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Bitcoin market apathy reaches extreme levels as spot volume falls below $1B

Bitcoin market apathy reaches extreme levels as spot volume falls below USD 1B

The collapse in Bitcoin’s apparent demand and trading volume is showing no signs of stopping. According to data received on Wednesday, both the metrics have reached extreme levels, indicating a complete lack of investor interest in digital assets.

Bitcoin demand almost non-existent

Data from crypto trading platform Binance – which accounts for nearly 40 percent of all BTC trading volume – shows that trading volume for the top cryptocurrency has fallen below the $1 billion figure.

Bitcoin market apathy reaches extreme levels as spot volume falls below USD 1B
Source: CryptoQuant

Compared to the highs seen back in March 2024, these are significantly lower levels. Back then, there were several days when BTC trading volume consistently hovered above the $15 billion mark.

Notably, the current BTC trading volume levels are the lowest recorded since the end of the last bear market in 2023. To recall, BTC’s bottom in 2023 was created around $26,700 in the month of September.

Such a pullback in trading volume reflects a slowdown – or even a halt – in activity among a large share of investors. It’s a sign of clear disinterest, one that’s becoming quite extreme.

That said, interestingly enough, this seemingly negative interest in the top digital asset could represent an interesting window to build exposure, with volatility at its lowest. Historically, periods of such absolute apathy have proven to be some of the best times to buy BTC.

Another fact worth highlighting is that since 2020, Binance has recorded almost $200 trillion in cumulative BTC trading volume alone. To put that in perspective, that’s roughly twice the size of the global money supply.

The following chart shows the divergence between the growing M2 money supply and the declining BTC price. While historically the two metrics have tended to run in tandem, that direct relationship appears to have vanished lately.

Bitcoin market apathy reaches extreme levels as spot volume falls below USD 1B
Source: Quentin on X

Bitcoin showing signs of maturity

Despite the notable absence of any sort of organic demand for BTC, the premier cryptocurrency is showing an increasing number of signs of maturity. According to data received on Tuesday, BTC’s successive drawdowns from new all-time highs are becoming shallower.

Meanwhile, major asset management firm BlackRock recently remarked that it is still bullish on BTC despite its 50 percent tumble from its all-time high recorded in October 2025. The firm said that the fall in price is a major positioning correction rather than a collapse in Bitcoin’s underlying investment case.

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