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Bitcoin Cycle Top Still Not In, Suggests NVT Golden Cross

On-chain data shows the Bitcoin NVT Golden Cross has still not breached into the territory that marked the tops of previous cycles. 30-Day EMA Of Bitcoin NVT Golden Cross Is Still Below Overheated Zone As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant Quicktake post, the Bitcoin NVT Golden Cross is yet to hit an extreme level in the current ￰0￱ Network Value to Transactions (NVT) Ratio is an on-chain indicator that measures the ratio between BTC’s market cap and transaction ￰1￱ Reading: Bitcoin Newbie Whales Now Sitting On $6.9 Billion In Losses, Most Since 2023 When the value of this metric is high, it means the value of the network (as represented by the market cap) is high compared to its ability to transact coins (the volume).

Such a trend can be a sign that the asset may be ￰2￱ the other hand, the indicator having a low value can imply the cryptocurrency’s price could have room to grow as its market cap isn’t inflated against its transaction ￰3￱ the context of the current discussion, a modified form of the NVT Ratio called the NVT Golden Cross is the indicator of ￰4￱ metric is a Bollinger-band-like signaling indicator that compares the short-term trend of the NVT Ratio (10-day moving average) against its long-term trend (30-day MA) to determine whether the indicator is near a top or bottom. Now, here is a chart that shows the trend in the 30-day exponential moving average (EMA) of the Bitcoin NVT Ratio over the past decade: As displayed in the above graph, the 30-day EMA Bitcoin NVT Golden Cross currently has a value of around zero, which suggests the market is in a neutral phase according to the NVT ￰5￱ the chart, the quant has highlighted the zones where tops and bottoms have historically tended to ￰6￱ would appear that a highly positive value generally signals some sort of top for BTC, while a negative one can lead to a ￰7￱ Reading: Chainlink To $100?

Analyst Says This Breakout Could Be The Trigger In the current cycle so far, the indicator hasn’t seen any spike into the red ￰8￱ this means that this bull market is an exception, or that Bitcoin is yet to reach its top, only remains to be ￰9￱ Bitcoin market conditions are neutral from the perspective of the NVT Golden Cross, CryptoQuant’s Bull Score Index is painting a different ￰10￱ the analytics firm’s community analyst has noted in an X post, this indicator, which combines the data of several key on-chain metrics, is flashing a bear signal for the ￰11￱ Price Bitcoin surged toward $114,000 on Tuesday, but it would appear that the recovery was only short-lived as the coin is already back at $108,000.

Featured image from Dall-E, CryptoQuant. com, chart from ￰12￱

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