🥜 This is scary

PLUS: Bitcoin rips up

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What we’ve cooked up for you today…

  • 🏦 Where are they? - Bitcoin on the verge of new ATH

  • 👻 This is scary

  • 📈 Let it rip

  • 💰 And more…

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WHERE ARE THEY? 🏦 

BREAKING: Bitcoin approaching new all-time high still hasn't woken up retail investors

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So close!

Late last night Bitcoin came within $200 of surpassing it’s all-time high

(According to CoinMarketCap, Bitcoin’s all-time high is $73,750.07)

Since then, it has been floating around the $72,250 mark.

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But despite Bitcoin being on the verge of a new all-time high, retail isn’t here yet

Google search interest for “Bitcoin” is still considerably down from the highs of May 2021.

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Another telltale sign of retail interest is Coinbase’s ranking in the App Store.

Previous bull runs saw Coinbase surge into the top 50.

Currently it’s ranked 308th.

However…

It did jump up 167 positions between the 28th and 29th of October.

Which means that Bitcoin is capturing at least a little bit of retail attention

So…

Retail may not fully be here yet, but the institutions certainly are.

As we explained yesterday, the Bitcoin ETFs have been on a rampage recently.

They’ve brought in over $4.5 billion across the last 12 trading days.

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BlackRock alone saw ~$600 million in inflows yesterday…

(Total combined ETF inflows were $870 million)

Let’s lay out the current situation:

  • Bitcoin is within touching distance of setting a new all-time high

  • The Bitcoin ETFs are going bananas

  • All whilst “retail” is barely even here

To us, that sounds like we’re going much, much higher. 🚀 

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THIS IS SCARY 👻

It was March when Bitcoin was last at these price levels.

But this time around is completely different.

It’s scary how much higher we are going.

That’s the latest out from Miles Deutscher.

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Bitcoin hit its all-time high of $73,750.07 on March 1st, 2024.

On that date, Coinbase was ranked 20th in the app store.

It’s taken 7 months, but we are now again at all-time high prices.

This time around? Coinbase is ranked only 308th in the app store.

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“Price is the EXACT SAME, but retail isn't back (at all). It's scary how much higher we're going.”

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As we said before, nobody is here yet.

If you are reading this, you are well & truly early.

If you’re wondering why we’re so focussed on the Coinbase app store ranking, it’s for good reason.

Historically, every time Coinbase hits number 1 in the app store, it’s marked the top of the cycle.

Retail fever is at its peak, and it’s a good time to be selling.

It’s just 1 of the many indicators we closely track in Crypto Nutshell Pro to let you know if it’s a good time to be buying or selling.

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LET IT RIP 📈

Time for a check in on one of our favourite charts.

The supply last active 1+ years ago metric is super simple to understand and extremely useful.

It categorises coins based on how long it’s been since they last moved on-chain. (as a percentage of the circulating supply)

  • Metrics rising: long-term holders are accumulating coins 📈

  • Metrics declining: long-term holders are selling coins 📉

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Here’s the breakdown for each cohort (compared to what it was 2 weeks ago):

  • 🔴 Supply last active 1+ years ago: 64.43% (down from 64.71%)

  • 🟠 Supply last active 2+ years ago: 53.48% (down from 53.56%)

  • 🟢 Supply last active 3+ years ago: 46.36% (up from 46.07%)

  • 🔵 Supply last active 5+ years ago: 31.03% (up from 30.99%)

This ones an interesting one…

You’ll notice that there’s been minor decreases in the 1+ and 2+ age bands.

But, there’s been minor increases in the 3+ and 5+ age bands.

With Bitcoin ripping up today, we’re expecting to see a modest sell-off from long-term holders over the next 2 weeks. (mainly from the 1+ age band)

And don’t get us wrong, this isn’t anything to worry about just yet

(We’ll let you know when this metric is getting a little overheated)

Previous Bitcoin bull markets have seen significant and sustained sell offs from long-term holders.

Right now, there’s nothing to worry about.

The “banana zone” has finally arrived. 🍌

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CRACKING CRYPTO 🥜

Coinbase CEO urges next SEC chief to apologize for crypto crackdown. Coinbase chief Brian Armstrong demands the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) apology over crypto confusion.

Kraken Picked Optimism's 'Superchain' After Getting a Pile of OP Tokens. Crypto exchange Kraken's decision to build on Optimism's OP Stack framework came with a big, previously undisclosed grant from the Optimism Foundation.

Grayscale’s Bitcoin, Ether 'mini’ ETFs pulled $750M in first 3 months. The "mini" trusts spun off from Grayscale's legacy Bitcoin and Ether funds in July.

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Trivia Answer: C) Gas 🥳

Ethereum gas fees are the transaction fees users pay on the Ethereum blockchain to conduct transactions and execute smart contracts.

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