{"id":9498,"date":"2026-01-19T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/bitcoin-long-signal-that-preceded-370-move-is-about-to-go-off-again-what-to-know\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T06:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:00:24","slug":"bitcoin-long-signal-that-preceded-370-move-is-about-to-go-off-again-what-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/bitcoin-long-signal-that-preceded-370-move-is-about-to-go-off-again-what-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Long Signal That Preceded 370% Move Is About To Go Off Again \u2014 What To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Going into the weekend, the price of Bitcoin was unable to sustain the bullish momentum it displayed earlier in the past week. Since Friday, January 16th, the world&#8217;s leading cryptocurrency, repudiated by the price resistance above, now trades in a tight consolidatory bracket. Interestingly, this period of silence has been deemed transient, as recent on-chain data suggests an exciting time ahead for the BTC price.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Kimchi Premium Flips Positive As Local Demand Sees Buildup\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>In a January 17 post on the X platform, DeFi asset management platform XWIN Finance <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/xwinfinance\/status\/2012628083971649731?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">released<\/a> an on-chain report, which suggests that Bitcoin might be closer to reaching a turning point than is apparent in its price action.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This hypothesis is based on the Bitcoin Kimchi Premium indicator. This measures the percentage difference between a cryptocurrency&#8217;s price (in this case, Bitcoin) on South Korean exchanges and its price on global exchanges. Simply put, it shows how much more Korean traders are willing to pay for Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>When the Kimchi Premium transitions steadily from low or negative levels to cross above historically significant levels, this is typically viewed as a long signal from the metric. This interpretation is because a rising Kimchi Premium reflects growing local demand in South Korea, usually often influenced by retail buyers. <\/p>\n<p>In essence, Korean buyers are willing to pay more for Bitcoin, hence overwhelming the available supply and consequently pushing prices upwards.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/G-5KgzSXEAAL3K3?format=png&amp;name=900x900\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" width=\"900\" height=\"453\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the post on X, XWIN Finance highlighted that this long signal had been sighted on the indicator. History also attests to the bullish significance of this signal; there have been major price moves to the upside following sustained increases in the Kimchi Premium. <\/p>\n<p>An example is the last sighting of the long signal in October 2023, where the index rose above a major threshold, as shown in the chart above. The price of Bitcoin witnessed a 370% rally after this signal went off in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to XWIN Research, this same pattern seems to be playing out again in 2026. Hence, if the Kimchi Premium completes its long-signal formation, it could be a sign that buyers are occupying favourable positions for a bullish ride.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If history does repeat itself, the Bitcoin price could be on track to witness another exciting voyage, with the flagship cryptocurrency possibly putting in a more than 300% surge in the next cycle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, it is worth noting that macro conditions, institutional demand, and derivatives activity would be playing their roles to augment the pattern\u2019s plausibility, as it should not be viewed as a standalone bullish sign.<\/p>\n<h2><b>Bitcoin Price At A Glance<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>As of this writing, the price of BTC stands at around $95,280, reflecting no significant change in the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/T6kO7BvW\/\" alt=\"Bitcoin\" width=\"2308\" height=\"1484\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going into the weekend, the price of Bitcoin was unable to sustain the bullish momentum it displayed earlier in the past week. Since Friday, January 16th, the world&#8217;s leading cryptocurrency, repudiated by the price resistance above, now trades in a tight consolidatory bracket. Interestingly, this period of silence has been deemed transient, as recent on-chain&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[22,4408,28,29,32,34,36],"class_list":["post-9498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-kimchi-premium","tag-bitcoin-news","tag-bitcoin-price","tag-btc","tag-btc-price","tag-btcusdt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}