Are Recent Buyers Piling In?
Bitcoin held for less than a year — the part of the market that usually moves fastest.
This tracks the share of Bitcoin held by people who bought within the last year. Read more
Recent buyers — people who bought within the last year — hold about 29% of all Bitcoin. This is the part of the market that usually moves fastest. Over the past month that share shrank by 1.9 points.
- Recent buyers’ share shrank by 1.9 points over the past month.
- Fresh coins — moved in the last month — shrank by 0.8 points.
- Recent buyers hold about 29% of all Bitcoin right now.
- The recent-money trend has been easing over the past six months.
Share of all Bitcoin bought within the last year, over the past six months.
Not all recent buyers are equally recent. Someone who bought eleven months ago has been holding patiently; someone who bought yesterday is still itching to move. Fresh coins are the freshest slice — Bitcoin moved in just the last month. When it spikes, a lot of Bitcoin is actively changing hands. When it's low, even recent buyers are settling in.
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If recent buyers keep growing while price stays flat, that combination has often preceded a top.
A sustained drop here is usually a good sign — patient holders are absorbing the supply.
Why this matters
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.