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5 May 2026, 03:00
Bitcoin Supply Squeeze? Institutions Absorbing 500% Of New BTC
Data shows institutions are gobbling up Bitcoin supply over five times faster than miners can produce, a sign that has been bullish in the past. Bitcoin Is Observing A Notable Buying Push From Institutional Entities In a new post on X, Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards has talked about the latest institutional buying behavior toward Bitcoin. To capture the combined institutional behavior, Edwards has totaled up the holdings of the treasury companies and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) , both of which serve as mediums through which institutions acquire indirect exposure to the cryptocurrency. Now, here is the chart shared by the analyst that shows the rate of change in the combined institutional holdings of Bitcoin over the last few years: As displayed in the above graph, the ROC of institutions’ Bitcoin holdings has witnessed a spike recently, suggesting a surge in accumulation from big-money investors. In the same chart, the ROC data for treasuries and ETFs is also separately shown. From these curves, it would appear that the uptick in the total institutional buying has been a result of surges in both vehicles. The rise in the ROC of the institutions has been so strong that it has been many times that of the Bitcoin supply itself. Naturally, the ROC of the BTC supply is just the new number of tokens that miners are introducing into circulation via block rewards. This tends to remain quite stable on the network, which is why the metric has a flat line on the chart. There is, however, a point in the chart where BTC’s ROC drops down a step. This decline in mined supply corresponded to the last Halving , a type of event where the BTC network slashes its block subsidy exactly in half about every four years. “Institutions are slurping up 500%+ of Bitcoin’s daily mined supply,” noted Edwards. The analyst has highlighted in the graph what happened the last few times that institutional buying hit this level. It would seem that such a level of accumulation from institutions has tended to lead to positive price action for the cryptocurrency. “The average return in prior cases is +24% over the next 1 month,” explained the analyst. If the same pattern plays out this time as well, then a similar 24% surge would mean a target of around $97,000. It now remains to be seen whether institutions will keep up their buying in the coming days or if the current uptick is going to be temporary, like the one from March. BTC Price At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading around $78,700, up 1% over the past week.
5 May 2026, 02:52
Bitcoin Price Holds Firm Near Highs, More Gains Could Follow
Bitcoin price started a fresh increase and cleared the $80,500 zone. BTC is consolidating and might aim for more gains above the $81,200 level. Bitcoin managed to stay above $78,500 and started a fresh increase. The price is trading above $78,800 and the 100 hourly simple moving average. There is a bullish trend line forming with support at $79,200 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair might extend gains if it stays above the $79,200 and $78,800 levels. Bitcoin Price Eyes Fresh Highs above $81K Bitcoin price found support near $78,500 and started a fresh increase . BTC gained pace for a move above the $78,800 and $79,200 resistance levels. The bulls even pushed the price above $80,500. A high was formed at $80,770, and the price started a consolidation phase above the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $74,940 swing low to the $80,770 high. Bitcoin is now trading above $79,200 and the 100 hourly simple moving average . There is also a bullish trend line forming with support at $79,200 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair. If the price remains stable above $79,200, it could attempt a fresh increase. Immediate resistance is near the $80,500 level. The first key resistance is near the $80,800 level. A close above the $81,200 resistance might send the price further higher. In the stated case, the price could rise and test the $81,650 resistance. Any more gains might send the price toward the $82,000 level. The next barrier for the bulls could be $82,500. Another Drop In BTC? If Bitcoin fails to rise above the $81,200 resistance zone, it could start another decline. Immediate support is near the $79,200 level. The first major support is near the $78,500 level. The next support is now near the $77,850 zone and the 50% Fib retracement level of the upward move from the $74,940 swing low to the $80,770 high. Any more losses might send the price toward the $77,150 support in the near term. The main support now sits at $76,500, below which BTC might struggle to recover in the near term. Technical indicators: Hourly MACD – The MACD is now gaining pace in the bullish zone. Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for BTC/USD is now above the 50 level. Major Support Levels – $79,200, followed by $78,500. Major Resistance Levels – $80,500 and $81,200.
5 May 2026, 02:34
Ethereum compresses below $2,400 as whales add 140K ETH
Ethereum is trading in a narrow range, but derivatives positioning suggests the market is far from calm underneath. CoinGlass data shows roughly $874 million in long positions face liquidation below $2,206, while $403 million in shorts face liquidation above $2,412. The 24-hour realized liquidation picture skews bullish. Total forced closures reached approximately $33 million, with shorts accounting for $25.93 million and longs only $7 million, per CoinGlass. Ethereum liquidation heatmap showing concentrated leverage clusters around current price | Source: Coinglass Whales bought 140,000 ETH while price held Santiment data shows large holders accumulated more than 140,000 ETH between May 1 and May 3, worth roughly $322 million, shared by Ali Martinez . Whale balances moved from 13.83 million ETH to 13.98 million ETH over the window. Whales have gone on a buying spree, accumulating over 140,000 Ethereum $ETH in the last 96 hours, worth around $322 million. pic.twitter.com/uHZqV3B0W9 — Ali Charts (@alicharts) May 3, 2026 CryptoQuant order-size data adds texture worth paying attention to. Whale buys clustered at $2,005 to $2,100 in early April, then migrated to $2,250 to $2,300 by late April. On May 2, the largest single spot buy was 556 ETH at $2,316. Whales accumulated on the way up, not on weakness, which is the kind of detail that changes how you read the bid. ETF flows turned positive after a rough week Institutional flows turned positive again on May 1 after four straight days of outflows. Spot Ethereum ETFs recorded net inflows of $101.2 million per Farside Investors , with the bulk concentrated in two funds. Ethereum ETF net flows show a May 1 reversal to $101.2M in inflows. | Source: Farside Investors BlackRock’s ETHA pulled in $43.2 million. Fidelity’s FETH added $49.4 million. Other issuers had smaller, mixed flows. $2,400 is the ceiling, but ETH/BTC is the bigger tell Order book data shows dense sell-side liquidity between $2,350 and $2,500, which is why $2,400 has functioned as resistance. Analyst Ted Pillows put it bluntly: “ETH is still going sideways” until $2,400 is reclaimed. The contrarian signal worth watching is the ETH/BTC ratio, currently around 0.0294. Michaël van de Poppe identified 0.032 as the breakout threshold. “If it clearly breaks 0.032 BTC, that’s where the party starts,” he wrote on X. The ratio matters because whale accumulation in dollar terms can coexist with ETH continuing to underperform Bitcoin if cycle dominance hasn’t shifted yet. ETH/BTC ratio at 0.0294 with 0.032 as the breakout threshold. | Source: TradingView The ratio matters because whale accumulation in dollar terms can coexist with ETH continuing to underperform Bitcoin if cycle dominance hasn’t shifted yet. Cryptopolitan reported earlier that ETH built higher lows from $1,840 to $2,450 through March and April before pulling back, with the technical structure described as recovering but fragile. Why the compression matters Open interest sits around $30 billion, with ETH-specific 24-hour futures volume near $18 billion, while spot volume is under $1 billion. That ratio is what makes the setup unstable. Leverage is building faster than spot demand can resolve direction. A clean break above $2,412 or below $2,206 would force liquidations that could amplify the move in whichever direction breaks first. Until one of those levels gives, positioning rather than spot demand is what’s setting price. Don’t just read crypto news. Understand it. Subscribe to our newsletter. It's free .
5 May 2026, 02:00
8,500 Bitcoin Moved To Exchanges In Days – Find Out If The Market Can Keep Absorbing It
Bitcoin is holding above $78,000 as the market navigates a backdrop of heightened uncertainty driven by ongoing US-Iran tensions that have kept risk appetite cautious across global markets. The price is resilient — but analyst Axel Adler has just published an exchange flow analysis that adds a specific structural layer to the current picture, and what it describes is a market that is more complicated beneath the surface than the held price level suggests. The Bitcoin Exchange Netflow data tells a story of supply arriving on exchanges without the selling that would normally follow. Over the past week, net inflows totaled approximately 8,512 BTC across all exchanges — concentrated in two significant spikes on April 27 and April 30. Those are not small movements. Combined, those two sessions brought roughly 16,800 BTC onto exchange platforms in a compressed window. What is notable is what did not happen next. During the most aggressive inflow period, the price did not decline — it rose. The market absorbed the arriving supply without immediate price damage, suggesting that demand at current levels was sufficient to match what holders were moving toward the sell side. Since May 1, flows have moderated to near-neutral levels. The coins are on exchanges. The selling has not started. Adler’s analysis describes this as a dry powder structure — and the question of when, and whether, that powder gets used is what defines Bitcoin’s next move. The Supply Is Positioned. The Selling Has Not Started Adler’s second chart adds the cumulative picture that completes the netflow analysis. Total Bitcoin exchange reserves across all platforms stood at 2,685,541 BTC as of May 4 — up 5,773 BTC from the 2,679,768 recorded on April 28. The weekly peak of 2,686,791 BTC was hit on April 30, after which reserves began a modest decline over the following days. That modest decline is the most constructive recent development in the data. When reserves fall alongside stable or rising prices, it suggests the market is digesting available supply rather than allowing it to accumulate into a growing overhang. The direction of the reserve over the coming sessions will determine whether the current structure resolves constructively or becomes a risk. Adler names the current setup with precision: dry powder. Supply has been deposited on exchange platforms by holders positioning for potential sales. But the conversion of that deposited supply into actual market selling has not yet been confirmed. The coins are present. The pressure is not — at least not yet. The risk the analysis identifies is mechanical and specific. If the market stops absorbing new inflows — if demand falters at current price levels while the reserve remains elevated — the overhang can transition into real selling pressure quickly. The buffer between positioned supply and active selling is thinner than the held price level suggests. The confirmation signal Adler points toward is equally specific: a further decline in exchange reserves alongside continued price growth would validate that the market structure is genuinely healthy rather than artificially supported. Until that combination appears, the dry powder remains loaded. Bitcoin Tests $79K As Price Compresses Between Key Moving Averages Bitcoin is trading near $79,000 after extending its recovery from the February capitulation low, but the structure remains transitional rather than fully bullish. The chart shows a clear shift from a downtrend into a developing higher-low sequence, with price reclaiming the short-term moving average and pushing back above the $74,000–$75,000 zone, which previously acted as resistance and is now being tested as support. This level is technically significant. It aligns with both the 50-day moving average and a prior consolidation range, making it a key validation point for the current recovery. So far, buyers have defended it on pullbacks, suggesting demand is present, but not aggressive. At the same time, Bitcoin is approaching the $80,000–$82,000 region, where the 200-day moving average continues to trend downward. That creates a confluence of dynamic resistance overhead. The price is effectively compressed between rising short-term support and declining higher-timeframe resistance. Volume does not confirm a breakout yet. Participation has been relatively muted compared to the selloff phase, which implies the move higher may be driven more by reduced selling pressure than strong new demand. If Bitcoin holds above $74,000, the structure favors continuation. Failure to hold it would likely send price back toward the $65,000–$67,000 demand zone. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
5 May 2026, 02:00
Ethereum Doubles Smart Contract Activity In 15 Days, But Price Barely Moves: Discover What That Gap Means
Ethereum has been struggling to push above local highs as buyers search for the conviction needed to break through resistance above $2,300. The price action is frustrating — a market that keeps approaching a level without clearing it — and the chart alone does not explain why the upward pressure has been building. A CryptoOnchain analysis has just identified something in the network data that may be the answer the price chart is not providing. Related Reading: ‘Ethereum’s Price Should Have Dropped Already’ – Analyst Explains The On-Chain Signal Behind The Warning In late April 2026, Ethereum’s smart contract activity reached an all-time high. The metric tracking transfers generated by external contract calls —a measure of how actively the network’s programmable infrastructure is being used—surged from 142,194 on April 10 to a peak of 309,032 on April 25. That is a 117% increase in fifteen days. Reaching a level of smart contract interaction that the Ethereum network has never recorded before. The timing creates a divergence that demands examination. Ethereum’s most fundamental measure of utility just set a historic record — and the price has been trading sideways, unable to push decisively above $2,300. The network is being used more than at any point in its history. The market has not priced that in. That gap between what the network is doing and what the price is doing is where the story lives — and it is the gap that tends to close eventually rather than persist. The Network Set a Record The CryptoOnchain analysis addresses the most important interpretive question directly: what caused the surge? A single airdrop, a viral protocol launch, or a speculative frenzy can inflate network activity metrics temporarily without reflecting genuine adoption. The investigation found that none of those explanations apply here. The April surge was broad-based and multi-factor. Throughout the month, the Ethereum mainnet recorded an all-time high in total transactions. Stablecoin transfer volumes grew nearly 119% year-to-date — real financial activity moving through the network at a pace nearly double what it was at the beginning of the year. Layer-2 settlement activity remained strong, gaming and social decentralized applications recorded rising engagement, and DeFi platforms contributed additional volume across the ecosystem simultaneously. No single driver explains the record. All of them together do. The price context makes the finding more significant rather than less. During the same period that network activity was setting historic records, Ethereum’s price moved from approximately $2,245 to $2,320 — a modest 3% movement that reflects none of the urgency visible in the on-chain data. The activity explosion and the price stability coexisted for the entirety of April. That combination — record utility driven by organic adoption, with price barely reacting — is the signature of a network whose real-world usage has grown ahead of its market valuation. The history of asset pricing suggests that the gap does not persist permanently. It tends to close in the direction of the fundamentals. Related Reading: Ethereum Is Up 30% But Shorts Refuse to Let Go – The Last Time This Setup Didn’t End Quietly Ethereum Grinds Higher Into Resistance as Structure Tightens Ethereum is trading around $2,340 after extending its recovery from the February low, but the chart shows a market still struggling to convert strength into a breakout. Price has built a clear sequence of higher lows since mid-March, forming a constructive ascending structure that now presses directly into the $2,350–$2,400 resistance zone. This area has capped every recent rally attempt and coincides with the declining 100-day moving average, while the 200-day remains well above, reinforcing the broader bearish context. The result is compression: rising short-term support meeting persistent overhead supply. Related Reading: XRP’s Leverage Has Been Flushed Out, But Price Is Still Holding: Find Out What Follows That Setup The 50-day moving average is now rising beneath price and acting as dynamic support, currently near the $2,200–$2,250 region. As long as Ethereum holds above this zone, the higher-low structure remains intact and continues to build pressure against resistance. Volume trends suggest controlled accumulation rather than aggressive expansion. The recovery lacks the impulsive participation typically seen in confirmed trend reversals, which explains the repeated hesitation at resistance. A decisive break above $2,400 would mark a structural shift and likely open the path toward $2,700. Conversely, losing the $2,200 support would weaken the structure and expose Ethereum to a deeper retracement toward the $2,000 level. Featured image from ChatGPT, chart from TradingView.com
5 May 2026, 01:00
Former Ripple CTO Lied to XRP Holders? David Schwartz Makes Key Clarification
David Schwartz, former CTO at Ripple, has pushed back against accusations that he misled XRP holders, addressing claims of secret government agreements and hidden price mechanisms in a series of posts on X that appear to have reignited a long-running debate within the community. The controversy surfaced after X user @uptownsaul raised questions about whether Schwartz had been less than transparent with the XRP community regarding Ripple’s undisclosed agreements. The exchange prompted the Ripple veteran to step in with a direct clarification — one that touched on NDAs, price theories, and what he described as persistent misinformation circulating in the space. Schwartz Draws A Line Between NDAs And Conspiracy Theories According to his posts on X, Schwartz did not deny that Ripple maintains confidential agreements. He acknowledged that many of the company’s partners require NDAs to protect their business arrangements. What he pushed back on was the interpretation of those agreements as evidence of something larger. In his posts, Schwartz appeared to categorize recurring claims — that the U.S. government has a secret plan for XRP, or that Ripple is holding back a mechanism to drive prices sharply higher — as conspiracy theories that are “almost always” false. He stated that no secret agreements with the government exist and that Ripple’s escrow releases follow a fixed, publicly verifiable schedule on the XRP Ledger. A Pointed Challenge To Price Theories Schwartz also addressed long-standing speculation about extreme XRP price targets. In one post on X, he questioned why well-capitalized investors who truly believed in a multi-thousand-dollar XRP scenario would not already be bidding the price significantly higher — framing the absence of such activity as its own form of market data. When X user @NeilBilon weighed in on the discussion, Schwartz responded again, reiterating that Ripple’s operations and goals are communicated through public channels, even if certain commercial details remain confidential. Separately, @TGMoney85 raised additional questions about Schwartz’s past statements, which Schwartz addressed by clarifying that his earlier remarks on XRP’s role were economic in nature, not price predictions. As of this writing, XRP trades at around $2.11, with Schwartz’s comments drawing significant attention across the community but appearing to have had little immediate impact on the asset’s price action. Cover image from Grok, XRPUSD chart from Tradingview
