Bitcoin’s Profit-Taking Hits Top Gear, Here’s What To Expect

By: zycrypto|2025/05/07 19:00:10
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Bitcoin holders have established a sideways pattern in the last two weeks. Recent trades have shown institutional and retail holders increasing selling pressure, hinting at a stronger profit-taking stance. Analysts maintain confidence in the bull cycle, citing the drop below previous psychological levels as reasons for the sideways trading. Whales Offload 50,000 BTC On-chain data shows Bitcoin whales sold 50,000 BTC worth approximately $4.6 billion in the last 10 days. This suggests high profit-taking as the price consolidated above $95k. Expert trader Ali Martinez flagged the huge outflows amid multiple warnings by analysts about the general market sentiment. These transfers and movements to exchanges continue to stunt breakout attempts above the $100k mark. Heavy inflows were recorded after bulls reignited at $80k last month, taking the price to present levels. This fueled short-term holders to the green zone alongside whales. A section of holders would likely make trades to recover previous losses. In addition to these pressures, bears are testing BTC support levels with experts warning of a possible slip to $92K, wiping out billions from the market cap. This prediction coincided with previous reports of multiple dips before stability towards multi-month peaks. According to Abramcharts, the Coinbase Premium caps the state of outflows from United States investors. “ The current Coinbase Premium Gap is -5.07, indicating that BTC is trading lower on Coinbase than on other global exchanges. This suggests selling pressure from U.S. investors. Over the past month, the premium recovered significantly, but is now dropping again, aligning with the recent BTC price correction.” Despite profit-taking attempts, several commentators opine an upward trajectory for the asset class based on institutional flows and cooling macro tensions . Bitcoin Institutional Volume To Rescue Bulls On the flipside, profit-taking is a normal course of the price cycle except in extreme circumstances characterized by heightened sell pressures. While retail sales are spiking, the institutional front looks solid with fresh inflows in the last seven days. Spot Bitcoin ETFs also recorded gains in the same period, highlighting a bullish outlook. CoinShares data shows that crypto institutional products bagged over $2 billion in inflows last week. Bitcoin saw $1.8 billion gains, taking its assets under management (AUM) to $136 billion. Altcoins also marked a strong outing, with Ethereum, Solana, and XRP notching $149 million, $6 million, and $10 million, respectively.

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