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The Coldcard wallet vulnerability and resulting fund migrations are distorting traditional on-chain bearish signals, making it difficult to interpret genuine market sentiment

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Too little corroboration in the last 3 days to call a trend (1 article). Watching for it to gain traction.

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≈ RELATED The Coldcard hack represents individual security mismanagement rather than a fundamental flaw in Bitcoin's protocol, limiting its negative impact on Bitcoin adoption NEUTRAL BTC ≈ RELATED Urgent fund movements and exchange deposits following the Coldcard vulnerability may include investors preparing to sell, indicating potential selling pressure BEARISH BTC ≈ RELATED Mt. Gox Creditor Sell Pressure BEARISH BTC ≈ RELATED A Coldcard firmware vulnerability resulted in widespread Bitcoin losses across a larger set of wallets than initially estimated, with 1,082.65 BTC compromised across 1,196 addresses. BEARISH BTC ≈ RELATED Stock market sell-offs driven by risk-off sentiment will spill over to the crypto market as investors abandon risk assets BEARISH BTC ≈ RELATED Large institutional wallets accumulating through market weakness signals conviction in a market bottom and recovery BULLISH BTC
SOURCE EVIDENCE

"The Coldcard seed phrase issue may cause old coins to move as users secure their savings. That can distort LTH Supply Change, Coin Days Destroyed, Spent Output Age Bands and other related charts."

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