Bitcoin spot reserves continue the recent trend of decline as values now stand at the lowest since October 2017. This shows the supply shock is tightening its grip. Bitcoin Supply Shock Narrative Grows Further As Spot Reserves Decline To October 2017 Levels As pointed out by a CryptoQuant post, BTC spot reserves have dropped down to lows not seen since October 2017. The spot reserves is a Bitcoin indicator that shows the total amount of coins held on wallets of all spot exchanges. When the value of the metric goes up, it means there is now an increase in the supply of BTC for selling and altcoin purchasing. Such a change can drive the price of the coin down. On the other hand, the supply of BTC reduces on spot exchanges when the value of the reserve shows a decline. This behavior can be bullish for the coin in the long term. Related Reading | On-Chain Data Shows Bitcoin Investors Don’t Want To Sell At This Level Now, here is a chart that shows the trend in the value of the indicator over the last few years: BTC spot reserves continue to decline | Source: CryptoQuant The above graph shows some interesting trends in the value of the indicator. First, during the 2017 bull run, the reserve shot up and attained very high values. Next, these high values sustained as the curve mostly flattened for years except for a stretch around 2019 where the metric saw even higher values before dropping back to the same levels as ...
