FTX collapse followed by an uptick in stablecoin inflows and DEX activity
2022.11.14 17:24
On-chain data from Glassnode show Bitcoin’s (BTC) movements hit a new record for the largest net decline in aggregate BTC balances on exchanges, reducing by 72,900 BTC in one week.
A similar movement occurred in April 2020, November 2020 and June 2022 with the current outflow leaving around 2.25 million BTC on exchanges.
Bitcoin exchange balances with net position change line. Source: Glassnode
Exchange exodus for Ether, but not stablecoins
While Ether (ETH) did not see an all-time high outflow from exchanges, 1.1 million Ether were withdrawn from exchanges over the last week. According to Glassnode, this marks the largest 30-day exchange balance decline since September 2020 during the DeFi summer in the same year.
Ether exchange net position change. Source: Glassnode
Related: Exchange outflows hit historic highs as Bitcoin investors self-custody
Contrary to Bitcoin and Ether’s declining balances on exchanges, stablecoins balances remain net positive on exchanges, meaning their balances are growing. Over $1.04 billion in USDT, USDC, BUSD and DAI moved to exchanges on Nov. 10. This marks Nov. 10 as the seventh largest stablecoin inflow to exchanges.
Stablecoins exchange net volume. Source: Glassnode
According to Glassnode, with the major influx of stablecoins to exchanges, the current $41.186 billion total is an all-time high.
Stablecoins on exchanges. Source: Glassnode
Bitcoin miners continue to sell
Bitcoin miners continue to remain under extreme pressure and data highlights that hash prices are at all-time lows. The record-low hash prices led to miners selling around 9.5% of their treasuries which is around 7.76 million BTC. This sell-off marks the sharpest monthly decline for miner balances since September 2018.
Bitcoin miner balances. Source: Glassnode
Decentralized and centralized altcoin performance
Utilizing asset basked to analyze performance between decentralized exchange (DEX) and centralized exchange (CEX) tokens, Delphi digital found that when comparing the basket prices to BTC, the DEX basket had gained 24% whereas the CEX basket is down 2%.
CEX and DEX basket performance. Source: Delphi Digital
Generally, the on-chain activity correlates to overall Bitcoin, Ether and altcoin market sentiment with the current FTX chaos catalyzing historic exchange outflows and CEX tokens’ underperformance. A likely trend to emerge from the current chaos is a steady uptick in self-custodied cryptocurrencies and an increase in DEX use.
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