Bitcoin is retesting its August breakout levels.

Holding above these levels keeps the August uptrend in place.

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$BTC traders are still here after the retrace.

Before the spike in August, volume had sunk to its lowest since 2023.

Despite BTC pulling back over the last weeks, volume has stayed above this August level.

This indicates sustained interest in crypto after months of apathy.

Short-term holders are back underwater.

Yesterday's drop pushed about 60% of the $BTC held by recent buyers below its cost basis. A day earlier, they were back in profit.

For now, that lowers the risk of recent buyers cashing out into strength.

Leverage grew through the $BTC selloff.

Open interest climbed by about $1B during the US session drop, and by almost $500M more into today's US session.

Funding cooled slightly but is now ramping up again. Longs look to be stepping back in.

$BTC has rarely tracked equities this closely.

Over the last 30 US sessions, the correlation with the S&P 500 reached 0.80. Since 2020 it has spent most of its time far below that.

Despite the talk of bitcoin's relative strength, macro sets the direction for now.

Hyperliquid whales are adding to their $BTC shorts.

Their net positioning turned short 2 weeks ago after 7 months of being long. Short exposure is now the largest since October 2025.

The last time they were this short, price moved down considerably.

Equities volume on Hyperliquid has overtaken $BTC volume again.

Both Bitcoin and stocks have been grinding lower for weeks but crypto-native traders seem to be chasing the stock dip.

The last time the ratio peaked, in August, BTC was near its lows before breaking out.

Altcoin trading volume has returned to normal levels.

Through September, total altcoin volume spiked up to 4x Bitcoin's, marking a period of altcoin froth.

As is often the case, this speculative alt activity coincided with the local market top, with $BTC peaking around 87k.

35.4% of all #BTC (7.12M) has a visible public key, the part a future quantum computer could target.

25.8% of supply is exposed due to address reuse, 11.6% on exchanges. Moving those coins to a fresh address ends this exposure.

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ETF investors are selling $BTC again.

US spot ETFs saw $696M of net outflows on Friday, the largest single day since January.

Only two days in the past year saw larger outflows, and both came before price fell further. A return to steady inflows would ease that pressure.

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Bitcoin has been grinding down and stablecoin supply is shrinking fast; the fastest contraction since June 2022.

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