"Once in a decade 'fire sale' price, do you dare to buy?"
📊 August 15, a data point worth remembering:
Bitcoin volatility-adjusted Z-Score = -2.293
What does this mean?
👉 The lowest since 2016
👉 Even lower than the 2022 bear market bottom (-1.979)
👉 Rainbow chart model's lowest range — "basically a fire sale price"
This isn’t about how much Bitcoin has dropped. The rainbow chart model compares Bitcoin’s current price to its long-term price trajectory. A -2.293 means the market deviation from historical trends is even deeper than the 2022 bear market bottom that caused countless people to cut losses.
In other words —
Bitcoin is now "cheaper" than during the FTX crash in November 2022.
💰 Meanwhile, another set of data is conflicting:
BTC+ETH ETFs saw a net inflow of $1.1 billion last week,
ending a net outflow that lasted most of the year since 2026.
BlackRock’s IBIT alone accounted for 80% of BTC ETF inflows.
On one side, the lowest valuation in 10 years; on the other, institutions are aggressively buying.
⚠️ But analysts also say:
Extremely low valuation ≠ the bottom has been reached.
Extremely low valuation only means "cheap," not "won’t get cheaper."
The bottom is made by the market, not calculated.
🔑 My view:
BTC at 63,000, Z-Score at a ten-year low, ETFs are buying.
Some see risk — "it will fall further."
Some see opportunity — "a once in a decade fire sale price."
In November 2022, Z-Score was -1.979, BTC around $16,000.
What happened next, I don’t need to say.
Which one are you?
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