Long-term holders of Bitcoin at a multi-year high

These long-term holders appear to be reducing their spending while continuing to add to their positions, according to the report by Glassnode

Glassnode’s latest weekly on-chain report indicated that long-term holders of Bitcoin (BTC) are at a multi-year high and markets are not yet saturated with profit-taking.

These long-term holders (LTH) appear to be reducing their spending while continuing to add to their positions, according to the Nov. 22 report by analytics provider Glassnode.

The analysis delved into Spent Volume Age Bands (SVAB), which are used to identify the age of coins dominating the on-chain flows on any given day. The metric can be used to identify when the process of profit-taking or accumulation begins, according to Glassnode.

Consistent spending of coins older than one month began in November 2020 and ended between April and May in 2021. The SVAB metric has now fallen back to 2.5% of the daily volume since concurrently spiking with the BTC all-time high in October.

Glassnode noted: This can reasonably be interpreted as longer term holders reducing their spending, and thus are more likely to be adding to positions, not exiting them.

Glassnode also indicated that the total supply held by short-term hodlers (STH) is at a multi-year low, at less than 3 million BTC – which in turn means that the amount held by LTHs is at a multi-year high.

The report stated that seeing STH supply this low whilst price is near ATHs is a relatively unique case.

Although short-term holders have taken profits at historic high points and broken even at low points over the past week, the market is still yet to become overly saturated with profit-taking.

The findings indicate that there is little sign of a major capitulation just yet and the bulls may have further to run before this cycle comes to an end.