Crypto Predictions: With another month of Bitcoin (BTC) price, Ethereum (ETH) price, and most altcoins in red or in a rangebound trajectory, all eyes are hoping for greener crypto predictions and better performance in October 2022.
“Wake me up when September ends” was the predominant sentiment for a majority of crypto holders over the last month. As macro conditions continued to dictate the short-term path for crypto predictions, bearish sentiment took over the larger market.
Throughout September, bearish opinions gained much more heat, as seen in the red bars in the crypto chart below, representing how many mentions there are of sell, selling, sold, or bearish.
Crypto Predictions 2022: Demand Decreases
The total fees spent to use a blockchain presents the willingness to spend and demand to use it. Over the last quarter, Bitcoin price fees generated just under $30 million from the network, declining from $42.9 million in Q2 2022.
On the other hand, Ethereum price fees dropped even further, from $1.29 billion in Q2 to $264 million in Q3, charting a 79% fall quarter over quarter.
While there was a decrease in crypto demand, prices held relatively well, with Bitcoin price in consolidation and Ethereum price appreciating by 30% quarter over quarter.
Additionally, net flows indicated that while BTC price saw a neutral sentiment, ETH price saw a more bullish stance as compared to BTC. Bitcoin price recorded modest inflows into centralized exchanges of under $50 million, higher than the $192 million net outflows from Q2.
For Ethereum price, over $1 billion ETH left exchanges for the fourth straight quarter, while outflows in Q3 were $57 million lower than those from Q2.
3 Things to Remember in October 2022
Bitcoin price has struggled to keep up with the psychological support barrier of $20,000 throughout September. Without a good pump from whales and retailers, a significant uptick in BTC price seems like a distant dream.
Whale metrics from Santiment presented that there is neither whale accumulation nor major utility in BTC price to be excited about at press time.
The key-tier BTC whales who hold between 100 and 10,000 BTC are continuing to dump. Over the past year, these key addresses have dropped 3.5% of the supply to addresses that have much less impact on future crypto price movement. In September alone, another 0.4% of BTC’s supply was dumped. In October, a key trend to watch out for is would-be whale accumulation.
The amount of unique BTC moving from address to address remains scarce, which has led the NVT signal to present a bearish signal for a second straight month. An uptick in the same could prove to be a bullish indicator for crypto predictions.
A look at BTC funding rates presented another worrying trend where traders are gradually longing more and more when Bitcoin price doesn’t dump. After the longs get high enough, another dump takes place, traders attempt to short temporarily, and they then give up and begin to long cryptos again.
Thus, going forward, watching the aforementioned key indicators could be crucial. A reversal in these on-chain metrics could present a bullish turn for BTC price, ETH price, and the larger crypto market.
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