2026-01-01 23:21:53

Bitcoin's buying momentum is hitting the brakes harder than expected. Month-over-month demand figures are already contracting, and year-on-year the slowdown is becoming sharp—we're creeping dangerously close to outright negative growth. Market watchers are sounding the alarm on this one, arguing that if we really want to understand where this cycle is headed, we need to stop fixating on price moves and start paying serious attention to actual demand signals. The narrative is shifting: it's not about the price swings anymore, it's about whether real buying interest can sustain itself.

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StealthDeployer

· 3h ago

The demand has decreased; this wave is really cooling down.

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FlatTax

· 3h ago

The demand power is really gone; what's the use of just looking at price fluctuations...

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HashRateHermit

· 3h ago

Such strong selling pressure, what demand are you still talking about... It should have been clear already

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LongTermDreamer

· 3h ago

The shrinking demand is indeed a bit hard to bear, but this is just a cycle that happens every three years. Historically, every time this has occurred, there has been a rebound. Let's just wait and see.

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SignatureVerifier

· 3h ago

ngl, everyone's obsessing over charts when the real tell is always in the volume metrics. demand contraction this sharp? that's not noise, that's the signal most people still aren't validating properly.

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