The latest update from the on-chain analytics platform Lookonchain has taken the broader crypto industry by storm. Today, June 27, the on-chain tracker revealed that a dormant Satoshi-era miner wallet resurrected after 14 years of dormancy, shifting 50 BTC to the Binance crypto exchange. This move by the miner, amid an ongoing capitulation and Bitcoin price volatility post-halving, has stirred a whirlpool of speculation among market participants. Let’s delve deeper into why:
Miner Offloads BTC To Binance Amid Capitulation
Notably, rewards for mining Bitcoin have reduced substantially after this year’s halving event, forcing miners to bore the brunt burn of market pressure. Further, as the BTC price continues to encounter downside pressure, a recent trend emerging within the market is miner capitulation. This refers to a phenomenon wherein miners reduce operations and liquidate BTC holdings amid diminishing rewards.
Simultaneously, falling in line with this trend, Lookonchain’s data shows 50 BTC, worth $3.05 million, offloaded to Binance, one of the world’s leading crypto exchanges. The miner address 1PDTDwpgR was noted making the deposit.
Intriguingly, this address received 50 BTC as of July 14, 2010, shortly after the BTC network initially went live. This period is known as the Satoshi era, a term from late 2009 to 2011, when Bitcoin’s pseudonymous founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, was live on public forums.
Besides, Bitcoin (BTC) continues to encounter downside pressure, which might have caused the miner to experience a panic selling behavior to reduce exposure to further price declines. A recent report by CoinGape Media also showed a decline in miners’ reserves with significant BTC selloffs
post-halving.
Simultaneously, coupled with this data, the waning BTC price action has pushed crypto market participants under the gun.
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Bitcoin Price Slips
As of writing, BTC price traded at $60,920.46, down 1.13% over the past day. Monthly chart for the flagship crypto shows a correction of 10.95%, whereas the weekly chart shows a pullback of 6.77%. This bearish movement falls in line with the recent miners’ selloff.
However, Bitcoin maxi Fred Krueger recently took to X, taking a contrary stand on the matter. Krueger stated, “These miners no longer matter to the price of Bitcoin.”
Concerning this, the Bitcoin maxi spotlighted that the top 5 miners collectively held 34K BTC. “Even if they sold half of everything they have, thats only 1 billion USD, or 0.1% of the value of the asset,” he added. This comes undermined in terms of supply, as these 5 generate 2K BTC per month.
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