- Bitcoin rose to $70,000 during the previous trading session.
- The miner reserve has continued to decline, but the price of BTC has slowed this down.
Recently, there has been a slight increase in Bitcoin outflows [BTC] miners. Despite this increase, other market indicators suggested that a significant sell-off may not be imminent.
The reserve for Bitcoin miners is decreasing
A recent report from CryptoQuant highlighted a notable increase in the outflow of Bitcoin miners. The outflow suggested that a significant amount of BTC was transferred from miner wallets.
The trend is evident from a spike in the miner outflow indicator, which reached over 14,000 BTC on July 25. Notably, this was the highest level in more than a month and for the first time in July.
Although there was a decline after this peak, another substantial increase occurred on July 29, with outflows reaching over 9,800 BTC.
Source: CryptoQuant
BTC’s miner reserves data supported the trend of increasing outflows. At the beginning of July, the miner’s reserve was approximately 1.814 million BTC.
According to the latest data, this reserve has decreased slightly to approximately 1.813 million BTC.
Sales surge under control
After Bitcoin’s halving, there was a noticeable drop in miners’ income. This is because the halving reduced miners’ block reward for their computing efforts.
There was also a shift in the Puell Multiole. The indicator is used to assess the health of the mining industry and its potential future behavior.
This is done by comparing the daily issuance value of BTC (in USD) with the 365-day moving average of the daily issuance value.
A lower Puell Multiple suggests miners are earning less than the historical average. When the Puell value is around 0.5, it typically indicates that miner revenues have fallen significantly, indicating a potential market bottom.
Source: CryptoQuant
At the time of writing, the Puell Multiple was 0.9. Although this was an increase, it still indicated relatively low earnings for miners compared to the average.
In such situations, miners may hesitate to sell their Bitcoin holdings as prices may not be sufficiently compensatory given their production costs.
BTC fails to reach $69,000
Bitcoin started the trading session strong on July 29, briefly reaching the $70,000 price range. By the end of the day, however, the price had fallen by more than 2% to close at around $66,771.
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This downturn would have affected the value of the mining companies and potentially influenced their decisions on whether to increase outflows.
Source: TradingView
According to AMBCrypto’s analysis, Bitcoin was trading at around $66,800 at the time of writing, showing a modest recovery with an increase of less than 1%.