Bitcoin's widely tracked Coinbase Premium turns negative as realized losses spike to $6 billion

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Bitcoin's widely tracked Coinbase Premium turns negative as realized losses spike to $6 billion A metric tracking U.S. spot demand has flipped red just as onchain data shows realized losses surging to $5.97 billion. What to know: - A key gauge of U.S. demand for bitcoin, the Coinbase Premium, turned negative this week for the first time since early April, signaling weaker buying interest in the world's largest economy. - Onchain data show bitcoin holders realized about $5.97 billion in losses on April 24 as the price neared $78,000, indicating that investors who bought at even higher prices used the rebound to exit rather than reenter. - Bitcoin has slipped to under $76,000, and analysts are watching whether realized losses decline, a sign that the overhang from underwater supply may be easing. The U.S. bid that drove April's rally is fading. Bitcoin's The metric ran consistently positive from April 8 through April 22, the same window that took bitcoin from $66,000 to a local high near $78,000. The premium peaked around April 22 and has rolled over since. Coinbase is widely used as a proxy for U.S. institutional and dollar-denominated flows, so a persistent negative reading means American investors are consistently paying less than the rest of the world. They're either selling more aggressively or simply not showing up. Onchain data tells the same story from the other side. Bitcoin Realized Loss 7-day Sum, which tracks the total dollar value of coins moved at a loss across the network, spiked to $5.97 billion on April 24 as bitcoin traded near $78,000. Realized Loss is recognized only when holders sell coins below the price at which they originally bought them. A print near $6 billion at $78,000 means the sellers were buyers at higher prices. CryptoQuant analyst Axel Adler Jr. said in a report the cohort likely entered between $80,000 and $95,000 during late 2025 and early 2026, using the April bounce as an exit rather than a reentry point. The two datasets are indicative of U.S. institutional buyers slowing their bid through Coinbase right as the holders increased selling activity. Bitcoin was recently trading around $76,000. What traders watch from here is whether the Realized Loss metric continues to fall as the underwater supply works through. The reading has already declined from its April 24 peak to $4.7 billion by April 28, suggesting the seller cohort is thinning. More For You Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead says the "biggest divergence in history" has left AI stocks fully priced while bitcoin remains massively undervalued at 43% below its historical trend. What to know: - Dan Morehead, founder and CEO of Pantera Capital, said cryptocurrency markets are “incredibly cheap” compared with what he views as overheated artificial intelligence stocks. - Citing Pantera’s internal data, he said leading AI companies trade about 33 percent above their four-year log trend, while bitcoin is roughly 43 percent below its...

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