#Bitcoin Lightning Network capacity in public channels continues to push to new highs, despite prevailing bear market headwinds.

Total capacity is now at 4,290 $BTC, which has increased by 34.6% since the November market peak.

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#Bitcoin has attempted to escape the gravity of the $20k zone in a long awaited relief rally.

Momentum in the short term is favorable, however longer-term indicators suggest additional time may be required to form a firm foundation.

Read our analysis in The Week On-chain

The latest Week Onchain video report is now live.

We analyse the market considering
- Recent large statistical deviations from the 'mean'
- Evidence of capitulation
- Short-to-Long Term momentum indicators

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We are extremely pleased to release a new State of the Market report in collaboration with CoinMarketCap.

In this first edition, we explore the 2022 bear so far, and how on-chain market structure has evolved for #Bitcoin, #Ethereum, and Stablecoins. We analyse
- Evolving market fundamentals and structural changes during the 2022 bear cycle.
- Risk-off sentiment, the deleveraging of DeFi, and shifting dominance of stablecoins.
- Network profitability of Bitcoin and Ethereum.
- Realized price, realized losses and how it compares to previous bear markets.
- Stress developing in the Bitcoin and Ethereum mining industries.

Read the Report and view the Live Dashboard

We have just released a video analysis to support our State of the Market report with @CoinMarketCap.

We explore:
- Evolving structure of the bear
- Risk-off sentiment in onchain metrics
- $BTC and $ETH Realized prices
- Stress in the mining industry

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#Bitcoin and #Ethereum have rallied strongly off the bottom, reaching above the Realized Price.

Attention now turns to whether this is a bear market rally, or whether the fundamentals are following through in support.

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The Week On-chain video report is live for Week 31.

In this edition, we assess if this is likely to be a bear market rally for #Bitcoin and #Ethereum, or whether there is follow through in on-chain fundamentals.

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#Bitcoin investors continue to realized a larger magnitude of losses vs profits on spent coins.

🟥Realized Losses = $319M/day
🟩Realized Profit = $226M/day

This is typical of bear markets, and a reversal is often associated with a pick up in demand.

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We also explore the concept of Realized Profit and Loss for #Bitcoin in this On-chain 101 Guide video.

Here we explore how to use investor profit and losses to track #Bitcoin cycles, sentiment, and inflection points between bull and bear market structure.

Watch our video guide on Realized Profits and Loss

With the #Bitcoin market now back above the Long-Term Holder Realized Price, the question turns to whether they are taking exit liquidity.

In out latest Market Pulse, we explore the current behaviour of LTHs, who have distributed 222k $BTC since May.

Read more in The Market Pulse

As #Bitcoin and #Ethereum derivatives markets mature, increasingly sophisticated trade positions can be established.

This week, we investigate aggregate market positioning around the #Ethereum Merge, and whether the market expects a 'sell-the-news' event

Read out latest analysis in The Week On-chain

With the #Ethereum Merge scheduled for mid September, derivatives traders have bet big on a market rally using Call options

However, futures markets and October Put demand demand suggests an expectation to sell the news.

Watch more in our latest video analysis.

After a dramatic capitulation event, the ownership structure of #Bitcoin has been reshaped.

As markets sell-off, $BTC migrates from weaker hands, to those stepping in at the lows. Here, we explore how to track this migration of coins using age bands.

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#Bitcoin markets experienced a brief wave of relief, with prices trading above the Realized Price.

However, weakness in underlying network activity has manifested as a sell-off this week, as prices fall back below the $21.7k level.

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Near-term weakness continues to haunt numerous #Bitcoin fundamentals, with prices faltering below $20k late last week.

In our latest newsletter, we assess this persistent market weakness, which is putting the bulls on the back-foot.

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The latest Week On-chain video report is live for week 35.

In this edition, we analyse:
- Weakness in #Bitcoin markets
- $BTC prices falling below $20k
- Lifespan metrics describing investor spending
- Macro scale coinyears destroyed
- Realized Losses

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#Bitcoin Active Entities is a proxy measurement for the size of the network user-base.

This activity metric is currently languishing at the lower end of a multi-year channel, indicating softness in network utilisation.

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Amidst a persistent contraction in global liquidity, #Bitcoin Short-Term Holders find themselves under immense pressure.

With almost all STH $BTC is in loss, the market struggles to hold the psychological $20k support level.

Read our latest analysis in The Week On-chain

Our latest #Bitcoin video analysis is live for Week 36.

We assess:
- Prevailing regime of distribution
- Whale-to-exchange inflows increasing
- The macro market detox
- Short-term Holder stress

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#Ethereum speculative action continues, with over $6.12B in outstanding Open Interest for Call Options.

Put options account for a much smaller $1.5B, making for a Put/Call Ratio of 0.25.

This chart is now available as a new Workbench Pre-set

We have also recently expanded our suite of Derivatives Workbench Pre-set charts for both #Bitcoin and #Ethereum.

New charts include:
- Annualized Funding rates
- Futures Leverage Ratios
- Total Futures Liquidations
- Put/Call Breakdowns of Volume and OI

See new Workbench Pre-sets here.

The #Ethereum Merge is now on the horizon, expected to happen next week.

In our latest collaboration with @CoinMarketCap, we explore a suite of new Proof-of-Stake metrics to detail PoS network performance.

Read our new report profiling the Ethereum Beacon Chain