{"id":9528,"date":"2026-01-21T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T06:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/bitcoin-ifp-hints-at-potential-turnaround-what-it-means\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T06:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T06:00:21","slug":"bitcoin-ifp-hints-at-potential-turnaround-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/bitcoin-ifp-hints-at-potential-turnaround-what-it-means\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin IFP Hints At Potential Turnaround: What It Means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On-chain data shows the Bitcoin Inter-exchange Flow Pulse (IFP) has shown early signs of a turnaround recently, suggesting tokens have started moving into derivatives platforms.<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin IFP Is Turning Around, But Not Yet Inside Bull Market Zone<\/h2>\n<p>As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant Quicktake IFP&#8221; is an indicator that measures the amount of BTC that&#8217;s flowing between spot and derivatives exchanges. When the value of this metric is rising, it means the investors are making a higher amount of transactions from spot to derivatives platforms. Such a trend suggests speculative interest in the market is going up.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the indicator witnessing a decline implies traders may be pulling back on risk as they are sending a lower number of tokens to derivatives markets.<\/p>\n<p>Now, here is a chart that shows the trend in the Bitcoin IFP, as well as its 90-day moving average (MA), over the past decade:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.cryptoquant.com\/582695\/quicktake\/pLg2ijm_4ade16ab9a5ca400aa560adf3c6692e22209f53fe4253aa66145fc2399c8b36f.png?resize=1600%2C900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bitcoin IFP\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As displayed in the above graph, the Bitcoin IFP hit a high in the first quarter of 2025 and reversed course, suggesting speculative activity began to decline. Soon after the start of this downtrend, the metric slipped under its 90-day MA. CryptoQuant considers such a crossover to be a bearish one, labeling periods with the indicator below the 90-day MA to correspond to bear markets or corrections.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, while the cryptocurrency went on to see rejuvenation of bullish momentum and set a new all-time high (ATH) later in 2025, the market environment leaned bearish from the perspective of the IFP, with the metric&#8217;s value holding a steady downward trajectory.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, however, the early signs of a shift may have finally emerged, as the IFP has shown a turnaround. This increase in derivatives exchange flows has come for Bitcoin as its price has gone through a recovery surge. For now, though, the indicator is still floating at a notable distance under its 90-day MA.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, a break beyond this line has usually led to bullish price action for the cryptocurrency, so such a crossover could potentially be a positive sign this time as well. Whether speculative activity related to the asset will rise enough to overcome this threshold only remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of speculation, the Bitcoin Open Interest, a measure of the amount of BTC positions open on all derivatives exchanges, has surged 3.2% alongside BTC&#8217;s pullback in the past day, as CryptoQuant community analyst Maartunn has highlighted in an X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JA_Maartun\/status\/2013558820505629022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/G_GZEzfWUAAgMtK?format=png&amp;name=4096x4096\" alt=\"Bitcoin Open Interest\" width=\"2562\" height=\"1992\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>BTC Price<\/h2>\n<p>Bitcoin has gone through a plunge over the last couple of days that has taken its price from $95,000 to $91,200.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/x\/ZmTxRUJa\/\" alt=\"Bitcoin Price Chart\" width=\"1486\" height=\"915\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On-chain data shows the Bitcoin Inter-exchange Flow Pulse (IFP) has shown early signs of a turnaround recently, suggesting tokens have started moving into derivatives platforms. Bitcoin IFP Is Turning Around, But Not Yet Inside Bull Market Zone As pointed out by an analyst in a CryptoQuant Quicktake IFP&#8221; is an indicator that measures the amount&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9529,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[22,4416,28,1285,32,36],"class_list":["post-9528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-ifp","tag-bitcoin-news","tag-bitcoin-reversal","tag-btc","tag-btcusdt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9528","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=9528"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9528\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ad-doge.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}