BTC liquidity falls to lowest level since 2018 as whales enter accumulation mode

Bitcoin liquidity has fallen to its lowest level since 2018 as large holders keep ￰0￱ decline has deepened a squeeze that highlights how long-term holders are dominating the ￰1￱ is already dealing with the high turbulence in the ￰2￱ cumulative digital assets market cap surged marginally on Friday to hover around $3.73 ￰3￱ 24-hour trading volume dipped by 7% to stand at $156 billion. However, the Fear and Greed index is flashing “Fear” sentiment among traders, and altcoins’ performance over the week reflects ￰4￱ scarcity deepens As per the data, the available sell-side supply has dropped to roughly 3.12 million ￰5￱ marks a six-year low even as Bitcoin trades near $110k.

Whale wallets linked to long-term investors have accumulated about 373,700 BTC over the last 30 days, it ￰6￱ surge in buying the dips highlights that the market remains in an accumulation ￰7￱ of the large holders are still positioning for a potential breakout later this ￰8￱ added that the Liquidity Inventory Ratio (LIR) has fallen to 8.3 ￰9￱ suggests that the current liquidity would last less than nine months at the present pace of ￰10￱ has emerged as a structure that often precedes major upside moves as scarcity begins to ￰11￱ Market Faces Liquidity Squeeze as Accumulators Dominate “Analytically, the decline in liquidity, coupled with increased demand from long-term holders, points to a favorable environment for price appreciation in the medium term” – By @ArabxChain ￰12￱ — ￰13￱ (@cryptoquant_com) October 24, 2025 Analysts are hinting that the combination of tightening liquidity and increasing long-term demand forms a bullish setup into the year’s ￰14￱ such accumulation continues and US ETF inflows strengthen, then Bitcoin could push past $115,000 in the fourth ￰15￱ price has dropped by more than 3% in the last 30 ￰16￱ is trailing by over 12% from its all-time high (ATH) of $126K, recorded on October 7, ￰17￱ market saw fresh volatility on Friday after US inflation data came in softer than ￰18￱ move sent equities to record ￰19￱ shows that September’s Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% month-over-month versus forecasts of 0.4%, while annual inflation stood at 3.0%.

Core CPI increased 0.2% on the month and 3.0% on the year, both slightly below ￰20￱ futures hit $543B Binance’s latest data show that derivatives traders are piling back in as investors gear up for the next ￰21￱ futures trading volume on the exchange surged to $2.002 trillion in ￰22￱ surpassed September’s $1.95 ￰23￱ added that Bitcoin futures alone made up $543.33 billion, or 27% of the platform’s overall ￰24￱ was up from $418 billion in ￰25￱ figures reflect a strong resurgence of institutional and speculative ￰26￱ are staying well above the $2 trillion threshold that typically signals bullish ￰27￱ the spot side, Bitcoin ETFs are showing signs of renewed ￰28￱ a sharp $101.3 million outflow earlier in the week, inflows rebounded to $20.3 million on October ￰29￱ was followed by a $477 million surge on October 21.

BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) led with $107.8 million in ￰30￱ was followed by Fidelity’s FBTC with $7.2 million and Bitwise’s BITB with $17.4 ￰31￱ all funds fared equally, as Grayscale’s GBTC saw $60.5 million in redemptions, while Ark 21Shares’ ARKB lost $55 ￰32￱ Bybit now and claim a $50 bonus in minutes