Bitcoin’s been on a textbook price action rollercoaster, plunging below $88K amid a $23.6 billion options expiry that’s got everyone clutching their pearls.
The market feels like a bad acid trip, prices tanking, volatility spiking like a fever dream.
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But VanEck’s mid-December 2025 chaincheck whispers that this chaos might just be the universe resetting its cosmic scales, not some apocalyptic meltdown.
Bitcoin mining sector is a Darwinian bloodbath
Hashrate, that beastly measure of computing grunt locking down the Bitcoin network, just took a 4% haircut over the past month.
Sharpest drop since April 2024. We’re talking miner capitulation, guys, those inefficient rigs wheezing offline as costs skyrocket and prices flop.
VanEck’s Matthew Sigel crunches the numbers, saying that in the 90 days after hashrate dips, Bitcoin coughs up positive returns 65% of the time. Rising hashrate? Mere 54%. Contrarian gold, right there.
Now, mining’s turned into a Darwinian bloodbath. Breakeven electricity for the trusty Antminer S19 XP?
Slid from $0.12/kWh late last year to a measly $0.077 by mid-December 2025. Only the cheapest operators survive this cull.
It’s brutal, like weeding out the weak links in a chain gang. History screams this flushes the zombies, birthing a leaner, meaner ecosystem.
The hottest buying spree since mid-2025
Flip the script, and while miners scatter like roaches at dawn, institutional whales are gorging.
Digital asset treasuries vacuumed up 42,000 BTC last month, hottest buying spree since mid-2025. These suits aren’t sweating short-term jitters, they’re stacking sats for the long haul.
This miner exodus versus institutional feast? Classic bottoming signal, not some manic peak. VanEck sees it flashing near cyclical lows, where the real rebounds brew.
Dips like this often rocket-launch the next bull run
Yet, they say don’t pop the champagne. Volatility’s a snarling dragon, Bitcoin’s tumbled from highs, on-chain buzz, like fees and active addresses, sits comatose.
Recovery? Probably bumpy as a Mars rover ride.
Either way, hashrate compression, miner capitulation, and big-money buys scream potential bottom.
Macro storms, regs, and geopolitics lurk like skeletons in the closet. Cautious optimism rules, yes, but be careful, there’s turbulence ahead.
Still, these dips often rocket-launch the next bull run. History’s got our back, if we don’t panic-sell first.
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📅 Published: December 26, 2025 • 🕓 Last updated: December 26, 2025
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