Is Bitcoin About to Rally? New Onchain Data Reveals What’s Really Happening w/ Julio Moreno

Watch on YouTube ↗  |  March 13, 2026 at 18:45  |  37:35  |  Milk Road Daily

Summary

  • Bitcoin's on-chain "bull score" has ticked up from 0 to 30, indicating a shift from "extremely bearish" to "less bearish," though the macro bear market regime remains intact.
  • Spot demand contraction has slowed significantly, improving from a loss of 136,000 BTC to a loss of 46,000 BTC over a 30-day period.
  • US investors have temporarily stopped selling, evidenced by the Coinbase premium flipping from deeply negative to positive and triggering exchange inflows.
  • Traders' unrealized losses reached extreme levels, leading to capitulation and an exhaustion of selling pressure.
  • Long-term holder selling has reached its lowest 30-day pace since June 2025, removing a major source of overhead supply.
  • Stablecoin (USDT) liquidity contraction has stabilized, crossing above its moving average and signaling a potential trend shift.
Trade Ideas
Julio Moreno Head of Research, CryptoQuant 13:37
You see this in the last few weeks how it went from really negative levels extremely negative and it went up to even is positive right now. They stopped selling basically the US and that drives prices higher relative to prices in other exchanges. The Coinbase premium flipping positive, combined with on-chain data showing Bitcoin flowing from offshore exchanges into Coinbase to capture arbitrage, indicates a resurgence of US-based spot demand. This localized spike in trading volume and liquidity directly translates to higher transaction fee revenue for Coinbase. LONG. The short-term return of US buyer appetite provides a tactical tailwind for Coinbase's core exchange business during this relief rally. In a bear market regime, positive Coinbase premiums are historically temporary. If the premium flips negative again, it signals that US demand has evaporated, removing the volume catalyst for the stock.
Julio Moreno Head of Research, CryptoQuant 33:00
The range or the zone will be around you know 76k to 86k which is where this metric is right now. Around that I should expect we hit resistance and then a correction happens if we are still in a bare market like we are right now. The current upward price action is a relief rally driven by exhausted selling pressure (extreme unrealized losses) rather than a new wave of structural demand. Because the broader market regime is still bearish, the 1-to-3 month realized price band (76k-86k) will act as a hard ceiling where trapped short-term buyers will sell to break even. WATCH. Traders should monitor the 76k-86k resistance zone to take profits or hedge long exposure, anticipating a macro bear market rejection at those levels. If the CryptoQuant Bull Score index rapidly spikes above 60, it would signal a regime change from a bear to a bull market, likely causing BTC to break cleanly through the 76k-86k resistance.
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This Milk Road Daily video, published March 13, 2026, features Julio Moreno discussing COIN, BTC. 2 trade ideas extracted by AI with direction and confidence scoring.

Speakers: Julio Moreno  · Tickers: COIN, BTC