Data shows Bitcoin has broken above the realized price once again as the crypto surges to $22k. Will the recovery hold this time? Bitcoin Makes 2nd Attempt To Break Above Realized Price In 10 Days As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant post, BTC may be finally shooting above the realized price again after spending 33 days below the level in total. To understand what the “realized price” is, it’s best to first take a look at a quick explanation of the two main capitalization methods for Bitcoin. The “market cap” is calculated by multiplying each coin in circulation right now with the current BTC price, and taking the total sum (or more simply, it’s just the total number of coins multiplied by the price). Where the “realized cap” differs is that, instead of taking the same one price for all, it rather weighs each coin against the value of BTC at which the particular coin was last moved/sold. Related Reading | Bitcoin Bearish Signal: Exchange Netflows Spike Up For example, suppose the current Bitcoin price is $22k and there are two coins in circulation. If one of these last moved at $22k while the other at $15k, then the market cap will be $44k, but the realized cap will be $37k. Now, the realized price is measured by just dividing the realized cap by the total number of coins in circulation. The below chart shows the trend in this metric over the past month: Looks like ...
