Risk for Bulls: Bitcoin Miners Begin Aggressively Selling Holdings
Bitcoin’s price action as of late has been rather lackluster, with bulls struggling to hold it above $18,000 as selling pressure mounts Where the crypto trends in the mid-term should depend largely on the continued reaction to the support at $18,000 If the crypto is unable to hold above this level, it could bear witness to some intense selling pressure that sparks a move down towards $17,000 There is some support at roughly $17,600 that […]
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Bitcoin’s intense rally seen throughout the past few days has slowed down slightly, with buyers finding some resistance around $16,000 The rejection here yesterday wasn’t too intense, but it has kicked off a consolidation phase in the upper-$15,000 region One trend to keep an eye on in the near-term is outflows from miners onto exchanges This trend suggests that miners who have watched their assets appreciate rapidly in value may begin taking some profits off […]
Bitcoin mining profitability has been dropping along with the market decline. The cash flow from the mining rigs has become increasingly stunted over time, causing bitcoin miners to begin selling their holdings to cover the cost of their operations. But even as this rages on, there is a bigger issue that could threaten the recovery that BTC has made so far, which is the fact that larger miners may be forced to liquidate their holdings. Bitcoin Miners Can’t Meet Up Usually, bitcoin miners are known for holding the coins that they realize from their activities. Since miners are not buying....
As my readers likely know, Bitcoin price has been marching higher for the past 40 hours or so. $304 provided support to stop the panic selling of a couple days back, and has since propelled the price higher. We now see 'Elliott Waves of 5' pointing upwards. Hence, we now expect the worst of the selling to be over. What's next? Most traders do not yet know the selling is over. They don't trust this rally and are, therefore, not aggressively buying. They are waiting for the other shoe to drop. When the next pullback begins, they will expect that new lows are coming. It is only when the....
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....
Bitfinex recently announced that they will begin selling mining contracts. BitFinex is a popular Bitcoin trading platform currently with the fourth-largest 24-hour trade volume out of all the Bitcoin exchanges. The mining contracts went live at 9 AM EDT 9/15/14. You can read Bitfinex's announcement of the contracts on their website. Bitfinex considers the mining contracts to be "live beta", meaning they'll continue to update and improve the product. Bitfinex Cloud Mining. As Bitcoin mining evolves, it's becoming harder for the average joe to compete with the big-time miners. Cloud mining....