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Data: Bitcoin trading below the average production cost of around $87,000, a typical sign of entering a bear market

2026.02.05 19:16:31

Feb 5th: Bitcoin was hovering above $70k, while its average production cost sits around $87k—creating a ~20% gap, a classic bear market sign. In the 2019 and 2022 bear markets, BTC prices fell below production costs but eventually rebounded. Bitcoin’s total network hash rate peaked at ~1,100 EH/s in October, then dropped ~20%. It’s now rebounded to 913 EH/s and starting to stabilize. At current prices, many miners are still unprofitable. With revenue lagging operating costs, miners must keep selling BTC to cover daily operations, energy bills, and debt repayments. But long-term, this situation won’t last much longer.
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