Cryptocurrency analytics firm Alphractal has released its latest insights into Bitcoin’s market dynamics, indicating a significant shift in miner behavior.
Bitcoin miners have recently scaled back their sales activity following a period in which they took advantage of the market rally to cover operational costs, according to the company.
Alphractal noted that the Bitcoin Miner Selling Pressure metric, which compares BTC outflows to average reserves over time, shows a decrease in liquidations, suggesting that less BTC is being dumped by miners and that overall supply pressure in the market is decreasing.
“Following a period of heavy selling, values are currently trading below average, indicating a tightening of miner-sourced supply,” the firm said.
Despite the decrease in selling pressure, Alphractal also pointed to an increase in Bitcoin’s mining difficulty, which could eventually prompt miners to sell again. Higher difficulty means fiercer competition among miners, which in turn leads to increased operational expenses. Under normal circumstances, this would result in more BTC being sold to cover costs.
However, Alphractal suggested that since many miners have already liquidated some of their holdings, they may now be choosing to hold BTC in anticipation of higher prices. However, if mining difficulty continues to rise, new waves of selling pressure could emerge.
*This is not investment advice.
