Greater than half of Bitcoin (BTC) addresses are nonetheless in revenue, elevating questions in regards to the severity of the present “bear market.”

Information from on-chain analytics agency Glassnode confirms that as of June 20, 56.2% of addresses have been nonetheless price extra in U.S. greenback phrases than when their cash entered them.

Profitability fails to match earlier market bottoms

As BTC/USD fell to 19-month lows of $17,600 over the weekend, analysts braced for what they assume will develop into a retracement of as much as 84.5% from all-time highs.

A way of confusion reigns this yr because of these highs not being “excessive sufficient” in comparison with historic bull market tops.

The next drawdown has thus taken many without warning, regardless of thus far not matching earlier bear markets.

The Glassnode figures help that concept. BTC value bottoms have tended to coincide with lower than half of addresses remaining in revenue, and as such, the present downtrend nonetheless has a method to go whether it is to slot in with historic patterns.

In March 2020, as an example, worthwhile addresses dropped to 41%, and earlier than that, the 2018 bear market additionally noticed a drop under the 50% mark.

Panic, nevertheless, could already be setting in. As Cointelegraph reported, realized losses have been mounting amongst hodlers too uneasy about babysitting their funds any longer.

June 13 noticed the biggest on-chain realized losses in BItcoin’s historical past, these hitting $4.76 billion in a single 24-hour interval.

Market “getting nearer” to the massive quick

On the subject of how a lot promoting must happen earlier than the market reverses, Dylan LeClair, senior analyst at UTXO Administration, eyed a cut up between retail and derivatives merchants.

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In occasions passed by, he argued this week, retail has bought first, and speculators are available to complete the method by shorting BTC to unnaturally low ranges.

“Getting nearer,” a part of a tweet summarized alongside a chart exhibiting the prices to shorters rising as value motion waned in latest days.

Backside is in when the derivatives market is shorting $BTC into the dust after the brunt of the spot promoting has taken place.

Getting nearer… pic.twitter.com/HfDDflu06D

— Dylan LeClair (@DylanLeClair_) June 20, 2022

LeClair added that extra liquidations are possible needed within the DeFi area earlier than a definitive backside will be put in.

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