Bearish Signal: Why Bitcoin Miner Sell-Offs May Continue

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Last Updated: June 11, 2024 2:22 pm

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Bitcoin miners have borne the brunt of the bear trend since it began. They watched cash flow plummet on their machines, forcing them to look to other ways to finance their operations. The natural response to this was for public miners to dip into their bitcoin reserves and begin selling off BTC to keep their operations going. For a time, it seemed miners would stop selling due to the recovery in price, but this is proving not to be the case.

Miners Offload More BTC

Bitcoin miners had sold off more bitcoin than they had mined for the first time in May. The same trend then continued into June, when miners had sold thousands of BTC to cover operational and other costs. It seems this trend did not end in the month of June either, as the miners continued to sell off coins.

Data shows that bitcoin miners had actually sold 5,700 BTC in the month of July alone, the largest sale so far. These bitcoin miners had once again sold more BTC than they had actually produced. In total, it was reported that 3,470 BTC was produced for the month, meaning they sold 50% more bitcoin than they mined.

These bitcoin miners had sold more during a month when some had to shut off operations due to rising temperatures. However, one of those miners had been able to turn it around by making more money from selling energy credits to the Texas government than they would mining. The largest sellers were ousted to be CoreScientific with 1,970 BTC and BitFarms with 1,600 BTC.

BTC recovers above $24,000 | Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com

Bear Trend For Bitcoin

Bitcoin miners are often among the largest whales in the market. This means that whatever actions they take in regards to their portfolios can often have an impact on the market. It is evident when miners are not forced to sell their BTC that the price of the digital asset continues to rise, and the reverse is the case when they dump their coins.

The sell-offs have all come due to the reduced revenue realized on a daily basis, and with no significant rise in miner revenues, it is expected that miners are going to have to keep selling. Daily miner revenues for the last week were muted with only a 1.58% growth, seeing them bring in $21.89 million.

If there is to be any reversal in this selling trend, bitcoin miners would have to see more cash flow from their mining activities. However, as the price remains low, these miners are realizing less, dollar-wise, compared to a few months ago, while expenses such as electricity and machines remain the same or even higher in some cases.

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