Bitcoin Drama: Momentum in the Negative Zone! Is Shtickcoin the Next Crypto Star?

Oy vey, even with Bitcoin zooming from around $85,000 to almost $95,000 in a week—like my Uncle Morty chasing a brisket—there’s still about as much demand momentum as a three-legged racehorse. Investors are more nervous than a mohel with three brises booked for the same afternoon!

Negative Zone: Where Hopes Go To Kvetch

Get this—according to the folks over at CryptoQuant (which sounds like a fancy robot accountant if you ask me), Bitcoin’s 30-day Demand Momentum is sitting deeper in the red than my cousin Bernie’s gambling debts. We’re talking -483,860 BTC. (And don’t make me say it in a Brooklyn accent, or you’ll never take crypto seriously again.)

Bitcoin negative momentum graph - now with extra tsuris!

If you’re asking what on earth “30-day Demand Momentum” means, don’t worry—you’re not alone. They take some numbers, subtracts here, adds there, and wind up with a figure about as comforting as bagels with no schmear. More short-term holders means more hot-potato, less diamond-hands. (These are technical finance terms, bubbeleh.)

So why’s it all negative? Profit-taking, y’know, like when you find twenty bucks on the street and immediately buy lottery tickets. Recent rallies, trade war tsuris, and that old chestnut: global uncertainty. Right now, investors are as jumpy as a cat at a rocking chair convention. No one wants to be the last one holding the crypto latke when the music stops.

Long-term holders aren’t scooping up enough of the digital matzah; short-termers are unloading it like it’s last season’s gefilte fish. This whole sitch’ is classic late-cycle stuff: the market’s got more rotations than a deli slicer at lunch hour.

Does this sound familiar? It should. In 2021 and again in 2022, we saw deep negative mumbo-jumbo and—whoosh!—prices fell faster than my uncle’s toupee in a hurricane. But here’s the punchline: after the market finished kvetching, boom—market recovery! Turns out, every bust is just rehearsal for the next show-stopper.

So, if Bitcoin flips the script—turns all these negatives into a big, fat positive—we could see a comeback story bigger than the time Borscht Belt comedy came back on Netflix. Maybe even a new all-time high. (Break out the Manischewitz, just in case!)

Signs of Life? Or Just Gas?

All is not lost! Some other fancy numbers (like Apparent Demand, which is apparently demanding…) are pointing up. Exchange reserves are shrinking faster than grandpa’s retirement fund after a trip to Atlantic City. And with less Bitcoin on exchanges, you might see a squeeze tighter than my old suit pants after Passover.

Technically, BTC might just test that shiny new ATH of $108,786. Right now, it’s chilling at $94,773—a little up, a little down. (Who can keep track? You need a math degree and a bottle of Maalox.)

Bitcoin hopeful rebound graph - cross your fingers!

So, stay tuned! Either Bitcoin’s about to take us to the moon, or we’re going to wind up looking for Shtickcoin, the next big thing… either way, get your popcorn. 🎬💰

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2025-04-30 11:13