• Bitcoin miners’ capitulation could ease at $90k and offer new buying opportunities
• Average mining cost for BTC was still below the king coin’s value at press time

Despite the high risk of Bitcoin miner capitulation, analyst James Van Straten believes that the cryptocurrency could hold and mark $90k as the local price bottom. According to him, the Hash Ribbon, a key indicator that tracks miner profitability and potential exits from the market, has been flagged.

This hinted at BTC miner distress and a likely bottom signal for BTC, as per historical data. He said,  

“Hash ribbon signalling miner capitulation which usually marks a bottom, typically lasts around 30 days. Last time was October 2024.”

In most cases, the hash ribbon indicator has also acted as a buying opportunity as it has coincided with the cryptocurrency’s bottoms. Will the trend repeat itself though? 

Will $90k stop Bitcoin miner capitulation?

Straten added that despite the expected 4% hike in Bitcoin’s network difficulty on 9 February, the king coin might still defend the $90k-$105k price range. 

“Difficulty is expect to adjust 4% to ATHs on Sunday, more stress on miners.  Have more confidence that $90k is the bottom of this range.”