Bitcoin exchange balances reach lowest since 2017 while Ethereum hits 2015 lows per Santiment, with BTC at $62275.41 on 4h chart.

According to @CryptoKing4Ever, Bitcoin is trading at 97.5K and only 1.18 million BTC remain on exchanges, the lowest in seven months. The source states that retail is selling while coins move from weak hands into cold storage, and flags a pull toward the 100K psychological level. Source: @CryptoKing4Ever on X, Jan 15, 2026.

According to @simplykashif, about 230,000 BTC were removed from exchanges over the past year, reducing aggregate Bitcoin exchange balances from 3.16 million BTC to 2.93 million BTC (source: @simplykashif, Dec 10, 2025). According to @simplykashif, this equates to roughly a 7.3% year-over-year decline in reported BTC exchange reserves, a data point traders can note when monitoring liquidity conditions (source: @simplykashif, Dec 10, 2025).

According to @QCPgroup, nearly 25,000 BTC has left exchanges over the past two weeks. @QCPgroup reports that ETF and corporate holdings now exceed exchange balances for the first time. @QCPgroup also notes that ETH shows the same structural outflow trend. @QCPgroup characterizes these moves as a structural outflow trend.

According to @AggrNews, on-chain data indicates the ASTER team burned approximately $80 million worth of tokens from its buyback wallet (source: @AggrNews). Token burns permanently remove tokens from circulation, reducing available supply and tightening float, which traders track via circulating supply and exchange balance metrics (sources: Binance Academy; Glassnode). Near term, traders can monitor ASTER exchange inflows/outflows, DEX liquidity depth, and order book spreads to gauge volatility and liquidity shifts around the burn event (sources: Glassnode; Kaiko).