The Recent volatility in the Bitcoin market pullbacks is being widely interpreted as a wave of selling pressure, but the underlying data tells a different story. On-chain metrics show little evidence of broad holder distribution, suggesting that these dips are not being driven by investors exiting their positions. Instead, the weakness in price appears to stem from the market structure issues.<\/p>\n
These Bitcoin dips aren\u2019t coming from selling pressure; they\u2019re coming from stablecoin-denominated shorts. The co-founder of GlydeGG, Sweep, revealed<\/a> on X that when large amounts of leverage enter the system through dollar or stablecoin, market makers don\u2019t just let the price move.\u00a0<\/p>\n Their mandate is to remain neutral because neutrality demands balance. They achieve this by selling spot BTC, not because they\u2019re bearish<\/a>, but because neutrality requires it. As a result of that, the price drops without fear, panic, and without real spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n The United States doesn\u2019t need to dump assets to influence global markets<\/a>; it exports dollars. Those dollars become leverage, while leverage creates synthetic pressure, which in turn forces hedging, and hedging hits the spot markets; that\u2019s the cycle. This is why recent sell-offs feel empty, because retail has already left.<\/p>\n Currently, the market is rebalancing within a system pr<\/a>ice<\/a> against a weakening currency, and all markets are now denominated in a currency that\u2019s losing purchasing power. That\u2019s why volatility rises even when conviction doesn\u2019t change. This isn\u2019t a bear market; it\u2019s clearing the Liquidity<\/a> Providers (LPs), which is how big players buy BTC cheaply without ever owning it.<\/p>\n An ambassador and partner of Wolfswapdotapp, Crypto Miners, has pointed out<\/a> that the Bitcoin supply dynamics are shifting fast. According to K33Research, nearly $300 billion worth of previously dormant BTC re-entered circulation in 2025. This supply release has been driven by long-term holder sales, large OTC transactions, and ETF-related absorption, which represents one of the largest supply unlocks in BTC history<\/a>.<\/p>\n Related Reading: Bitcoin\u2019s Make-or-Break Phase Begins: Weekly Support Holds, Momentum Fades<\/a><\/p>\n On-chain data<\/a> from CryptoQuant has shown that the long-term holder distribution over the last 30 days has reached its highest level in more than five years. At the same time, the selling pressure currently is outweighing demand, as ETF flows turn negative, and retail participation has weakened.<\/p>\n Despite near-term fragility, K33 noted that this distribution phase may be approaching exhaustion. The early holder selling is expected to fade into early 2026, potentially setting the stage for renewed accumulation as institutional rebalancing stabilizes supply. For now, the markets remain sensitive, but structurally, this looks like a late-cycle supply<\/a> redistribution rather than panic selling.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Recent volatility in the Bitcoin market pullbacks is being widely interpreted as a wave of selling pressure, but the underlying data tells a different story. On-chain metrics show little evidence of broad holder distribution, suggesting that these dips are not being driven by investors exiting their positions. Instead, the weakness in price appears to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":121898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}How Bitcoin Supply Dynamics Are Entering A New Phase<\/h2>\n