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Market Moves: Bitcoin’s Blockchain Data Indicates Renewed Institutional Appetite but Macro Risks Prevail
Technician's Take: Bitcoin Pulls Back Ahead of $50K Resistance; Support at $46K

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These are the biggest movers in the CoinDesk 20 over the past 24 hours:

Gainers:

Polygon (MATIC): +5.1%
Algorand (ALGO): +6.8%
Uniswap (UNI): +7.6%

Losers:

Polkadot (DOT): -2.1%
Chainlink (LINK): -0.5%

The CoinDesk 20 are 20 digital assets filtered from the larger universe of thousands of cryptocurrencies and constitute roughly 99% of the market by volume at eight of the largest and most trustworthy exchanges.

Bitcoin’s latest breakout above key resistance is backed by renewed interest from large investors, blockchain metrics show.

Per data tracked by analytics firm IntoTheBlock, aggregated daily volume measured in U.S. dollars from on-chain transactions, where each transaction was greater than $100,000, surged to a record $480 billion on Wednesday. In bitcoin terms, the so-called large transaction volume hit a two-year high of over 10 million BTC.

“Institutional activity for bitcoin is picking up momentum as the volume in transactions over $100,000 is setting new highs,” Lucas Outumuro, head of research at analytics firm IntoTheBlock, told CoinDesk in a Telegram chat.

While every large transaction does not necessarily represent purchases by institutions or high net worth individuals, the steady uptrend in volume since early August, coupled with the uptick in the balance held by whales and the price recovery, suggests renewed adoption by large investors.

Data tracked by Glassnode and tweeted by William Clemente, lead insights analyst at Blockware Solutions, shows whales or entities holding at least 1,000 BTC have accumulated more than 50,000 BTC this month.

Meanwhile, data shared by Santiment shows the supply held by millionaires list or addresses owning 10,000 to 100,000 coins has gone up 60,000 BTC in the past three days alone. IntoTheBlock’s Outumoru also confirmed a pick up in whale demand, saying “addresses with over 1,000 BTC are accumulating.”

With strong hands backing the recent rise above the 200-day moving average at $46,000, the path of least resistance appears to be on the higher side.

Large transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain surged to a record on Wednesday. (Source: IntoTheBlock)

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Bitcoin’s Blockchain Data Indicates Renewed Institutional Appetite But Macro Risks Prevail

Bitcoin (BTC) is roughly flat over the past 24 hours as upside momentum wanes over the short-term. The cryptocurrency was trading around $47,000 at press time and support is nearby around the $46,000 price level.

There is strong resistance near $50,000, which can limit upside moves. However, buyers will likely defend lower support levels as BTC consolidates.

The relative strength index (RSI) on the four-hour chart is declining from overbought levels reached on Wednesday. This could encourage brief selling towards $46,000 support.
The RSI on the daily chart is around neutral levels, indicating a period of price consolidation could persist around the 200-day moving average, currently at $45,800.
Upside momentum is slowing on intraday charts, but improving on the daily and weekly charts, which suggests pullbacks could be limited.

Bitcoin four-hour chart. (TradingView, CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Pulls Back Ahead of $50K Resistance; Support at $46K

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