Felecia Davis 
The variety of Bitcoin whales is quickly lowering to ranges not seen since earlier this 12 months, probably because of the three-month excessive of coin inflows to centralized exchanges (CEXs).
Bitcoin market tracker Glassnode has issued a number of bearish indicators for the biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, together with knowledge suggesting a market exit for whales holding not less than 1,000 cash and alternate inflows of greater than 1.7 million cash, probably the most since February.
#Bitcoin $BTC Exchange Inflow Volume (7d MA) simply reached a 3-month excessive of 1,755.021 BTC
Previous 3-month excessive of 1,729.605 BTC was noticed on 08 May 2022
View metric:https://t.co/1S6EbDkdOO pic.twitter.com/8kSJPOLJXW
— glassnode alerts (@glassnodealerts) May 9, 2022
High CEX inflows of BTC counsel whales are probably exiting the market by promoting cash, probably as a option to put together for an extended market downtrend. Cointelegraph lately reported on Saturday that current sell-offs have been probably executed by short-term holders who had amassed cash in late January and early February when costs had reached a 6-month low of about $34,800.
Unfavorable outlooks in the marketplace based mostly on onerous knowledge have led the Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index to drop to 11, the “Extreme Fear” area. The index charges the final quantity of concern or greed amongst Bitcoin traders.
Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index is 11 — Extreme Fear
Current worth: $34,041 pic.twitter.com/PQK3x6YMok— Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index (@BitcoinFear) May 9, 2022
Despite the poor sentiment, BTC each day transactions don’t but seem to have been negatively affected. According to on-chain knowledge from YCharts, there have been 233,892 each day transactions value about $30 billion on Sunday, which has been concerning the common since January.
Lead on-chain analyst at Glassnode “Checkmate” tweeted on Sunday: “Many of you’re ready for the Bitcoin ‘capitulation wick,’” partially confirming the notion that traders anticipate BTC to proceed to fall. A capitulation wick is often characterised by a comparatively lengthy, sudden and catastrophic drop in worth, just like the one witnessed on March 12, 2020, when BTC dropped 43% in a day to round $4,600.
Many of you’re ready for the #Bitcoin ‘capitulation wick’.
If it occurs, and it truly is THE capitulation wick, nearly all of of us will not step in a purchase it as a result of the concern will likely be too nice.
This is the way in which it all the time is, and all the time will likely be.
Tip: have a plan, follow it
— _Checkmate ⚡ (@_Checkmatey_) May 8, 2022
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Market analyst Caleb Franzen tweeted to his 11,000 followers on Sunday that traders ought to search for markets to proceed trending downward based mostly on his evaluation, suggesting we’ll stay “short-term bearish.” He concluded by stating that it “appears worthwhile to anticipate extra ache.”
BTC is at the moment down 10.39% over the previous seven days, buying and selling at about $33,806, in response to Cointelegraph knowledge.
