An STH Signal That's Historically Marked the End of Bear Markets
This is the first time STH have sat in profit territory for a sustained stretch since the market top. The last time was in January, but that episode didn't last more than a week. In May, losses held by STH remained dominant. Today, it's been nearly a month since STH have been mostly in profit, an important development worth highlighting. In this chart, these profits and losses have been expressed in USD, to properly visualize their real scale and compare them against current market cap. Profits held by STH are estimated at $168B, while losses sit just above $100B. This is a dynamic that's consistently observed during bear markets. As seen in 2022-2023, a bear market can only come to an end once STH manage to hold profit on a stable basis. This might seem counterintuitive, but it isn't. STH are known to be more sensitive and more volatile, and during bear markets, every return to profit territory represents a brief selling window, which quickly gives way to renewed losses, driving capitulation. The bear market trend only truly reverses once profits settle in for good STH and then push them to hold their positions and ride the upside. That's exactly the setup that appears to be forming right now. If Bitcoin manages to hold these levels and settle durably above $80 000, that would likely stand as an important confirmation. Written by Darkfost
Bitcoin Is Breaking Out of Its Bottom and Starting a Rally.
The $BTC Long-Term Holder (LTH) Spent Output Profit Ratio (SOPR) is increasing above 1. The market is shifting from a bearish phase to a neutral state, and a full-scale uptrend is now beginning. It is particularly important point that, in this cycle, the SOPR has not yet exceeded the 6. Historically, cycle peaks have formed in that range. However, during this cycle, there has been no phase where long-term holders engaged in profit-taking. In other words, a real bull rally has not yet occurred. Everything up to this point has been a preparatory phase for the rally that is now getting underway. LTH $BTC holdings are at an all-time high level, and they have continued to accumulate up until recently. The real rally is now starting. The cycle peak will occur in the profit-taking zone where the SOPR exceeds 6. Written by CW8900
Ahead of the Fed Meeting, Binance BTC Reserves Near 2024 Highs While ETH Reserves Stay Flat As Pr...
Binance's multi-asset reserves show a sharp divergence ahead of this week's Federal Reserve decision. Bitcoin reserves jumped to roughly 690,000 BTC on August 13, about 3% above the February 22 peak near 670,000 BTC and only around 2% below the 704,000 BTC level seen in August 2024. That historical comparison matters. A rise in Binance Bitcoin reserves is not necessarily bearish. In August 2024, reserves reached about 704,000 BTC while Bitcoin traded near $59,000. Despite that elevated reserve level, BTC later climbed above $120,000 by October 2025, showing that high exchange reserves alone do not necessarily represent a threat to price. BTC is now near $76,800, roughly 30% above the comparable August 2024 price despite reserves returning to a similar historical zone. Ethereum shows an even clearer divergence. Binance holds about 3.616 million ETH, almost unchanged from 3.63 million ETH on June 9, while ETH has risen from about $1,625 to $2,500 — nearly 54%. Stablecoin balances also remain elevated. USDT reserves are near $38 billion, while USDC has recovered to about $5.2 billion from $4.11 billion on August 5, a rise of roughly 26.5%. Ahead of the September 15–16 FOMC meeting, BTC reserves are near historical highs while price is 30% above its comparable 2024 level, ETH is 54% higher with reserves nearly flat, and USDT-USDC reserves remain above $43 billion. Exchange reserves are best read alongside price and liquidity, not as a standalone directional signal. Written by Amr Taha
Aggregate Exchange Netflow Reaches 772% Above Baseline on September 12
Aggregate exchange netflow averaged +717 BTC daily over the trailing seven days. The NVT Golden Cross registered a reading of 0.80 on September 12. Coinbase inflows from entities holding 1k–10k BTC averaged 712 BTC daily across the observation window. The same week carried PPI (Sep 10) and CPI (Sep 11). Headline CPI printed 3.4% YoY for August 2026, released Sep 11, with core at 2.4%. PPI final demand stood at 5.4% YoY for August 2026, released Sep 10. The 10-year yield closed at 4.95%, holding a +39bp spread over the 2-year. The dollar index softened 1.9% across the 60-day window. One candidate explanation, unverified: the rotation may reflect positioning ahead of CPI rather than a response to it. Broad exchange netflow expanded across multiple venues, with OKX (+4,590% vs. quarterly baseline), Bitget (+441%), and Upbit (+236%) all showing structural advances. This supply arrival coincides with a 102% increase in spending from the 10-year-plus cohort (326 BTC daily). While dormant supply and whale-tier deposits mobilize simultaneously, Binance funding holds flat (0.00–0.01) and the Coinbase Premium Index maintains a negative posture (-0.04 on September 10). Combining multi-venue supply deposits with subdued US institutional spot premiums creates conditions that historically preceded extended absorption phases rather than immediate markup. September 3 and 4 carry no price, funding, or exchange flow prints; weekly trailing means rest on five sessions, not seven. The Binance 12m–18m age-band inflow series carries no information due to a near-zero denominator and is excluded. The dollar figure is the Fed broad dollar proxy. For now, the clearest reading is that broad supply arrival has temporarily outpaced institutional spot demand, requiring the market to digest excess inventory before positioning can safely reset. Written by CryptoOnchain
Bitcoin Never Sleeps, but Its Volatility Runs on Wall Street Time
Bitcoin trades 24/7, but its price swings increasingly follow Wall Street's clock. A study using 87,672 hourly Kraken BTC/USD observations found that 13:00-21:59 UTC accounted for 50.6% of daily realized variance in 2022-2025, up from 38.4% in 2016-2018. Those nine hours make up just 37.5% of a day. Volatility peaks shifted with U.S. daylight saving time, and the U.S.-hours variance share fell on NYSE holidays. Macro releases, ETF-related hedging and cross-asset portfolio adjustments may help explain this pattern. Yet the main structural break appeared in November 2021, not at the January 2024 spot ETF launch. ETFs alone cannot explain the shift. Axel Adler Jr.'s chart shows annualized one-week realized volatility jumping above 60% during Bitcoin's late-August rebound before falling into the teens. BTC remains near $77,000, above its roughly $70,000 200-day moving average. The chart measures how much Bitcoin moved; the study examines when volatility concentrates. Neither predicts its next direction. The findings also come from one exchange, not every market. Lower volatility means recent calm, not future safety. Bitcoin never closes, but the information and capital moving it still have working hours. Written by XWIN Japan