Whales Bleeding $200M/Day While Bitcoin Comfortably Numb Below $67K
Bitcoin continues its finest impression of a rock, trading flat around $66,800 as large holders watch their portfolios transform into lesson material. According to Glassnode, wallets holding between 100 and 10,000 BTC are currently realizing daily losses exceeding $200 million based on a 7-day moving average. The big hands are bleeding, and they're bleeding profusely — not even a paper cut, we're talking full arterial spray here.
The pain hits hardest among Long-Term Holders — those who bought more than six months ago near the previous rally's peak. The 30-day simple moving average of Long-Term Holder Realized Losses has climbed steadily since November 2025, confirming veteran investors are increasingly capitulating and selling at a loss. Classic capitulation behavior from larger entities, as Glassnode noted. Nothing says "diamond hands" quite like panic selling into a red candle at 3 AM.
Technical indicators offer no comfort. Bitcoin is currently trading below every major moving average — EMA 10 at $67,518, EMA 20 at $68,207, EMA 50 at $70,370, EMA 100 at $75,838, and EMA 200 at $84,238 all sit overhead like a ceiling. The RSI sits at 44, reflecting subdued momentum without oversold conditions, while the ADX at 15 confirms the absence of any meaningful trend whatsoever. To put it charitably: the chart looks like a flatline on a heart monitor. Exciting stuff.
Price remains trapped in a $65,500 to $69,500 range, oscillating between support near $66,500 and resistance around $69,500 to $74,500. A lower high near the mid-$70,000s reinforces a mild bearish tilt, though not an outright trend reversal. For now, sellers still have the upper hand structurally. Bulls are basically trying to swim upstream while the river flows the other direction and someone keeps throwing anchors.
Glassnode analysts say the current flush-out of underwater buyers isn't yet sufficient to call a bottom. To signal the structural exhaustion that typically precedes a new bull cycle, selling pressure would need to decelerate below $25 million in daily realized losses. We're currently about eight times that. For those doing math at home: that's $200M vs $25M — not exactly " capitulation lite."
Sentiment is matching the price action. Santiment reports Bitcoin is seeing its highest bearish discussion ratio since late February, with just 0.81 bullish comments per bearish one across social media platforms including X, Reddit, and Telegram. FUD has crept firmly back into the community. The
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