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Bitcoin’s market structure is undergoing a quiet supply transition as long-term holders gradually transfer coins to newer investors. However, the possibility of further Federal Reserve tightening remains a major uncertainty that could still spark the capitulation event many traders are watching for.
Bitcoin remains roughly 50% below its October 2025 peak of around $124,000. Currently trading near $62,000, the asset has spent the last five months trapped in a broad consolidation range between $60,000 and $80,000, reflecting declining momentum and widespread market indecision.
Despite the lack of price movement, on-chain data suggests that a meaningful shift may be taking place beneath the surface.
Glassnode’s RHODL Ratio, a metric that compares the amount of Bitcoin wealth held by long-term investors with newer market participants, reached 6.5 in early July. That marked the second-highest level in the metric’s history. Since then, the ratio has started to ease and is now below 6, with the decline occurring while Bitcoin remains relatively stable rather than experiencing a major selloff.
This differs from the 2022 bear market, when the RHODL Ratio dropped alongside a severe price collapse following the FTX failure, sending Bitcoin down toward $15,000. The current cycle shows a different pattern: prices remain near $60,000 while coins continue to move between holders without signs of widespread fear-driven selling.
The trend suggests a controlled transfer of supply from established holders, many of whom accumulated Bitcoin during 2023 and 2024, toward a newer wave of buyers viewing current levels as an opportunity rather than a warning sign.
From a Wyckoff cycle perspective, however, the activity could also represent a distribution phase, where experienced investors gradually sell into demand from optimistic buyers. Historically, such periods can occur before a deeper decline or before the market transitions into a renewed accumulation phase.
Bitcoin’s previous long consolidation periods around the 2015, 2019, and 2023 cycle lows eventually led to significant recoveries. In each case, RHODL Ratio compression appeared before the market regained upward momentum.
The current market has already endured five months of sideways movement without the major liquidation event that many investors expected to trigger a final bottom.
Still, monetary policy remains a key variable. A potential Federal Reserve rate increase could provide the catalyst for another Bitcoin decline, with markets currently pricing in approximately 50 basis points of additional tightening over the next six months.
