40% of bitcoin investors are now underwater, new data shows

40% of bitcoin investors are now underwater, new data shows

Is off nearly 55% from its November peak, and 40% of holders are now underwater on their investments, according to . That percentage is even higher when you isolate for the short-term holders who got skin in the game in the last six months when the price of bitcoin peaked at around $69,000. In the last month alone, 15.5% of all bitcoin wallets fell into an unrealized loss, as the world's most popular cryptocurrency plunged to the $31,000 level, tracking tech stocks lower. Bitcoin's close correlation to the Nasdaq challenges the argument that the cryptocurrency functions as an inflation hedge. Analysts from Glassnode also noted an influx of "urgent transactions" amid this latest sell-off, in which investors paid higher fees, indicating they were willing to pay a premium in order to expedite transaction times. The total value of all on-chain transaction fees paid reached 3.07 bitcoin over the last week — the largest yet recorded in its dataset. "The dominance of on-chain transaction fees associated with exchange deposits also signaled urgency," continued the report, further supporting the case that bitcoin investors were seeking to de-risk, sell, or add collateral to their margin positions in response to recent market volatility. During