BTC / ETH on Exchanges = New Lows
= Old Players HODLing + New Paradigm Rising——
As of May 21, 2025, the stock ratio of Bitcoin and Ethereum on centralized exchanges continues to decline,
The percentage of $BTC on CEX is at its lowest point in 8 years, and the percentage of $ETH is at its lowest point in 10 years.
What can we see:
1️⃣ Investors tend to ‘hold for the long term’ HODL and staking has become the mainstream;
2️⃣ The supply of throwaway assets decreases, market supply tightens, structurally supporting prices. A bull market starts from 'no one wants to sell'.
3️⃣ $ETH is more special—it's not just withdrawn and left in cold wallets, but flows into L2, staking, Restaking, entering the on-chain real economy.
4️⃣ A true DeFi bull market sometimes isn’t about seeing funds coming in, but rather assets starting to 'hide' away.
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