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Dormant BTC movement hits four-year low as long-term holder selling slows, Galaxy reports

7/26/2026

Dormant $BTC coin movement has fallen to a four-year low, its weakest reading since Q3 2022, with Galaxy attributing the decline to long-term holders stepping back from distribution after a period of heavy profit-taking.

The data point is a supply-side signal.

What Galaxy's data shows Galaxy frames the slowdown as a behavioral shift among holders commonly called Bitcoin OGs, the early accumulators whose spending decisions carry outsize weight in supply-side analysis.

Their distribution cadence matters because the cost basis on these coins is typically far below recent market levels, meaning even modest movement creates real selling pressure.

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