TL;DR
- Retail traders on Binance bought 6,870 BTC in one day when the price exceeded $91,400.
- Long-Term Holders (LTHs) are actively distributing their BTC, a historical pattern for market tops.
- Strong volatility triggered liquidations of over $600 million in leveraged positions.
A dramatic shift in crypto market dynamics occurred during the Tuesday trading session. Following the small push that briefly took Bitcoin over $91,400, retail traders on Binance bought 6,870 BTC, representing a record volume, considering it was approximately $628 million in just 24 hours.
This retail impulse quickly ran into the wall of selling pressure from more experienced investors, drawing a classic market reversal pattern.
The recent $5,000 drop in Bitcoin’s price in just a few hours validated a key on-chain signal. Data from on-chain analyst Amr Taha showed that the realized capitalization for Short-Term Holders (STH) surpassed $51 billion, its highest level since December 2024, signaling a large influx of new, impatient capital entering the market.
Conversely, the realized capitalization for Long-Term Holders (LTH) moved in the opposite direction, actively distributing their supply to new retail buyers. It’s worth noting that when Long-Term Investors Sell Bitcoin to Retail aggressively, it usually coincides with market tops and subsequent corrections, a precedent the recent price action seems to confirm.
Extreme Volatility and Massive Liquidations
The strong volatility is causing extreme turbulence in the market. Experts point out that more than $600 million in leveraged long positions were liquidated in the last 24 hours, including a single ETH/USDC position on Binance that lost $14.48 million. Some analysts are calling the $5,000 BTC drop a pure manipulation dump designed to wipe out leverage, given the absence of a clear macro or regulatory trigger.
Following the rejection from the $91,800 zone, Bitcoin is consolidating in the $86,300 range, down 5% in the last 24 hours. The asset is now caught between a key support near $84,570 (where over 610,000 BTC last moved) and a significant resistance ceiling around $112,340, while long-term investors sell Bitcoin to retail and the market searches for a clear direction.
