TL;DR Long-term Bitcoin holders from 2017–2019 keep BTC untouched, building a strong market 0 hedge spot exposure with options, signaling capital inflows rather than retail 1 breakout and bullish RSI divergence show resistance weakening and support strengthening for BTC. Long-Term Holders Remain Steady Bitcoin holders with coins aged between 5 and 7 years are now entering a new 2 shows that the Realized Cap of this group has dropped from around $14.9 billion to $8.5 billion in the past 3 to analyst Cas Abbé, this decline is not due to selling. Instead, most of these coins have simply moved into the 7+ year age 4 means they have stayed in the same wallets, untouched, since being purchased between 2017 and 2019.
“These aren’t weak hands,” Abbé said. “They’ve survived halvings, crashes, FUD waves, and blow-off tops.” Notably, this shift shows that long-term investors continue to hold their positions through changing market 5 many assets, Bitcoin is not cycling through new owners as 6 same wallets continue to accumulate and hold. $BTC holders are quietly proving why they’re the backbone of every 7 the past year, the 5–7 year cohort’s Realized Cap dropped from ~$14.9B → ~$8.5B. But here’s the catch, this isn’t because they 8 all of it simply aged into the 7y+ 9 means… 10 — Cas Abbé (@cas_abbe) September 9, 2025 Options Market Shows Institutional Movement Activity in the Bitcoin options market is also drawing 11 BitBull noted that the 1-month 25 Delta Skew has reached a new 12 metric often reflects a rise in demand for downside protection.
“Everyone’s staring at price, but the real action is in the options market,” BitBull posted. “This isn’t retail panic, it’s institutions hedging.” As ETFs and other investment products become more common , large players are entering the 13 of these firms hedge their spot positions with 14 increase in skew shows this hedging in progress.) Real Floor Is Stronger Than You Think: Here’s Why appeared first on CryptoPotato .
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