Tether Held on Exchanges Could Help Forecast Bitcoin Bull Runs

A crypto data firm representative explained how Tether’s on chain data can potentially forecast Bitcoin’s (BTC) bull runs.

Marketing and social media director at Santiment, Brian Quinlivan, told Cointelegraph on May 7 that the percentage of USDT held on exchanges often anticipates Bitcoin’s bull runs. He explained the principles behind the analysis:

“Most USDT isn’t just being taken off exchanges to be stored in wallets or cashed out through a FIAT-based platform like Coinbase. When people aren’t using USDT, they most often put it in Bitcoin. And what’s cool is the fact that this USDT percentage often fluctuates a few hours or days in advance of BTC’s price reacting to it. So monitoring this metric in advance can end up producing a tremendous advantage by catching a sudden fluctuation early enough.”

The correlation is expected to last

Quinlivan pointed out that this correlation started a couple of years after USDT launched, once the stablecoin gained traction. Now, he…