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⚠️ THE MARKET HAS CLEARED OUT THE SHAKERS. 99% OF NEW INVESTORS ARE IN LOSS — WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR BTC
Currently, one of the most important phases of the cycle is forming, which most participants misunderstand.
Let's analyze the facts.
📉 1️⃣ Massive Margin Cleansing
Current BTC Open Interest: $44.8 billion
This is approximately –55% from the October 2025 peak.
What does this mean:
✅ The market is shedding overloaded leverage
✅ The number of forced liquidations is decreasing
✅ Price is once again starting to depend on real spot demand
Historically:
Major drops in Open Interest almost always occurred before a new trend movement.
👉 If OI stays below ~$45B and BTC stops hitting new lows — the market is undergoing a full reset.
2️⃣ The pain is concentrated among new participants
Currently:
• 99% of investors who bought BTC in the last 6 months are in loss
• 80% bought above $70k
This is a key cycle point.
Growth rarely begins when:
• newcomers hope to break even,
• the market is flooded with “stuck” positions.
True reversals appear after sellers experience psychological exhaustion.
3️⃣ BTC in dollars ≠ BTC in gold
Looking at BTC in USD → it seems like the start of a bear market.
Looking at BTC relative to gold → it’s the final stage of the cycle.
The RSI history of BTC/Gold shows:
After cyclical lows, returns were:
• 2015 → +141% over 12 months
• 2019 → +188%
• 2022 → +128%
So, the best long-term entry points looked exactly like this — extremely depressed.
4️⃣ Bull trap or crypto winter?
According to the Bitcoin Vector model, there are two scenarios:
🟢 Bull trap
— sharp rise
— surge in network activity
— quick liquidity return
🟡 Crypto winter ( is more likely now)
— weak network
— sideways movement
— months of low volatility
— slow accumulation by large players
Historically, these periods have been the best zones for multi-year positioning.
📊 What’s important now
The market has already:
• cleared out leverage
• pushed most participants into loss
• reduced volatility
• approached historical undervaluation zones
But growth doesn’t start immediately after a fall,
it begins after a prolonged phase of boredom and distrust.
Currently, the market looks weak in the short term,
but structurally, it is becoming healthier.
The main reversal signal will appear when:
✔️ Price stabilizes
✔️ Open Interest remains low
✔️ Spot demand begins to return
And it’s during these periods that the market usually prepares for the next big cycle.
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