Bitcoin ( BitcoinTC), checked its most recent advance on February 23rd’s Wall Street Open, as Russia repercussions continued.
BTC/USD 1-hour candle charts (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView
Stocks suffer from crypto recovery
Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro, and tradingView showed that BTC/USD fell back to $38,000 during February 23, despite having reached $39,000.
The Russia-Ukraine Conflict pressure remained a constant threat to equity markets. Bitcoin as well as altcoins are closely related.
S&P 500 fell 0.25% within its first hour. Russia’s MOEX index suffered further losses starting February 23, and was down 7.3% as of the time this article was written.
On news that Russia would not allow Russian businesses to clear in dollars or sterling, the Russian ruble fell in step. It accelerated past 80 to the US dollar.
Market participants searching for low-timeframe shots had to constantly reevaluate their approach because of the uncertainty.
Bitcoin
Bullish Inverse Head and shoulders bottom formation
good risk reward entry here with stop at $34K pic.twitter.com/fk8N6fAwQo— Will Meade (@realwillmeade).
February 23, 2022
William Clemente, Blockware’s lead insights analyst, tweeted that he was bullish on Bitcoin over the next few months. He also spoke about the macro outlook for the long-term.
“Strong holding behavior on the chain paired with a lot relative dry powder sitting in exchanges, stacked bidside order books & prolonged regime spot premium over perps. Next week will bring March, and max hawkishness is likely priced in.
As Bitcoin continues to follow global equities in the meantime, Ki Young Ju (CEO of CryptoQuant), argued that this was not all bad news to those who hoped that Bitcoin would decouple and become an asymmetric hedge to global uncertainty.
“Good News: BTC has been adopted by traditional institutions. New players trading stocks are changing its ownership. Bad news: BTC isn’t a safe-haven investment. He summarized.
Supply Delta suggests a possible price U-turn
However, Bitcoin looks a lot more promising than Clemente suggested if you turn to on-chain metrics.
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The Supply Delta metric was in focus on February 23rd. It measures the percentage of BTC supply that is held by both short-term and longer-term holders.
Charles Edwards, Capriole founder, noted that Supply Delta was able to call local price tops. It was printing a bottom to long-term holders share as of this week. This is a traditional price bottom.
The wallets of long-term holders have not sold in the last 155 days. Short-term holders, on the other hand, sell within that time period.
Short-term supply peak peaks seem to be immediately followed by price tops.
Edwards stated that Bitcoin is located in a major accumulation area.
Bitcoin supply delta annotated chart. Source: Charles Edwards/ Twitter
