Bitcoin Halving 2024: The much-awaited Bitcoin halving event nears, and a dichotomy between the optimism of bullish investors and the caution of so-called ‘halving bears’ has taken the crypto world by storm. This primarily emerges as the BTC token braces for phenomenal price volatility ahead of the halving event, piquing significant investor attention.

With the total number of bitcoin tokens that miners can potentially harvest being halved (as the event name suggests), bullish sentiments in the market signal a potential price rally for BTC, aligning with the scarcity of new tokens harvested. Whereas skeptics fear a downturn as miners are rewarded less, in turn reducing the incentive to mine more Bitcoin. This sentiment clash in the market often manifests in heightened market volatility, as seen by the BTC token currently.

As of press time, the Bitcoin token traded at $63,270, with a 4.70% dip in its price over the past 24 hours. Notably, the token illustrates phases of a pre-halving correction, with the market witnessing panic selling and FOMO buying in hand. This phenomenon curated waves across the vast sea of crypto, with investors speculating over Bitcoin’s price action post-halving. Historical data portrays that the token witnesses a dip right before the halving, whereas following an extended consolidation post-halving, the BTC price trajectory embarks upon a parabolic uptrend. Here’s an overview of some of the live market updates amid the upcoming BTC halving saga:

BTC Miners To Sustain Staggering Losses

According to the insights revealed by Barchart, a platform streamlining real-time updates on all major commodities exchanges, BTC miners could sustain annual losses of up to $10 billion post-halving. This is primarily attributed to the nearly $2 billion short interest in 15 prominent BTC crypto-mining stocks, including Marathon Digital, CleanSpark, Riot Platforms, Bitfarms, and many others.

High short interest in BTC mining stocks flags skepticism surrounding the mining firms’ future prospects, in turn stirring a whirlpool of bearish sentiments on BTC post-halving. A sense of caution underlined by ‘halving bears,’ as mentioned above, further falls in line with this data.

BREAKING : Bitcoin Miners

This week’s $BTC halving could result in Bitcoin miners sustaining annual losses of up to $10 billion pic.twitter.com/s9RbbdnFPj

— Barchart (@Barchart) April 16, 2024

Bitcoin Price Holds Support

As spotlighted by a renowned crypto analyst, Michael van de Poppe, the Bitcoin price’s current movement is holding above support despite selling pressure faced in a shorter time frame, underscoring the token’s resilience.

Should the BTC token slip below current support levels, the analyst anticipates Bitcoin to drop as low as $55K. However, the analyst stated that the token holds steady at current levels, with a gradual upward trajectory imminent, igniting a frenzy as the BTC halving nears.

#Bitcoin holding up on support here after a lower timeframe rejection.

If this is lost, we can expect $55K to come in, but overall, I think it’s likely that we’re holding here and start a slow grind upwards. pic.twitter.com/GK5DMNwsTp

— Michaël van de Poppe (@CryptoMichNL) April 16, 2024

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