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Are people buying or selling Bitcoin?

59Mixedout of 100
YesterdayBuying (60)
Last weekBuying (61)
Leaning buyWhere each measure sitsNumbered markers run from Selling on the left to Buying on the right. 1. Patient Holders, 73 out of 100. 2. Exchanges, 42 out of 100. 3. Bitcoin Funds, 48 out of 100. 4. Big Holders, 74 out of 100. 5. Miners, 70 out of 100. 6. Oldest Coins, 10 out of 100.
  • 1Patient HoldersBuying
  • 2ExchangesSelling
  • 3Bitcoin FundsMixed
  • 4Big HoldersBuying
  • 5MinersBuying
  • 6Oldest CoinsSelling

What drives this reading

What this reading means

  1. So, who's actually buying and selling?

    Big holders are adding, even as the oldest coins are waking up.

    Six measures are rolled into this 0–100 reading: patient holders, exchanges, Bitcoin funds, big holders, miners, and the oldest coins. At 59 it's roughly balanced. The table above shows how each one leans. The split below shows which side is pulling harder.

  2. Who's pulling harder right now?

    65% buying35% selling

  3. What changed recently?

    • Exchange pressure roseAbout 18K BTC moved onto exchanges over the past month.
    • Bitcoin funds kept addingFunds added about 10K BTC over the past month.
    • Miners held moreMiners added about 1K BTC to their wallets this month.
    • Patient holders strengthenedThe one-year-plus share rose 0.5 points this month.
    • Recent buyers thinned outThe under-one-year share fell 0.5 points this month.

How does today compare to its history?

Usually daily
Bitcoin buying and selling balance over time chartmaketomaketo.com/holding020406080100JulNovMarJulNovMarJulLATEST59

The score runs from 0 to 100. Above 50, buying and holding have the upper hand. Below 50, selling has the upper hand.

Latest displayed reading: 59 on Aug 3, 2026. This view shows 760 dated readings from Jul 4, 2024 to Aug 3, 2026. The latest displayed reading is higher than the first. The displayed low is 20 on Nov 28, 2025. The displayed high is 71 on Oct 15, 2025.

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  • Buying and selling score (selected): 59
How we score the buy / sell indexSix holder signals, each leaning buy or sell, rolled into one 0–100 reading.
0 · Selling50 · SplitBuying · 100
Long-held coins25%Coins on exchanges20%Bitcoin ETFs20%Big holders15%Miners10%Oldest coins10%

The Buying / Selling Index blends six things Bitcoin owners do with their coins: long-held coins sitting still or moving, coins going onto or off exchanges, money moving in or out of Bitcoin funds, what big holders are doing, whether miners are selling, and whether the oldest coins are waking up. Each one leans toward buying or selling, scaled by how big the move is compared to normal. We roll them into one reading from 0 to 100. Low means coins are being sold, high means they are being bought and held, and the middle means the crowd is split.

The score combines the six measures named above. Four wider reads add detail in the table without changing today's score.

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