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12/07/2025

Bitcoin's 'Liveliness' Metric Surges — a Signal the Bull Market May Not Be Over

One of Bitcoin's key on-chain indicators — liveliness — has just hit a new high, suggesting the current bull cycle may not yet be over, according to several on-chain analysts. Liveliness Rising Despite Price Pullback: Unusual but Bullish According to technical analyst TXMC, the liveliness metric has continued climbing steadily throughout this cycle, even as Bitcoin's price has corrected. This reflects an underlying demand for spot BTC that hasn't yet fully shown up on price charts.

Bitcoin's 'Liveliness' Metric Surges — a Signal the Bull Market May Not Be Over

One of Bitcoin's key on-chain indicators — liveliness — has just hit a new high, suggesting the current bull cycle may not yet be over, according to several on-chain analysts.

Liveliness Rising Despite Price Pullback: Unusual but Bullish

According to technical analyst TXMC, the liveliness metric has continued climbing steadily throughout this cycle, even as Bitcoin's price has corrected. This reflects an underlying demand for spot BTC that hasn't yet fully shown up on price charts.

Liveliness measures the ratio of BTC being spent relative to coins held long-term (HODLed). The metric rises when supply tends to shift hands and falls when investors are accumulating.

"Liveliness typically rises during bull runs, when supply changes ownership at higher price levels — a sign that fresh capital is entering the market," TXMC noted.

Long-Dormant BTC Waking Up at Scale

Analyst James Check observed that liveliness has "broken out of the sideways range it's been in since the 2017 peak." This signals the return of large amounts of BTC that haven't moved in years.

Check highlighted a key difference between the two cycles:

  • In 2017, transactions were primarily in the hundreds to thousands of dollars.
  • In the current cycle, transaction values have scaled to billions and even tens of billions of dollars.

"We're witnessing enormous coin days destroyed volumes. This may be one of the largest capital rotation and ownership transfer events in Bitcoin's history," he said.

Bitcoin Consolidates in the $86,000–$92,000 Range

Over the past 24 hours, BTC has shown little movement, trading around $89,000–$89,500.

Analyst Michaël van de Poppe described the $86,000–$92,000 zone as mere "technical noise."

  • If Bitcoin retests the $92,000 level, a breakout is the likely outcome.
  • If that fails, price could pull back into the low $80,000s to form a double-bottom pattern.

"I believe we're approaching the bottom of this correction. The potential scenario is a strong recovery toward year-end that carries into Q1 next year," van de Poppe said.

Takeaway: On-Chain Data Sends an Optimistic Signal

Liveliness hitting a new peak, combined with strong movement from long-held BTC, is painting a constructive picture for the market's medium-term outlook.

While price remains in a correction phase, on-chain signals suggest fresh capital continues to enter the market — keeping the door open for the bull cycle to continue.