Bitcoin Advanced NVT Shows No Signs Of Slowing Bullish Momentum – Details

On May 22, Bitcoin registered a new all-time high at $111,970. Since then, market prices have retraced to around $108,000, largely influenced by macroeconomic pressures. Following this development, prominent crypto analyst Burak Kesmeci backs the premier cryptocurrency to soon return and surpass this current all-time high, based on recent on-chain data.

The Advanced Network Value to Transactions (NVT) metric is an on-chain valuation model that compares Bitcoin’s market cap to its daily USD transaction volume. It is used to evaluate whether an asset is overvalued or undervalued relative to usage. 

Generally, higher Advanced NVT values indicate heightened investor speculation, while sustained levels above key thresholds have often coincided with major bull runs. According to Burak Kesmeci in an X post on May 24, the Bitcoin Advanced NVT signal has recently crossed above the +2 standard deviation (+2xSD), a historically significant boundary that signals a period of bullish market strength and robust investor confidence.

As seen in Q4 2023 and Q4 2024, an advanced NVT crossover above the +2xSD highlighted in orange in the image below has previously served as a launchpad for bullish continuations, resulting in extended periods of upward momentum.

Although the Advanced NVT signal is presently turned downward, Kesmeci explains that as long as this metric remains above the +2xSD level, Bitcoin is likely to maintain its uptrend, indicating there is strong potential for the cryptocurrency to enter new price territory in the coming weeks. 

With Bitcoin surpassing its former all-time high in the past week, the premier cryptocurrency continues to look likely to attain the lofty price targets being set by several market analysts. However, macroeconomic factors, most notably US trade policy, remain a major influence capable of inducing significant setbacks as seen since the start of 2025.

At press time, Bitcoin is trading at $107,835 following price gains of 4.02% and 15.37% in the past seven and thirty days, respectively. Meanwhile, the market’s daily trading volume is down by 31.58% and valued at $45.94 billion.

According to data from blockchain analytics firm Sentora, the Bitcoin network experienced a 51.03% increase in network fees, signaling a significant rise in transactions and user activities.

Meanwhile, exchange inflows were valued at $184 million, which Sentora has described as “mild” relative to previous weeks. This development indicates that many investors opted against selling their BTC holdings despite a new all-time high, signaling long-term market confidence.

With a market cap of $2.13 trillion, Bitcoin continues to rank as the largest cryptocurrency and the fifth-largest asset in the world.