohort supply by approximately 500,000 BTC. <\/p>\n

In contrast, short-term holders have distributed over 300,000 BTC, driven by a mix of profit-taking and capitulation. This imbalance indicates that long-term holders are accumulating more BTC than short-term holders are selling.<\/p>\n

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BTC: Long\/Short Term Holder Threshold (Glassnode) <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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James Van Straten<\/a><\/h5>\n
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James Van Straten<\/strong> is a Senior Analyst at CoinDesk, specializing in Bitcoin and its interplay with the macroeconomic environment. Previously, James worked as a Research Analyst at Saidler & Co., a Swiss hedge fund, where he developed expertise in on-chain analytics. His work focuses on monitoring flows to analyze Bitcoin’s role within the broader financial system.<\/p>\n

In addition to his professional endeavors, James serves as an advisor to Coinsilium, a UK publicly traded company, where he provides guidance on their Bitcoin treasury strategy. He also holds investments in Bitcoin, MicroStrategy (MSTR), and Semler Scientific (SMLR).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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STH MVRV dropped to 0.82, signaling investor stress \u2014 while long-term holders quietly accumulate. Updated Apr 16, 2025, 1:08\u202fp.m. Published Apr 16, 2025, 10:33\u202fa.m. Bitcoin\u2019s (BTC) on-chain metrics are flashing a key signal once again, as the short-term holder (STH) MVRV ratio fell to 0.82 \u2014 a level historically associated with market stress and capitulation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":849357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4041,4166],"tags":[11476],"class_list":{"0":"post-849356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin","8":"category-nears","9":"tag-bitcoins"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849356","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=849356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}