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Bitcoin Crashes Under $93,000: What’s Behind It?

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Bitcoin has observed a plunge under the $93,000 level during the past day. Here’s what the trend in an indicator suggests about what could be behind this downturn. Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Gap Has Gone Cold


As pointed out by CryptoQuant community analyst Maartunn in a new post on X, the Coinbase Premium Gap has returned to neutral levels recently. The “Coinbase Premium Gap” here refers to an indicator that keeps track of the difference between the Bitcoin price listed on Coinbase (USD pair) and that on Binance (USDT pair).


This metric essentially tells us about how the buying or selling behaviours differ between the user bases of the two cryptocurrency exchanges. Coinbase’s main traffic is made up of American investors, especially largeinstitutional entities, while Binance serves investors around the world.


When the Coinbase Premium Gap has a positive value, it means the US-based whales are participating in a higher amount of buying or a lower amount of selling than the Binance users, which is why the asset is more expensive on Coinbase. Similarly, it being negative implies a net higher buying pressure on Binance. Related Reading Chainlink May Reach New ATH If This Barrier Breaks, Analyst Says 22 hours ago


Now, here is a chart that shows the trend in the Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Gap over the past couple of days: The value of the metric appears to have seen a decline recently | Source: @JA_Maartun on X


As displayed in the above graph, the Bitcoin Coinbase Premium Gap had been at notable positive levels earlier, but during the past day, its value has declined to the neutral zero mark.


According to Maartunn, the source of the positive premium was Microstrategy’s latest buying spree. Indeed, the cooldown in the indicator matches up with the timing of the completion of the $5.4 billion purchase by Michael Saylor’s firm. The significant accumulation from the company had helped the cryptocurrency maintain its recent highs, but with the buying pressure depleted, Bitcoin has retraced to price levels under $93,000.


BTC and the Coinbase Premium Gap have held a close relationship throughout 2024, so the metric could be to keep an eye on in the near future, as where it goes next may once again foreshadow the asset’s next destination. Naturally, a decline into the negative region could spell further bearish action for its price.


In some other news, the Bitcoin Active Addresses indicator has observed a sharp jump recently, as Maartunn has shared in another Xpost. This metric keeps track of the daily number of addresses that are participating in some kind of transaction activity on the network. Related Reading Bitcoin To Smash $100,000? Rapid Stablecoin Exchange Inflows Continue 1 day ago


Below is the chart shared by the CryptoQuant analyst for the 14-day simple moving average (SMA) of the Active Addresses: Looks like the metric has been rapidly growing in recent days | Source:CryptoQuant


With this latest surge, the 14-day SMA of the Bitcoin Active Addresses has reached its highest point in eleven months. This suggests that a lot of activity has recently occurred on the network. Given that the asset has gone down in the past day, though, the most recent user interest has certainly not come for buying. BTC Price


At the time of writing, Bitcoin is floating around $92,400, down almost 6% over the last 24 hours. The price of the coin has plummeted over the past day | Source: BTCUSDT on TradingView Featured image from Dall-E, CryptoQuant.com, chart from TradingView.com

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