Hodlers have not needed to hodl hard enough, data covering historical bear markets shows.
More than half of Bitcoin (BTC) addresses are still in profit, raising questions about the severity of the current “bear market.”Data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode confirms that as of June 20, 56.2% of addresses were still worth more in US dollar terms than when their coins entered them.Profitability fails to match previous market bottomsAs BTC/USD fell to 19-month lows of $17,600 over the weekend, analysts braced for what they assume will turn out to be a retracement of up to 84.5% from all-time highs.A sense of confusion reigns this year thanks to those highs not being “high enough” compared to historical bull market tops.