Bitcoin price circles $44K as analyst asks: 'Who remains to sell here?'

cointelegraph.com:

Bitcoin (BTC) broadly held levels at $44,000 and above on Feb. 16 amid fresh optimism that another macro low would be avoided. 

Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD rebounding after an overnight dip to $43,725 on Bitstamp.

In a tightening range, the pair looked increasingly primed for a breakout up or down Wednesday, as support and resistance levels stayed within a short distance of spot.

While fears that a stocks correction could cause fresh pain for bears remained, one analyst, in particular, argued that there was now hardly any impetus to sell BTC after three months of downside.

"When I consider everything BTC HODLers withstood in 2021- When I observe global de-risking for 3+ months- When I see 48% of Realized Cap STILL held from 3-12 months ago after a $33k scare- I ask: with all existing FUD priced in, barring surprises, who remains to sell here?" TXMC argued.

An accompanying chart highlighted coins that last moved between three and six months ago — the run-up to the $69,000 all-time high — growing as a proportion of the overall BTC supply.

On-balance volume, a metric designed to estimate buy and sell pressure, likewise recovered in a style which popular education resource IncomeSharks claimed mimicked last year's rebound from $30,000.

$BTC - Daily OBV chart. And people telling me we aren't bottomed out... This is almost a more bullish move than last time we went from $30,000 to $60,000. Double bottom, very sharp bullish V spike. Price action is just noise and people are listening too much to #CryptoTwitter. pic.twitter.com/vURzxYeImG

"These are the conditions where retail waits to buy Bitcoin after it's at an all time high and it's all over the news again," it added in a tweet on the day.

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