Bitcoin Remains Resilient Despite Satoshi-Era Miner Sales, Here’s Why
The post Bitcoin Remains Resilient Despite Satoshi-Era Miner Sales, Here’s Why appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com.
In the last week, multiple miner wallets dormant from the Satoshi era transferred out a significant amount of Bitcoin (BTC). Generally, when miners sell their Bitcoin, especially in a significant proportion, it can induce selling pressure leading to a price drop. However, despite recent miner selling activity, BTC rallied by over 7% hitting a top price of $64,043 on Friday. Bitcoin Miner Sales Remain Price Neutral As 100-Day EMA Hits Yearly Low On Friday, five wallet addresses last active in the Satoshi era i.e. the earliest days following the creation of Bitcoin, moved a combined 250 BTC, valued at $15.9 million to new wallets. These wallets had each received 50 BTC as mining rewards per block in 2009. While these sudden Bitcoin transactions generated much speculation in the crypto community, there was no significant effect on Bitcoin’s positive price trajectory. Commenting on this development, a CryptoQuant analyst with username Darkfost explains that the latest spike in early miners’ outflows has exerted a neutral price effect due to a consistently falling 100-day EMA. In this context, the 100-day exponential moving average helps to measure the average selling activity of early miners over the last 100 days, and can be used to identify trends and detect price momentum. According to data from CryptoQuant, Darkfost highlights that the latest sales by the early BTC miners have failed to alter the path of this 100-EMA metric which is currently at its yearly low. Therefore, these outflows, while significant, are unable to produce a sizable selling pressure that could affect BTC’s price now or in the medium term. Source: CryptoQuant BTC Up By 124% Despite Poor Mining Metrics In other news, Bitcoin has produced a splendid price performance amidst poor miners’ fundamentals. According to the Bitcoin ChainCheck report by asset manager VanEck, the leading…
Filed under: News - @ September 22, 2024 11:09 am