Secret Bitcoin Driver: Exchanges Receiving $40 Million USDT Fuel Per Day

Name	Symbol	Market	Market Cap ($)	Algorithm
Bitcoin	BTCUSD	Crypto	1,712,573,176,967	SHA-256d

Name

Symbol

Market

Market Cap ($)

Algorithm

Bitcoin

BTCUSD

Crypto

1,712,573,176,967

SHA-256d

	Price Change	Price Change %	Current Price	Bid Price	Offer
	-368.19	-0.42%	86,383.30	86,383.30	86,383.31

Price Change

Price Change %

Current Price

Bid Price

Offer

-368.19

-0.42%

86,383.30

86,383.31

High Price	Low Price	Open Price	Prev. Close	52 Week Range
86,863.38	85,200.00	86,641.06	86,751.50	49,050.01 - 109,356.00

High Price

Low Price

Open Price

Prev. Close

52 Week Range

86,863.38

85,200.00

86,641.06

86,751.50

49,050.01 - 109,356.00

Exchange	Last Trade	Size	Trade Price	Currency
GDAX	06:49:36	0.002343	86,383.30	USD

Exchange

Last Trade

Size

Trade Price

Currency

GDAX

06:49:36

0.002343

86,383.30

USD

Price x Volume	Volume	Base Symbol	Related Pairs
143,864,355.88	1,672.28	BTC	BTCEUR	BTCGBP	ETHBTC

Price x Volume

Volume

Base Symbol

Related Pairs

143,864,355.88

1,672.28

Secret Bitcoin Driver: Exchanges Receiving $40 Million USDT Fuel Per Day

19/12/2024 5:00am

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On-chain data shows a massive amount of the stablecoin USDT has been moving to exchanges recently, potentially acting as fuel for the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency rally. USDT Exchange Inflows Have Remained High Recently In a new post on X, the on-chain analytics firm Santiment discussed the trend in the Exchange Flow Balance for Tether’s USDT. The “Exchange Flow Balance” here refers to an indicator that keeps track of the net amount of a given asset entering or exiting the wallets associated with centralized exchanges. When the value of this metric is positive, it means the inflows outweigh the outflows, and a net amount of the coin is entered into the exchanges’ wallets. Such a trend is usually a sign of demand among investors for trading away the cryptocurrency. Related Reading: Ethereum On-Chain Demand Should Sustain ETH Above $4,000, IntoTheBlock Says On the other hand, the negative indicator implies the holders are withdrawing a net number of tokens from these platforms. This kind of trend suggests the market is in a phase of accumulation. Now, here is a chart that shows the trend in the Exchange Flow Balance for USDT over the last couple of years: As displayed in the above graph, the Exchange Flow Balance for USDT has observed several large positive spikes over the past month, implying that large investors have been depositing their tokens. For assets like Bitcoin, a positive Exchange Flow Balance can be a bearish sign, as it could suggest the holders are planning to sell. However, the same isn’t true when the asset involved is a stablecoin. Investors generally store their capital in these fiat-tied tokens to avoid the volatility of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Such users eventually plan to venture into the volatile side once they feel the conditions are right. And when the time comes, they naturally transfer to exchanges to swap to Bitcoin or whatever desired coin. This act of selling USDT does not affect its value since the coin is, by definition, always stable around the $1 mark. Related Reading: Solana Struggles Against Bitcoin & Ethereum: Glassnode Explains Why On the other hand, The asset they are shifting to does witness fluctuations from the purchase. As such, stablecoin exchange inflows are usually considered a bullish sign for Bitcoin and other assets. During the last eight weeks, exchanges have received a net average of $40 million USDT. “Helping to fuel this bull rally and the many historic crypto pumps, look for stablecoin ‘dry powder’ to continue flowing in during this final stretch of 2024,” explains the analytics firm. Bitcoin Price Bitcoin set a new all-time high (ATH) beyond the $108,000 mark yesterday, but the coin appears to have seen a pullback since then, as its price is now trading around $104,500. Featured image from Dall-E, Santiment.net, chart from TradingView.com

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