10 Metrics Where Bitcoin Has Already Hit New All-Time Highs

While we haven’t achieved the elusive $20,000 spot price all-time high yet, these other metrics show where bitcoin has grown far beyond previous peaks.

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Updated Aug 19, 2021 at 5:46 a.m. UTC

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While we haven’t achieved the elusive $20,000 spot price all-time high yet, these other metrics show where bitcoin has grown far beyond previous peaks.

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    Earlier this week, investor Nic Carter published a piece called “Nine Bitcoin Charts Already at All-Time Highs” showing just how far bitcoin had come and how fundamentally bullish this quiet run-up was. 

    In this piece, NLW goes over those metrics that have achieved all-time highs, and adds one more that happened after Nic published his piece. The metrics include:

    • Addresses with a balance of $10 or more
    • Open interest on CME bitcoin futures
    • Realized capitalization 
    • Bitcoin options open interest
    • Bitcoin priced in Turkish lira
    • Bitcoin held by Grayscale
    • Stablecoin free float
    • Silvergate’s settlement network
    • Growth of crypto-native credit
    • Market Capitalization

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