Why Did Bitcoin Crash? On-Chain Data Points To One Missing Ingredient
Bitcoin is struggling as the price tests $62,000 as support — a level that would represent a significant extension of the correction from the cycle highs and a test of the structural foundation that bulls have been pointing to throughout the decline. The weakness is real and the selling pressure is persistent — and XWIN Research Japan has published an analysis that cuts through the competing macro narratives to identify what the on-chain data suggests is the actual driver of the current correction. Related Reading: HYPE Defies Market Selloff As Whales Withdraw Another $108M From Exchanges The explanations circulating in the market range from geopolitical tensions to Federal Reserve policy to Strategy’s recent small Bitcoin sale. XWIN Research Japan’s CryptoQuant analysis suggests a simpler and more fundamental explanation: buyers disappeared. The engine that powered Bitcoin’s 2024 to 2025 rally was not leverage, not retail momentum, and not speculative excess. It was consistent and sus