First Mover: Number of Bitcoin Holders Shoots to Record High, Data Show

PLUS: Bitcoin Struggles at Resistance; Support at $35K

Everything you need to make sense of the crypto markets and beyond By the CoinDesk Markets Team Edited by Lawrence Lewitinn, Managing Editor, Global Capital Markets May 25, 2021 Sponsored by     Bitcoin (BTC) +2.2%  $37,155 Ether (ETH)  +8.6%   $2,439 (Price data as of May 25 @11:00 UTC) If you were forwarded this newsletter and would like to receive it, sign up here.  Good morning. Here's what we're writing about: Market Moves: Number of Bitcoin Holders Shoots to Record High, Data Show   Technician's Take: Bitcoin Struggles at Resistance; Support at $35K   Check out the CoinDesk TV show "First Mover," hosted by Christine Lee, Lawrence Lewitinn and Emily Parker, at 8:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern time. Today the show will feature guests: Dr. Leemon Baird, Hedera Hashgraph Founder & Chief Scientist  Teddy Fusaro, Bitwise President Then be sure to catch a special edition of First Mover at 11:00 a.m. ET featuring guests: Dominic Williams, Dfinity Founder and Chief Scientist  Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX CEO  Joe Conyers, Crypto.com Executive Vice President Global Head of NFTs Brett Tejpaul, Coinbase Head of Institutional Sales    Biggest Movers These are the biggest movers in the CoinDesk 20 over the past 24 hours:   Gainers: Yearn Finance (YFI): +20.2% Uniswap (UNI): +16.9% Bitcoin Cash (BCH): +11.8% Losers:  Algorand (ALGO): -2.9% NuCypher (NU): -0.3%   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. Market Moves by Omkar Godbole Number of Bitcoin Holders Shoots to Record High, Data Show The number of bitcoin (BTC) addresses in accumulation has risen to a record high as investors with long-term horizons take advantage of the recent price drop to boost their coin stashes. Bitcoin: number of accumulation addresses vs. balance held in accumulation addresses (Source: Glassnode) The count of accumulation addresses climbed to a record for the seventh consecutive day on Monday, taking the total to 545,115, according to Glassnode data. The number has increased by 16,445 since May 8 – a sign of persistent bargain hunting by long-term holders during bitcoin's slide from $58,000 to $30,000. The balance held in accumulation addresses has jumped by 30,000 during the same time frame, hitting a two-month high of 2.79 million BTC. Glassnode defines accumulation addresses as ones that have at least two incoming non-dust (tiny amounts of bitcoin) transfers and have never spent funds. Essentially, these are long-term holder addresses. Over-the-counter (OTC) desks have also seen substantial outflows over the past two weeks, signifying dip-demand from institutional investors. On Monday, OTC desks tracked by Glassnode registered an outflow of 11,883, the most since early September. However, inflows to OTC desks wallet also spiked to a 5.5-month high of 12,392 on Monday. Inflows indicate an intention to sell but do not imply immediate liquidation.   Read the original story here: Number of Bitcoin Holders Shoots to Record High, Data Show A message from Nexo Your digital assets deserve a savings account in their BEST INTEREST. 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The near 20% price rise from Sunday's low around $31,000 was short-lived as intraday charts registered overbought signals.   Bitcoin could find initial support around $35,000, although upside remains limited toward $40,000 resistance.   Four-hour bitcoin chart shows short-term support and resistance levels with RSI (Source: TradingView) The relative strength index (RSI) is not yet oversold on the hourly chart which suggests further downside in bitcoin over the short-term. The long-term uptrend is weakening, although the daily chart appears oversold for the first time since September 2020. A decisive break above $40,000 is needed to resume the uptrend. For now, bitcoin remains in a corrective phase and does not appear exhausted on daily and weekly price charts. The cryptocurrency was trading around $37,000 at the time of writing and is down about 13% over the past seven days. 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