03.04.2026 08:47

Bitcoin dippedto around $66,600 on Thursday, the day Good Friday halted both CME futures and spot‑ETF trading in the United States. The holiday removed two of the market’s most active demand engines just as buying pressure was already waning.

On‑chain data from CryptoQuant shows a 30‑day apparent Bitcoin demand of roughly –63,000 BTC. This shortfall occurs even though ETF inflows hit about 50,000 BTC in the past month—the strongest monthly total since October 2025—while corporate accumulator Strategy added roughly 44,000 BTC during the same period. The inflows, however, were not enough to offset the net sell‑off that followed.

Large‑scale wallets holding between 1,000 and 10,000 BTC have now moved toward net distribution, trimming their balances by an estimated 188,000 BTC from earlier peaks. Meanwhile, medium‑tier holders have slowed their accumulation, and the Coinbase Premium indicator remains negative, signaling limited appetite among U.S. spot traders. Market activity is currently dominated by Binance and OKX. Even as Bitcoin navigates this fragile environment, U.S. equities managed a modest weekly uptick, breaking a five‑week slide, and WTI crude surged 11% to $111.54—a single‑day dollar jump that ranks among the largest in over four decades. All figures are drawn from publicly available market analyses.