The Blockchain Opportunity fund manager and CEO of Blockware Solutions Matt D’Souza has expressed his opinion of the coming Bitcoin price crash should the next rally fail to gain traction. The reason – massive cryptocurrency sell off by miners who constitute 30% of the network hashrate. By his calculations, with the price being at $8500 after the third halving, some 30% of the current hashrate is being supplied by ASIC miners operating at a loss. With Bitcoin mining profitability dropping, miners may have to start selling their BTC reserves to “stay afloat”. From D’Souza’s observations, lots of miners are already going offline.
It’s worth noting that the halving event has led to Bitcoin miners getting 44% less rewards for each block and the total network hashrate drop by 16%.
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