- Big gains are expected if the king coin manages to cross the $27,900 mark.
- Ten-year-old dormant Bitcoins recently entered the chain.
The crypto market remained subdued last weekend, with the king coin Bitcoin [BTC] for most parts chugging past the upper $27,000 level, data from CoinMarketCap revealed. The world’s largest cryptocurrency has failed to make a decisive move past the $28,000 level in the past six weeks.
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Big move coming up?
But in what could be music to the ears of Bitcoin maximalists, a popular on-chain analyst anticipated a strong move north in the coming days.
CryptoQuant Author Maartun drew attention to the historical relationship between Bitcoin’s spot price and its short-term realized price (STH-RP). Previous events in 2023 revealed a significant upside for Bitcoin following the intersection with the price realized by STH.
The analyst said Bitcoin was flirting with the next interest rate level, $27,900, and was confident of big gains if the king coin managed to break it.
Source: CryptoQuant
The STH RP calculates the average price at which Bitcoin was purchased by investors who held their holdings for less than 155 days. Historically, it has served as a reliable support level, with moves below leading to a significant correction.
That said, it has also acted as a resistance barrier, with outbreaks leading to more sustained spikes, as previously highlighted. These events have lent empirical support to the predictive power of the STH RP.
The old offer becomes active
Meanwhile, the world of Bitcoin continued to fascinate market observers. A Bitcoin stash worth nearly $6 million, which had been dormant for a decade, was recently moved onto the network, according to a report from Maartunn.
Satoshi, are you there ⁉️
The 10-year-old Bitcoin has gone onchain. A transaction of 212 $BTC was shipped in block 811244
https://t.co/baaCkhb1rf pic.twitter.com/OyNTLXyqOF— Maartunn (@JA_Maartun) October 8, 2023
Considering Bitcoin’s explosive growth over the past decade, someone was about to laugh all the way to the bank.
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Expected headwinds
At the time of writing, BTC is exchanging hands at $27,908, with a marginal decline of 0.12% in the 24-hour period. However, the consequences of the escalated Israeli-Palestinian conflict were significant on the broader market.
Particularly if Bitcoin miners in Israel run into trouble, there is no denying that the amount of BTC produced would drop drastically. This, in turn, would lead to unprecedented price swings, likely putting a damper on Maartunn’s predictions above.
To this extent, Shivam Thakral, CEO of Indian crypto exchange BuyUcoin, noted:
“Israel is an active player in Bitcoin mining and other blockchain-related activities and any disruption to the mining process could cause BTC’s hash rate to skyrocket.”
