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JPMorgan: Bitcoin price declines combined with high electricity costs are causing the market to face selling pressure from high-cost miners.
BlockBeats news, December 5 — JPMorgan analysts believe that, regarding Bitcoin’s recent price movements, the resilience of MicroStrategy (stock ticker MSTR) is more important than miner activity. Although the world’s largest Bitcoin holder has not yet begun selling, Bitcoin miners appear to be facing increasing selling pressure. Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, Managing Director at JPMorgan, and his team pointed out in a report on Wednesday that the recent sustained pressure on Bitcoin’s price mainly stems from two factors: first, the recent decline in Bitcoin network hash rate and mining difficulty; second, the latest developments surrounding MicroStrategy. The analysts stated that the decline in hash rate and mining difficulty reflects the influence of two forces: China’s renewed enforcement of its ban on Bitcoin mining after a surge in private mining activity, and the combination of falling Bitcoin prices and rising energy costs.
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