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Bitcoin Short-Term Holder Supply

Are Recent Buyers Selling?

Bitcoin held for less than a year — the part of the market that usually moves fastest.

Usually daily
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The percentage of all Bitcoin that changed hands within the last year. It swells when bull markets pull in fresh money, and shrinks as those coins settle into patient hands.

Latest displayed reading: 37.79 on Aug 14, 2026. This view shows 5,340 dated readings from Jan 1, 2012 to Aug 14, 2026. The latest displayed reading is lower than the first. The displayed low is 29.46 on Nov 29, 2023. The displayed high is 69.91 on Jan 1, 2012. Every day in this range has a reading.

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  • Share moved within the last year (selected): 37.79
  1. Are recent buyers selling or settling in?

    Holding Steady

    The split between recent buyers and patient holders is barely moving.

  2. How much of all Bitcoin is in recent hands?

    37.8%
    Moved within 1 year
    -0.1 pts over the past month.
    7.4%
    Moved within 1 month
    The freshest slice — the most active coins of all.
    62.2%
    In patient hands
    Everything that hasn't moved in over a year.
  3. Are they cashing in or taking losses?

    $227M given up

    Over the past day, coins from recent buyers locked in $60M of profit and gave up $227M in losses. Recent buyers sit closest to their own buy price, so this balance flips fast when the market turns.

    The typical recent coin that moved went for 0.9968× what its owner paid.

  4. How much are they actually moving?

    822,188 BTC
    moved over the past day
    Recent coins move constantly — this is the market's churn, not one big seller.
    7.58M BTC
    held in total
    -24,441 BTC over the past month.

    Moving is not the same as selling: exchanges, wallets, and payment shuffles all count. What matters is the trend — when recent coins move less and less, fresh money is settling in.

  5. How fresh is the recent money?

    Normal fresh movement

    Fresh coins are Bitcoin that moved in the last month. When this number jumps, more Bitcoin is actively changing hands. When it falls, even recent buyers are settling in.

    7.4% 0.6 pts over the past month
    How that month splits
    2.3%
    5.0%
    2.3% Moved in the last week
    5.0% Moved 1 week to 1 month ago
  6. What does this mean for you?

    Recent buyers are holding their ground — neither piling in nor rushing out.

    Recent buyers hold 37.8% of all Bitcoin, and the split has barely moved this month (-0.1 pts).

    The freshest slice — coins moved within a month — sits at 7.4%. Nothing about today's churn is unusual.

    The breaks carry the signal: a swelling recent share means fresh money rushing in (often late-cycle); a shrinking one means coins quietly settling.

    What to watch from here

    • Recent buyers hold 37.8% of all Bitcoin — barely changed this month (-0.1 pts).
    • Fresh coins (moved within a month) sit at 7.4% (+0.6 pts this month).
    • Watch for a sustained swell in the recent share — fresh money rushing in has marked the late stage of past climbs.
Patient Holders
The other side of the split — Bitcoin that hasn't moved in over a year.
How Much Is For Sale?
How much Bitcoin is locked away versus freely trading.
Are People Selling?
How much Bitcoin is moving onto exchanges, where it gets sold.

Understanding Bitcoin Short-Term Holder Supply

Coins that last moved within the past year are mostly in the hands of recent buyers — the most reactive part of the market, quick to add and quick to sell.

When this share grows fast while price is flat or falling, a lot of jumpy supply is building up that could be sold at the first scare.

When it shrinks, those coins are aging into steadier hands — patient owners absorbing what recent buyers let go. That has usually been a calmer, healthier setup.

The freshest slice — coins moved in just the last month — is broken out on the page as “Fresh coins.” When it spikes, a lot of Bitcoin is actively changing hands right now.