About 61% of BTC holders are underwater as market stagnation persists

Following the fallout from the Terra implosion and subsequent market deleveraging, Bitcoin bottomed at $17,600 on June 22.

Although the BTC price recovered to $25,300 some two months later, it is fair to say price action since that local top has been stagnant. Particularly since mid-September, with BTC ranging between $18,100 and $20,500.

On-chain metrics show the majority of BTC investors are underwater, putting further strain on an already tentative market dynamic.

Bitcoin Entity Adjusted UTXO Realized Price Distribution

The UTXO Realized Price Distribution (URPD) metric shows the prices at which the current set of Bitcoin UTXOs were created.

Each bar in the chart below represents the number of existing Bitcoins that last moved within the respective price bucket. Being entity-adjusted, the average purchasing price is used for each entity to determine its balance within the specific bucket.

To derive a more representative chart, coin movements between addresses controlled by the same entity are disregarded. Similarly, exchange supply is excluded as a single averaged price for many multiple users would misrepresent the data giving rise to unwanted artifacts.

Investors who purchased Bitcoin at $17,600 or below represent only 25% of token holders, with 14% buying between 17.6k and 22K. Meanwhile, a staggering 61% of token holders were underwater at the market bottom.

Unspent Realized Price Distribution

Classifying entities as either short-term, long-term, or exchange holders, the chart below shows short-term holders are clustered around the $18,500 and $32,000 buckets, with $19,000 being the most frequent price bucket for short-term holders.

A signal of firm belief would be more short-term holders turning into long-term holders, thus nullifying price capitulation potential to a degree during stagnant price action.