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Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Are Capitulating—Will June Pattern Repeat?

Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Are Capitulating—Will June Pattern Repeat?

CryptoNewsNetCryptoNewsNet2025/08/08 00:10
By:newsbtc.com

On-chain data shows that the Bitcoin short-term holders have switched to loss-taking recently. Here’s what this could mean for the asset.

Bitcoin Short-Term Holder SOPR Has Dropped Below 1.0

In a new post on X, the on-chain analysis platform Checkonchain has talked about how the behavior of the Bitcoin short-term holders has changed recently. The indicator shared by Checkonchain is the Spent Output Profit Ratio (SOPR), which tells us about whether the BTC investors are selling/moving their coins at a profit or loss.

When the value of the metric is greater than 1, it means the holders as a whole are participating in profit-taking. On the other hand, it being under the mark suggests the market is realizing a net loss. In the context of the current discussion, the SOPR of the entire network isn’t of interest, but rather that of only a specific part of it: the short-term holders (STHs). This cohort includes the holders who purchased their coins in the past 155 days.

Statistically, the longer investors hold onto their coins, the less likely they are to sell them at any point. But since the STH group is made up of holders with a short holding time, conviction tends to be weak among its members, with panic selloffs often taking place.

Recently, Bitcoin has seen a decline, so it would be expected that the STHs would have shown some kind of reaction. Below is the chart shared by the analytics firm, showing the nature of selling that the cohort has participated in.Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Are Capitulating—Will June Pattern Repeat? image 0

As is visible in the graph, the Bitcoin STH SOPR shot up to a notable level above 1 when the asset’s price set its all-time high (ATH), indicating that these fickle-minded hands took the opportunity of the rally to exit in profit. The profit-taking, however, declined in the consolidation phase that followed this peak, and the recent bearish price action has outright pushed the metric below 1.

The indicator currently has a value of 0.99, which is still almost neutral, but it does show that some top buyers have started to capitulate. As Checkonchain explains, “many recent top buyers and ‘Weaker’ hands are selling around their buy-in price and saying ‘get me out.'”

In the past, capitulation events from the Bitcoin STHs have often meant a flush of weak hands, facilitating bottom formations for the cryptocurrency. Sometimes these events can go on for a while before the market reaches a turnaround, as happened in the lead-up to the April low.

But interestingly, the STH SOPR’s dip into the loss-taking zone in June was quite short-lived and led into a quick reversal for the asset. It now remains to be seen which trend will play out for BTC this time.

BTC Price

Bitcoin has shown some recovery during the past day as its price has jumped to $116,400.

Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Are Capitulating—Will June Pattern Repeat? image 1

Featured image from Dall-E, charts.checkonchain.com, chart from TradingView.com
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Disclaimer: The content of this article solely reflects the author's opinion and does not represent the platform in any capacity. This article is not intended to serve as a reference for making investment decisions.

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