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Bitcoin’s Social Media Speculation Heats Up, What’s Driving The Hype?

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With its strong upward movements to all-time highs in the past few weeks, Bitcoin It is once again dominating the cryptocurrency landscape, sparking a frenzy among the community across most major social media platforms. This increase in social media conversations is a sign of growing interest in digital assets among investors and a potential change in market sentiment. It also underscores BTC’s position as a major player in the crypto asset market, as it continues to attract significant interest in the community.

The online discourse targets Bitcoin only

Bitcoin is currently in the spotlight due to a massive rise in social media speculation with conversations and predictions about its short-term price direction overwhelming online platforms. I mentioned Powered by Santiment, a leading on-chain market intelligence and data platform.

Santiment highlighted that Online speculation towards BTC Spread as it approaches the $100,000 price level for the first time in history, having recently reached a new all-time high of $99,000 on Thursday. Furthermore, data from the market intelligence platform reveals that Bitcoin’s $100,000 price level is currently being mentioned on major social media platforms such as X, Reddit, Telegram, 4Chan, and BitcoinTalk at the highest level in history.

Specifically, a repeat of this level to all-time highs points to FOMO (fear of missing out) in the cryptocurrency community, a widespread sense of urgency among enthusiasts that may prompt them to act rashly, such as purchasing cryptocurrencies before fully understanding the risks.

Bitcoin social media speculation rises | source: Santiment on X

However, despite the great optimism and speculation $100,000 is a milestone On the horizon, Santiment emphasized that abnormally high signals of lower price levels indicate that some traders are still not confident in the cryptocurrency asset’s path to the pivot mark, which could significantly contribute to its bullish strength.

Even now, as crypto enthusiasts wait for it to rise to a 6-figure market cap, the platform has reminded the community that digital assets typically move in the opposite direction than most people expect, increasing the appreciation of bears and non-believers in the market. Bitcoin To preserve this historic process.

The key metric to watch amid the BTC uptrend

After a significant rise in BTC price to new all-time highSantiment has He pointed out The main metric to look for is the collective holdings of wallet addresses of whales and sharks that own at least 10 BTC. This is because one of the key indicators to determine how long this historic bull run could continue is tracking the total amount of Bitcoin holdings from these major players.

Over the past month, Santiment revealed that these wallets have collectively amassed approximately 56,397 additional Bitcoins worth $5.428 billion. Depending on the platform, this is important whale Shark wallets saw some interesting consolidations, resulting in a decrease of -0.82% or 1,256 fewer wallets compared to last month.

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BTC trades at $98,348 on 1D chart | Source: BTCUSDT Tradingview.com

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