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Bitcoin’s decisive move above $65,000 and miners' return to deep profitability could lead to BTC hitting $220,000.
Bitcoin could be headed to $220,000 after reclaiming key support levels during the current market recovery. This price target is based on historical Bitcoin miner capitulation patterns as observed by multiple crypto traders.
“The end of Miner Capitulation periods following Bitcoin Halvings” has historically preceded significant increases in BTC price “in the subsequent months and year,” pseudonymous crypto analyst Cryptonary wrote in a July 17 X post, when Bitcoin (BTC) was hovering just below $65,000.
The analysts shared a hash ribbons chart showing miner capitulation periods and their characteristics. The chart revealed that the end of miner capitulation in previous Bitcoin halving cycles has been followed by massive increases in BTC price: 5,110%, 3,346% and 591% increases post-miner capitulation during the 2012, 2016 and 2020 cycles, respectively.
Despite the drop in hashrate, Bitcoin miner selling isn’t correlated with the BTC price drop from $71,100 to $66,000.
Bitcoin’s hashrate has broken down from an 18-month uptrend, suggesting the start of a potential Bitcoin miner capitulation.
Following an 18-month uptrend, Bitcoin’s true hashrate fell to around 600 exahashes per second (EH/s). The hashrate is used to measure how difficult it is for miners to mine Bitcoin (BTC).
The breakdown from the uptrend could signal that some Bitcoin mining firms are selling their BTC, according to Ki Young Ju, the founder and CEO of CryptoQuant. He wrote in a June 13 X post: