Bitcoin’s Hashrate has fallen 4% during the month of December 15th. This could indicate a favorable sign for its price over the coming months as miners are likely to capitulate. “historically a bullish contrarian signal,” VanEck analysts say.
“When hash rate compression persists over longer periods, positive forward returns tend to occur more often and with greater magnitude,” VanEck Crypto Research Lead Matt Sigel, and Senior Investment Analyst Patrick Bush noted A report was published on Monday.
The researchers noted that, since 2014, Bitcoin has had positive 90-day returns 65% of time, when network hashrate has declined in the previous 30 days. This compares to 54% of times when hashrate has increased.
It is also true that if you look further into the future, negative growth in hashrate for the first 90 days of the year will lead to positive Bitcoin returns on the 180th day 77% the time, and an average of 72%. These gains are higher than the 61% returns seen when the hashrate grows over this same period.
Bitcoin’s trend has been positive (BTC) minersAs prices rise, some miners may see their profitability increase or even return to work.
CoinGecko says that Bitcoin has fallen nearly 30% since its all-time October 6, 2016 high of $126,080. data shows.
The Bitcoin breakeven price has dropped by over 35%
Sigel & Bush have pointed out the fact that breakeven electricity prices on Bitmain S19 Miners, which are among the most common Bitcoin mining equipment, fell by nearly 36% between December 2024 and mid-December. The price dropped from $0.12/kilowatt hour (kWh) to just $0.077/kWh.
VanEck analysts stated that the fall of 4% in Bitcoin’s hashrate since April 20,24 was probably driven by the recent shutdown Around 1.3 gigawatts mining capacity in China.
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Both said that a lot of this power can be shifted to accommodate rising AI demand, The duo estimates that a certain trend could wipe out 10% of Bitcoin’s hashrate.
Bitcoin mining companies still receive support from nation-states
Sigel & Bush estimated that 13 countries now actively support Bitcoin mining. Bitcoin mining activities.
Russia, France Bhutan, Iran El Salvador UAE Oman Ethiopia Argentina Kenya Kenyan and more recently Japan are all amongst them.
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Source: cointelegraph.com
