Can New Bitcoin Rally Keep Up? Low Spot Volumes Say Otherwise

BitcoinistОпубликовано 2022-03-31Обновлено 2022-03-31

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On-chain data shows the Bitcoin spot trading volume hasn't seen any significant rise recently, suggesting that the new rally may...

On-chain data shows the Bitcoin spot trading volume hasn’t seen any significant rise recently, suggesting that the new rally may not last for too long.
Bitcoin Spot Trading Volume Observed Only A Slight Increase In The Past Week
As per the latest weekly report from Arcane Research, the BTC trading volume hasn’t risen much recently despite the new price rally.
The “daily trading volume” is an indicator that measures the total amount of Bitcoin changing hands on any given day.
When the value of the metric rises, it means more coins are being transacted on the chain now. Such a trend shows that the market is becoming more active as investors find more interest in the crypto.
On the other hand, declining values of the indicator suggest the Bitcoin network is becoming increasingly inactive. This kind of trend may imply that the general interest around the coin is going down.
Now, here is a chart that shows the trend in the Bitcoin Trading Volume over the past year:

The indicator's value doesn't look to be very high at the moment | Source: Arcane Research's The Weekly Update - Week 12, 2022
As you can see in the above graph, the Bitcoin trading volume has observed a small increase over the last seven days.
However, despite the increase, the value of the indicator is still quite low historically, suggesting that there aren’t many traders involved in the network right now.
Usually, whenever the indicator has had low trading volumes, any large move in the price hasn’t lasted long. This is because of the fact that to sustain such moves, you need a lot of traders in the market.
During periods of low Bitcoin volumes, there aren’t many traders buying and selling. However, generally any big price move attracts more investors on its own, thus keeping itself fueled.
But since the latest rally that has taken the price of BTC above $47k has failed to attract any significant trading volume, it may not be able to keep going for long.
That said, things could very well change in the coming days as they have already done a few times in the past, and high activity could once again return to the network.
BTC Price
At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s price floats around $47.2k, up 12% in the past week. The below chart shows the trend in the price of the coin over the last five days.

Looks like the price of the crypto has surged up over the last few days | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView

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