{"id":90565,"date":"2025-11-03T12:54:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=90565"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:50:47","slug":"cryptoquant-bitcoin-investments-surge-despite-profit-taking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/cryptoquant-bitcoin-investments-surge-despite-profit-taking\/","title":{"rendered":"CryptoQuant: Bitcoin Investments Surge Despite Profit-Taking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the past week, the realized capitalization of the leading cryptocurrency rose by $8 billion, reaching $1.1 trillion, according to CryptoQuant&#8217;s CEO, Ki Young Ju.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/ Bitcoin wallets\u2019 avg cost basis is $55.9K, meaning holders are up ~93% on average.<\/p>\n<p>Realized cap keeps rising (+$8B this week), indicating on-chain inflows remain strong.<\/p>\n<p>Price hasn\u2019t gone up because of selling pressure, not because demand was weak. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K96eFoFXau\">pic.twitter.com\/K96eFoFXau<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ki Young Ju (@ki_young_ju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ki_young_ju\/status\/1984972527983366301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This metric tracks the cost of all coins at their last movement price and reflects the total volume of investment in the asset.<\/p>\n<p>The realized price of Bitcoin has exceeded $110,000.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO of the analytics platform linked the inflows to treasury firms and exchange-traded funds (<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-etf\">ETF<\/a>). Ju explained that the recovery of Bitcoin&#8217;s price will remain limited unless ETFs and Strategy resume large-scale purchases.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cIf these two channels recover, the market momentum is likely to return,\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The head of CryptoQuant also noted that miners are expanding their operations. He described the growth in <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-hashrate-and-mining-difficulty-in-cryptocurrencies\">hashrate<\/a> as a \u201cclear long-term bullish signal\u201d for Bitcoin&#8217;s further growth.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shrimp Activity<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, an analyst under the pseudonym Darkfost highlighted the low activity of retail investors in the current cycle. He analyzed the behavior of market participants with balances of less than 0.1 BTC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Retail Investors, the Biggest Absentees of this Cycle<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are seeing the rise of new whales, companies building treasury reserves, and addresses that accumulate without selling. All of this makes the current cycle structurally different from previous ones.\u201d \u2013 By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Darkfost_Coc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Darkfost_Coc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cwbszlVuYK\">pic.twitter.com\/cwbszlVuYK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CryptoQuant.com (@cryptoquant_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptoquant_com\/status\/1985253931631493499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to his data, the inflow of bitcoins from this group to Binance is steadily declining. Since the beginning of 2023, the 90-day moving average of inflows has decreased more than fivefold \u2014 from 552 BTC to 92 BTC per day. The trend intensified after the launch of spot ETFs in January 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Darkfost concluded that the current cycle is structurally different from previous ones due to the emergence of new whales and companies forming reserves in digital gold.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s Happening with Ethereum?<\/h2>\n<p>CryptoQuant analyst Burak Kesmeci drew attention to the average purchase cost of Ethereum by investors. He noted that the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-the-mvrv-indicator\">MVRV<\/a> ratio for the asset has decreased from 1.85 to 1.5.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ethereum MVRV at 1.50: The Calm Before the Next Move<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEthereum is currently in a neutral zone \u2014 balancing between fear and greed. Ethereum is stabilizing between $2,560 and $5,760, and history tells us that MVRV 1.5 is a critical pivot point\u201d \u2013 By <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/burak_kesmeci?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@burak_kesmeci<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pKVRz1Vp3E\">pic.twitter.com\/pKVRz1Vp3E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CryptoQuant.com (@cryptoquant_com) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cryptoquant_com\/status\/1985008823556313274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This indicates a reduction in investor profits and a cooling market. Kesmeci believes that the short-term profit-taking is nearing its end.<\/p>\n<p>The realized price of the second-largest cryptocurrency by capitalization is at $2560. The analyst noted key levels: a potential bottom at $2560, a neutral zone at $3840 (MVRV at 1.5), and a possible peak at $5760 (2.25).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He concluded that Ethereum is in a neutral zone, with MVRV at 1.5 being a critical point.<\/p>\n<p>Back in October, Sigma Capital CEO Vinit Budki <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/venture-investor-predicts-bitcoin-could-plunge-by-70\">suggested<\/a> that the leading cryptocurrency would continue to experience cyclical ups and downs, with the price potentially dropping by 65-70% in the next two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past week, the realized capitalization of the leading cryptocurrency rose by $8 billion, reaching $1.1 trillion, according to CryptoQuant&#8217;s CEO, Ki Young Ju.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Bitcoin's realized capitalization rose by $8 billion, reaching $1.1 trillion.","creation_source":"ai_translated","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1205,1145,1138],"class_list":["post-90565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-cryptoquant","tag-market-analysis","tag-opinions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"268","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Bitcoin's realized capitalization rose by $8 billion, reaching $1.1 trillion.","is_update":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90565"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90567,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90565\/revisions\/90567"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}