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The <a href="v" rel="nofollow">Bitcoin price recovery above the $67,000 level</a> has triggered a round of selling, but it is not from the usual camp of large investors selling. This time around, it is the small-time traders who are offloading their bags and putting selling pressure on the price. However, this is not an entirely bad thing given that, historically, such selling has been <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/news/crypto-expert-willy-woo-predicts-bitcoin-has-room-to-run-here-are-the-drivers/">bullish for the Bitcoin price</a>. 
<h2 class="p2" id="bitcoin-retail-are-dumping-their-bags">Bitcoin Retail Are Dumping Their Bags</h2> 
In a report on X (formerly Twitter), the on-chain data tracker Santiment revealed an interesting trend among small-time Bitcoin investors. As the <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/news/bitcoin/4-key-reasons-bitcoin-bull-run-far-from-over/">price of Bitcoin rallied past $67,000</a> over the weekend, these small wallets took this as the time to sell and secure profit. 
These wallets are those holding below 0.1 <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/news/bitcoin/bitcoin-100000-head-and-shoulders/">BTC</a> on their balances. This means that at the high end, these wallets are holding an average of $6,000. In the space of one week, Santiment notes that their collective holdings had dropped 0.46%. 
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 <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f41f.png" alt="🐟" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f44b.png" alt="👋" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">#Bitcoin</a> is dancing just above $66.1K as small traders continue to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/liquidate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">#liquidate</a> their holdings despite the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/crypto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">#crypto</a> bounce over the past week. Historically, small wallets dumping their coins to larger wallets is an encouraging and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bullish?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">#bullish</a> sign for <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24BTC&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">$BTC</a>. <a href="https://t.co/wlz4XPhfMD" rel="nofollow">https://t.co/wlz4XPhfMD</a> <a href="https://t.co/dTJAy5G6pL" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/dTJAy5G6pL</a> 
 — Santiment (@santimentfeed) <a href="https://twitter.com/santimentfeed/status/1792310926634631372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">May 19, 2024</a>
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Selling among smaller wallets is not new, but at this level, it could have a significant impact on the price. However, compared to when <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/bitcoin-news/bitcoin-whales-quiet-down-heres-why-and-what-it-means-for-the-market/">whale and sharks</a> sell their BTC holdings, retail investors selling is usually bullish for the price. This is because as the smaller traders sell, the BTC is picked up by the larger traders, who are usually longer-term holdings. 
As blockchain agency Crynet <a href="https://x.com/crynetio/status/1792322341705232822" rel="nofollow">explains</a> in a response to Santiment: “While small traders divesting might seem concerning, it’s often a bullish signal. Historically, this redistribution to larger holders indicates stronger hands in the market. Let’s see how this plays out.” 
<h2 class="p2" id="bullish-sentiment-rises-among-investors">Bullish Sentiment Rises Among Investors</h2> 
The selling by small Bitcoin traders comes amid a jump in bullishness. As Santiment reported in a previous post, <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/analysis/btc/bitcoin-price-dips-66k/">bullishness among Bitcoin investors</a> has now jumped to a 4-month high. The last time that investors were this bullish was back in January 2024 when the price of BTC had jumped above $45,000. 
Bitcoin’s weighted sentiment is now sitting at a value of 0.99, and although this is still lower than its January high of almost 1.8, it remains one of the highest among large caps. Currently, only the Chainlink (LINK) weighted sentiment is higher after rising to a new one-year high of 1.829. 
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 <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/15.0.3/72x72/1f973.png" alt="🥳" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"> The crowd’s sentiment has shifted toward <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">#Bitcoin</a> after the surprise bounce above $66K Wednesday (and now above $67.2K). Additionally, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chainlink?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">#Chainlink</a> is seeing its most <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bullish?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">#bullish</a> sentiment in over a year. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FOMO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">#FOMO</a> staying low will help these rises continue. <a href="https://t.co/TcEPBdS9Oh" rel="nofollow">https://t.co/TcEPBdS9Oh</a> <a href="https://t.co/czvE1mOgId" rel="nofollow">pic.twitter.com/czvE1mOgId</a> 
 — Santiment (@santimentfeed) <a href="https://twitter.com/santimentfeed/status/1791506842784526623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="nofollow">May 17, 2024</a>
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The Ethereum weighted sentiment is currently sitting at a low -0.44, while XRP and Binance’s BNB are sitting at around -0.37. This suggests that bearishness continues to dominate among these assets while crypto investors look to Bitcoin to lead the market. 
At the time of writing, the <a href="https://www.newsbtc.com/news/bitcoin/analyst-utilizes-supply-and-demand-principles-to-determine-bitcoin-price/">BTC price</a> is still trading at a high price of $66,900. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap is seeing a 6.78% increase in the last week and a small decline of 0.5% in the last day, according to data from Coinmarketcap. 
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Bitcoin Retail Investors Are Dumping Amid Jump To $67,000, Why This Is Good For Price

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