$BTC recorded an RSI reading of 16 yesterday, the lowest level since November 2018. This is one of the lowest readings in the indicator’s history and firmly places the market in a state of extreme oversold conditions.
From a technical perspective, any RSI reading below 30 is considered oversold. Reaching 16, however, signals that selling pressure has reached an abnormally intense level relative to historical market behavior. Back in November 2018, a similar reading coincided with the formation of a long-term price bottom, followed by a sustained bullish trend that lasted for months.
That said, it would be a mistake to assume that oversold conditions automatically imply an immediate reversal.
Oversold is a necessary but not sufficient condition for a bottom. In aggressive bear markets, the RSI can remain depressed for extended periods especially in an environment of tight monetary policy, rising real interest rates, and capital exiting high-risk assets.
A professional reading of the current landscape suggests that the market is in a capitulation phase, not an accumulation phase.
Technically, current levels may be suitable for gradual position building by long-term investors, but they are not appropriate for short-term speculation.
Historically, such RSI readings have represented excellent long-term investment opportunities for those with a long time horizon and strict risk discipline.
An RSI at 16 does not mean a bounce will happen tomorrow, but it does confirm that selling has become excessive and that the greater risk now lies not in disciplined buying, but in emotion-driven decisions under fear.
Markets don’t reward those who sell in panic,
they reward those who remain patient when certainty disappears.
The One Number That Matters Right Now: 7.9×
As a trained oil and gas reserves engineer, I was taught to watch one ratio: reserves ÷ production rate.
It tells you how long inventory lasts.
$BTC is even stricter than a reservoir.
In oil and gas, higher prices can bring on new drilling and add reserves. In Bitcoin, supply is fixed at 21 million. No new discoveries. No reserve revisions.
Now apply the same depletion logic:
ETF holdings: ~1.3 million BTC
New annual issuance: ~164K BTC
Coverage ratio: ~7.9× (about 8 years of current new supply)
That’s why this number matters the most: it compares demand to supply.
If long-duration buyers are absorbing multiple years of new BTC, price doesn’t need a story to reprice it needs time.
Yes, the path will be volatile.
Yes, OG holders will sell into strength.
But game theory says large holders usually distribute gradually (not all at once), while patient institutional flows keep absorbing over repeated rounds.
Add the market structure shift:
BTC dominance rose from ~38% in 2023 to ~60% today.
That is capital concentrating into the highest-conviction asset, not broad exit from crypto.
Short-term price can be chaotic.
Long-term, if persistent net absorption stays above new supply, clearing pressure remains upward.
$BTC Hidden Edge: Hard to Trade but Powerful to Hold (3/3)
People say “you can’t predict Bitcoin.”
That’s half true and very bullish.
The key metric is the Hurst exponent (H), which measures market memory:
H = 0.5 → random walk
H > 0.5 → persistence (trends tend to continue)
H < 0.5 → mean reversion (moves tend to fade)
Bitcoin’s rolling 120-day Hurst has ranged from ~0.36 to ~0.91 in my tests.
That means the game keeps changing:
trend regime, chop regime, near-random regime.
I tested momentum, mean-reversion, and random strategies across 2,000+ days:
Momentum hit rate: 52–55%
Mean reversion: 45–48%
Random: ~50%
Short-term edge is thin and unstable.
Most people are trying to force consistency in a regime-shifting market.
Zoom out.
Across ~17 years, Bitcoin’s long-run power-law fit is around R² ≈ 0.96 (in-sample).
That does not mean perfect day-to-day prediction.
It means the long-horizon structure has been strong.
With full-sample Hurst around ~0.57–0.61, the picture is consistent: persistence dominates over longer windows.
What the data suggests on horizon (approximate):
• <3 months: mostly regime noise
• 3–12 months: mixed, path-dependent
• 12–18+ months: trend signal starts to dominate
• Multi-year (3+ years): strongest structural predictability
The same math that makes short-term trading hard is the math that statistically supports long-term holding.
(This is how my predictions are made)
Here are the details again (2/3)
$BTC -$54K Mispricing | 1-Year Model Path: ~$161K (+133%)
Spot: ~$69K
Power-law fair value: ~$123K
Gap: -$54K (-44%, Z = -0.82, statistically very attractive)
Math:
At an 18-month horizon, this Z-score explains about 55–62% of the variation in future returns (R²=0.555 with overlapping windows; R²=0.617 with non-overlapping windows; n=9 independent periods).
Means: Historically, more than half of the difference in 18-month outcomes lines up with how far Bitcoin started above or below its long-term trend.
If mean reversion follows the historical half-life (~133 days), most of the gap closes over the next year, with a modeled path near ~$161K by 12 months.
Short-term flows can stay noisy.
Long-term reversion math remains bullish.
Recently, the market has undergone a sharp correction.
Many positions have been liquidated. Many users are disappointed.
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Demand matters, yes but liquidity and leverage are not limited to issuance . They are created through credit, rehypothecation, derivatives, and balance sheet expansion a currency isn’t a company, agreed but markets don’t price supply schedules , they price marginal flows