Bitcoin (BTC) hasn’t participated much in the recent market as it has been an altcoin-driven rally off lately led by Ethereum (ETH) and Dogecoin (DOGE). The BTC price has been consolidating for a long time around $55,000 and holding its market cap just above $1 trillion.
However, if we look at the steep increase in the Bitcoin (BTC) realized cap, the picture is very much clear suggesting that the Bitcoin bull run will continue here onwards. While the market cap considers total BTCs that have been minted, the realized cap takes a more nuanced approach.
The realized cap eliminates the impact of lost or dormant coins that haven’t been moved for long. As opposed to the current Bitcoin value, it measures each unspent transaction output (UTXO) based on the value moved last.
Glassnode CTO and co-founder Rafael Schultze-Kraft show that there has been an unprecedented capital inflow into Bitcoin (BTC) based on its realized cap. Over the last 6 months, the realized cap has jumped a massive 200% by another $250 billion.
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