Brace For Impact: Bitcoin Miners Have Begun Dumping Their Holdings
For the longest time, bitcoin miners have held on to the spoils of their activities. That is when the profitability of mining the cryptocurrency was still high. Due to a high cash flow, these miners could afford to hold on to a good portion of their rewards while being able to still carry out their operations. However, recent market trends have tanked the profitability of bitcoin mining, leading miners to start dipping into their BTC stash and selling to keep operations alive. Bitcoin Miners Are Selling A good number of bitcoin miners had held on to the considerable bags mostly through the....
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