After a brutal June, Bitcoin (BTC) has started July on a stronger note, climbing about 7% from $58,000 to $64,000 in less than two weeks.
Amid what appears to be a modest recovery, Alphractal founder Joao Wedson observed that Bitcoin’s supply distribution is increasingly showing long-term investor conviction.
According to the fresh Alphractal data, Long-Term Holder Supply is now 5.2 times larger than Short-Term Holder Supply, while the amount of BTC held by short-term investors has dropped to its lowest level since 2016.
In fact, long-term holders now control 84% of Bitcoin’s total supply, which leaves just 16% in the hands of short-term participants. Such a trend indicates that most of the circulating supply is held by investors with a longer investment horizon, while the share available to shorter-term traders has become historically limited.
Wedson said this shift goes beyond a simple supply metric because it evidences growing conviction among holders. He added that if demand rises while this supply structure remains unchanged, the market could become more sensitive to fresh capital inflows.
Yet another notable trend identified by Alphractal was that nearly every Supply Age Band is shrinking, except for coins that have remained unmoved for six to 12 months. According to the HODL Waves chart, this group’s share of Bitcoin’s total supply is rising quickly, suggesting that a growing portion of coins acquired in recent months have not been sold despite periods of volatility, market corrections, and shifting sentiment.
The analytics platform stated that this could also reflect increasing investor conviction rather than simply aging supply. If these coins continue to remain untouched, they will gradually move into older age bands, which, in turn, would further strengthen Long-Term Holder Supply while reducing the amount of Bitcoin readily available for trading.
Following the recent uptick, debate over whether the market has already bottomed has intensified. Some analysts argue that improving on-chain data and renewed ETF inflows point to stabilization. However, Doctor Profit believes that optimism around the crypto asset has become excessive.
According to the popular analyst, those trying to support bullish scenarios while simultaneously urging investors to buy will eventually be proven wrong by the market.
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