Investigative work argues that on-chain metrics are proving miners have capitulated, while whales appear to be lone Bitcoin dip-buyers.
Bitcoin (BTC) miners may have already sparked a “capitulation event,” fresh analysis has concluded.In an update on June 24, Julio Moreno, senior analyst at on-chain data firm CryptoQuant, hinted that the BTC price bottom could now be due.BTC price bottom “typically” follows miner capitulationMiners have seen a dramatic change in circumstances since March 2020, going from unprecedented profitability to seeing their margins squeezed.The dip to $17,600 — 70% below November’s all-time highs for BTC/USD — has hit some players hard, data now shows, with miner wallets sending large amounts of coins to exchanges.This, CryptoQuant suggests, precedes the final stages of the Bitcoin sell-off more broadly in line with historical precedent.