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#Gate广场五月交易分享 Bitcoin loses the 80k mark, Ethereum is crushed by whales with 423 million dollars of sell-offs! Next is the “Golden Pit” or the “Bottomless Pit”
Just yesterday, the crypto market was still celebrating Bitcoin breaking through $82k, and overnight, the tone changed dramatically.
1. Bitcoin: The 80k barrier is regained and lost again, where is the last line of defense for the bulls?
Technical analysis: Short-term momentum is exhausted, but not completely dead
4-hour level: MA5 has crossed below MA10, indicating a significant weakening of short-term momentum. But MA30 remains below the price, meaning the main trend has not fully turned bearish — there is still room for reversal.
Daily level: After a continuous rebound, a volume-backed medium bearish candle appears, and the 80k level is broken through by the body. RSI plummets from a strong zone to 31.2, approaching the oversold line (30); MACD shows signs of a death cross at high levels. If the price cannot recover above $80,600 within the next 24-48 hours, the daily trend will shift to the bears.
On-chain signals: Breakthrough of two major cost bases, but the ceiling is near Bitcoin has successfully stabilized:
True Market Mean ≈ $78,200
Short-Term Holder Cost Basis ≈ $79,100
This means most participants are back in profit, which historically is associated with decreased selling pressure. But danger is approaching — Active Realized Price ≈ $85,200, known as the “Sell Pressure Wall,” with only about 5.5% room above. Additionally, daily realized losses still total $479 million, far above the stable cycle baseline of $200 million — selling pressure from holders has not truly subsided.
Capital flow: ETF frenzy buying, institutions creating “Supply Shock”
In April, ETF net inflows reached $2.44 billion, a monthly record, with total assets exceeding $102 billion.
From May 5–7, five consecutive days of net inflows totaling $169 million, the longest since July 2025.
Institutions have accumulated over 145k BTC since January, with corporate treasury holdings surpassing 818k BTC.
Mining costs are about $36,200, and even at the February low of $60k, miners still maintain high margins — hash power remains solid.
Macro bullish and bearish battle: Legislation benefits vs. geopolitical bombs
Bullish: The US crypto market structural bill started review today (May 8), with a vote as early as next week, increasing regulatory clarity expectations.
Legislation advancing for strategic Bitcoin reserves, with the government holding over 328k BTC, potentially locked forever.
Bearish (currently dominant):
US-Iran geopolitical risks fluctuate: Military escort plans “announced and paused,” but Iran still claims to be at war.
Crude oil plummeted 7%-8%, short-term collapse of Bitcoin’s “energy inflation hedge” logic.
Berkshire Hathaway continues to hoard cash, mainstream capital remains defensive.
2. Ethereum: The weak follower abandoned by funds
Price performance: When Bitcoin rises, it doesn’t; when Bitcoin falls, it’s worse
Current price: about $2,278–$2,294, down 2.33% daily, worse than Bitcoin’s decline.
Market share: only 10.41%, while Bitcoin’s share has surged to 60.34%.
ETH/BTC exchange rate has fallen 4.37% over the past month, indicating institutional funds prefer Bitcoin. On-chain research platform XWIN notes: Ethereum is currently a “supply response” market, passively driven by exchange net flows, unlike Bitcoin which is demand-driven.
Technical pattern: Complete breakdown, evident weakness
Daily: RSI shows “lower high” bearish divergence; MA20/30 are being tested for breakdown; three tests of 2,400 with long upper shadows, accumulating heavy short selling.
4-hour: Converging triangle breaks downward; Bollinger middle band is pierced; MACD momentum turns negative; 1-hour bullish trendline (2,365) is lost.
Capital flow: ETF reverses in one day + whale sell-offs
$423 million ETF turns negative in a day
In the first week of May, three consecutive days of net inflows of $80k pushed ETH from $2,050 to $2,372. But on May 7, ETF saw $103.5 million net outflow, with Fidelity FETH outflows of $62.26 million and BlackRock ETHA outflows of $26.31 million — crushing hopes of breaking above 2,400.
Whale sell-offs, relentless
A wallet linked to Jin, founder of BitForex, transferred 166,023 ETH (about $82k) to Binance. The same address sold 260k ETH in three batches in February, successfully suppressing the price.
A wallet linked to Paradigm Capital transferred 11,615 ETH (about $27.29 million) to FalconX.
This week, two whales transferred a total of $423 million worth of ETH to exchanges, with a single-day net inflow of 160,900 ETH on May 6, exploding selling pressure.
Coinb premium index has been negative for 10 consecutive days → US domestic institutional demand continues to retreat, retail buying is extremely weak.
News: Long-term narratives look good, but short-term is full of knives (bullish in the medium to long term):
RWA tokenized US debt surpasses $8 billion, doubling in 6 months.
Staking rate rises to 31.4% (about 38.31 million ETH locked), supply continues to shrink.
2026 Glamsterdam upgrade (gas limit raised to 200 million) + Hegota hard fork, improving fundamentals.
Pectra upgrade (launched May 7): staking cap raised to 2,048 ETH.
Bearish (currently dominant):
Whale concentration of sell-offs + ETF reversal in one day → severe short-term capital drain.
Bitcoin dominance exceeds 61% → funds flow back from altcoins to BTC, ETH bears the brunt.
Rate cut expectations delayed to 2027, liquidity tightening.
US-Iran geopolitical shocks, energy inflation logic short-term collapse.
Vitalik publicly criticizes EU’s Digital Services Act → European regulatory uncertainty.
🌀 Funding rate: The “Silent Bomb” in neutrality
The average funding rate across the network is +0.0005% (8-hour average), extremely close to neutral.
Bn -0.0043% (bears slightly favored), OK +0.0058% (bulls slightly favored) → sharp divergence between bulls and bears.
Open interest: about 14 million ETH, maintaining high levels, leverage not yet cleared.
24-hour total liquidations: $356 million, with ETH longs accounting for $87 million, and the largest single liquidation at $10.51 million (bnETH contracts).
This extremely low-rate “tug-of-war” state, once a clear direction emerges, can easily trigger extreme one-sided moves — either violent short squeezes or long liquidations and crashes.