The Bitcoin miner sell-off looks close to exhaustion marking impending reversal in market pressure Mining Apr 6, 2026 
Bitcoin still cannot get regular people as excited as 2017 even after winning over Wall Street Adoption Apr 6, 2026 
Rethinking Crypto Investment Strategies in a Market That Doesn’t Always Go Up Crypto Apr 6, 2026 Explore CryptoSlate’s Institutional Playbook, a 3-part guide series on exchange due diligence, crypto-as-a-service, and token listing strategy for institutional teams.
WhiteBIT
Part 1 Advanced The Market Maker’s Exchange Checklist (Liquidity, Latency, and Risk Controls) Market makers and HFT desks: evaluate exchanges on execution quality, liquidity, latency, fees, margin, and security — with a WhiteBIT walkthrough. Open guide 
Part 2 Advanced Crypto-as-a-Service Playbook: How Banks, Telcos, and Fintechs Launch Crypto Products Fast, Safely, and Compliantly An institutional playbook for launching crypto via CaaS: architecture, phased rollout, security, compliance, payments, KPIs, and vendor diligence. Open guide 
Part 3 Advanced Token Listing Playbook — How Projects Prepare for a CEX Listing and Sustain Healthy Liquidity A practical playbook for crypto teams to prepare for a CEX listing: readiness, integration, liquidity, market making, launch comms, and post-listing ops. Open guide Mining Bullish The Bitcoin miner sell-off looks close to exhaustion marking impending reversal in market pressure Difficulty relief suggests miner stress is peaking, but treasury sales still threaten to keep Bitcoin supply elevated. 
Liam 'Akiba' Wright Apr 6, 2026 Adoption Bearish Bitcoin still cannot get regular people as excited as 2017 even after winning over Wall Street ETFs and treasury buying pushed Bitcoin deeper into finance, but worldwide search interest still signals a weaker public... Liam 'Akiba' Wright Apr 6, 2026 Crypto Unrated Rethinking Crypto Investment Strategies in a Market That Doesn’t Always Go Up As crypto markets grow more volatile and less predictable, structured automated strategies are emerging as an alternative to... 
News Desk Apr 6, 2026 
Analysis Bearish Can markets trust the jobs report? Another revision risk hangs over Bitcoin’s macro test A stronger-than-expected payrolls print landed into a market closure, leaving Bitcoin to absorb the macro signal before stocks... 
Andjela Radmilac Apr 6, 2026 Explore CryptoSlate’s Institutional Playbook, a 3-part guide series on exchange due diligence, crypto-as-a-service, and token listing strategy for institutional teams.
WhiteBIT Part 1 Advanced The Market Maker’s Exchange Checklist (Liquidity, Latency, and Risk Controls) Market makers and HFT desks: evaluate exchanges on execution quality, liquidity, latency, fees, margin, and security — with a WhiteBIT walkthrough. Open guide Part 2 Advanced Crypto-as-a-Service Playbook: How Banks, Telcos, and Fintechs Launch Crypto Products Fast, Safely, and Compliantly An institutional playbook for launching crypto via CaaS: architecture, phased rollout, security, compliance, payments, KPIs, and vendor diligence. Open guide Part 3 Advanced Token Listing Playbook — How Projects Prepare for a CEX Listing and Sustain Healthy Liquidity A practical playbook for crypto teams to prepare for a CEX listing: readiness, integration, liquidity, market making, launch comms, and post-listing ops. Open guide Cyclical patterns reveal Bitcoin's long-term holders gripped by 4 million coins held at loss
In the dynamic world of cryptocurrency, long-term holders (LTHs) of Bitcoin currently possess approximately 4 million coins that are held at a loss.
This figure becomes notably significant when viewed through the prism of cyclical market movements. This latest cycle, distinguished by its severity, witnessed a peak where 6 million Bitcoins were held at a loss by LTHs, a considerable portion of which were from the 2021 class.
Cyclically, as the bear market commences, around 4 million coins appear to be held at a loss. Interestingly, this number remains consistent even as the market recovers from its lows.
An observable pattern thus emerges, where the apex of coins held at a loss coincides with the nadir of the bear market in each cycle.
This cyclical analysis could provide critical insights for market participants, especially those with long-term holding strategies, helping them better navigate cryptocurrency investment's tumultuous landscape and potentially mitigate losses.
James fervently appreciates data, technology, and trend-spotting. As a tech and liberty maximalist, he hails Bitcoin as the 21st century's paramount invention.
Disclaimer: Our writers' opinions are solely their own and do not reflect the opinion of CryptoSlate. None of the information you read on CryptoSlate should be taken as investment advice, nor does CryptoSlate endorse any project that may be mentioned or linked to in this article. Buying and trading cryptocurrencies should be considered a high-risk activity. Please do your own due diligence before taking any action related to content within this article. Finally, CryptoSlate takes no responsibility should you lose money trading cryptocurrencies.
