Welcome to a new paradigm... Bitcoin Electrical Cost is now a whopping $77.4K.
This is the raw electricity cost to power the network, per Bitcoin mined. Bitcoin Miner Price hit $244K on Saturday! This is the block reward + fees per Bitcoin mined. It boomed as transaction fees hit $230+ (about 4X the prior ATH of $68 set in 2021). This means Bitcoin is trading at a DEEP DISCOUNT. Price under Electrical Cost typically lasts just a couple days every 4 years. This means 1 of 3 things happens now: 1) Price skyrockets 2) ~15% of miners shut down 3) Transaction fees remain a lot higher on average Source: Charles Edwards
The first post-halving block generated 37.626 BTC (worth $2.4M) in fees 1 Bitcoin block gets mined about every 10 minutes.
On average, each of these blocks contains 2,000+ transactions. And whenever a Halving happens, everyone races to get their transactions in the first post-halving block. It’s the crypto equivalent of saying ‘I was there’. Well, check it out. The first block ended up generating $2.4M in fees - a new record. Source: Milk Road
Bitcoin ‘halving’ will deal a $10bn blow to crypto miners.
Cryptocurrency’s update will slash new supply in late April. Competition for favourable electric rates is growing from AI firms. Some traders are thus betting that mining stocks will fall. Total short interest, dollar value of shares borrowed & sold by bearish traders, stood at ~$2bn. Source: HolgerZ, Bloomberg
Bitcoin $BTC priced in grams of gold... (log chart)
Note that 1) $1,000 seems to be a key resistance; 2) Bitcoin hasn't made a new all-time high yet... Source: www.priceingold.com
The attack on Israel by Iran was feared by markets already last week and partly explains the pullback on Friday.
When the attack happened last night, bitcoin and cryptos (which are the only assets traded over the week-end) went down substantially (-10% in 30 minutes for the bitcoin). But it seems that the fact that 1) Israel and US were able to intercept the vast majority of drones and missiles; 2) Biden administration comment that they will not support any Israel counter-attack seem to calm down investors for the time being. Indeed, President Biden told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a call on Saturday that the U.S. won't support any Israeli counterattack against Iran, a senior White House official told Axios. Bottom-line: Further escalation does not seem to be the core scenario at this stage. This morning, Bitcoin is back to $64k/$65k and Israeli stocks open slightly higher after Iran drone attack foiled. TA 35 index is up 0.5% after opening but trade remains nervous. However, stocks in the Arab world are down. Saudi Arabia’s main bourse opened 1.2% lower. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ
Bitcoin ETFs now sit at nearly $60 Billion in assets.
To put that into perspective, GLD, which is the largest gold ETF, has a total AUM of $62 billion. Source: Bloomberg
Bitcoin’s inflation rate will become lower than gold’s post-halving
Source: Bitcoin Magazine
SEC delays decision on spot bitcoin ETF options
American regulators are again delaying a decision by 45 days on whether to allow options on spot bitcoin ETFs. The Securities and Exchange Commission published a notice Monday saying that it "designates May 29, 2024 as the date by which the Commission shall either approve or disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove," allowing the New York Stock Exchange to start listing options on spot bitcoin ETFs. source : theblock
