BITCOIN REALIZED PROFIT AND LOSS BY COIN AGE
Are the profits coming from old coins or new?
The dollars locked in when coins moved, split by how long those coins had sat still. Old coins cashing in tell a different story from new ones.
Coins aged 1 to 2 years: profit and losses locked in
The orange line is this age group's dollars cashed in at a profit per day; the blue line, its dollars given up at a loss. The scale rises by powers of ten, so the quiet years and the loud ones share one picture. Pick an age group above.
Profit locked in (selected). Latest displayed reading: $312.1K on Aug 9, 2026. This view shows 429 dated readings from Jan 7, 2012 to Aug 9, 2026. The latest displayed reading is higher than the first. The displayed low is $1 on Mar 31, 2012. The displayed high is $1.54B on Nov 18, 2025.
Losses taken. Latest displayed reading: $31.52M on Aug 9, 2026. This view shows 216 dated readings from May 18, 2012 to Aug 9, 2026. The latest displayed reading is higher than the first. The displayed low is $3 on May 12, 2020. The displayed high is $360.26M on Nov 22, 2022.
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- Profit locked in (selected): $312.1K
- Losses taken: $31.52M
Which age group is cashing in the most?
Coins aged 3 to 5 yearsThat group locked in $38M of profit over the past day, while the biggest losses came from coins aged 6 months to 1 year, at $60M. The table below shows both sides for every age.
What did every age group lock in?
Coins last moved Profit taken Losses taken The difference 10 years and up $2M $0 $2M 7 to 10 years $11M $0 $11M 5 to 7 years $9M $0 $9M 3 to 5 years $38M $1k $38M 2 to 3 years $9M $920k $8M 1 to 2 years $312k $32M -$31M 6 months to 1 year $22k $60M -$60M 1 to 6 months $3M $13M -$10M 1 week to 1 month $5M $393k $4M 1 day to 1 week $12M $214k $12M Under a day $15M $24M -$9M What should you keep in mind?
Moving is not the same as selling. These figures count every coin that changed addresses, including coins someone shuffled between their own wallets and the change that comes back from a normal payment. Read the levels as honest ceilings, not exact sales figures.
The daily figures are rolling sums over the past day, not a calendar day, so they update through the day rather than resetting at midnight.
Profit here means a coin moved at a higher price than it last moved at; a loss means lower. Old groups almost always show pure profit because their coins were bought years ago. Losses concentrate in the young groups, whose coins were bought near today's price.
What does this mean for you?
Who is doing the cashing in matters as much as how much. Profit taken by recently-bought coins is quick trading, the market's background noise. Profit taken by coins that sat for years is patient money choosing this price to act, and the biggest waves of it have clustered near past market peaks.
Heavy losses in the young groups mark stressed recent buyers giving up, which past cycles saw most around sharp drops and washed-out stretches. As always, this reads what the people moving coins just did. It is not a prediction or advice to buy or sell.
Understanding Bitcoin Realized Profit and Loss by Coin Age
Every time a coin moves above the price it last moved at, someone locks in a profit; below it, someone takes a loss. This page adds both up in dollars for eleven age groups, from coins that moved within the past day to coins that had sat for over ten years.
The measure is called realized profit and loss: money that actually changed hands, not paper gains. Old groups almost always show pure profit, because their coins were bought years ago far below today's prices. Losses concentrate in the young groups, whose coins were bought recently, near whatever the price is now.
Who cashes in matters as much as how much. Profit taken by young coins is quick trading, the market's background noise. Profit taken by coins that sat for years is patient money choosing this exact price to act, and the biggest waves of old-coin profit-taking have clustered near past market peaks. Heavy losses among young coins mark stressed recent buyers giving up, seen most around sharp drops.
Moving is not the same as selling: these figures count every coin that changed addresses, including wallet reshuffles, so read them as honest ceilings rather than exact sales. The sums are rolling totals over the past day, updating through the day rather than resetting at midnight.