Riot Platforms sold 9,665 BTC ($732.46M) at $75,785 average in first half of 2026 as Bitcoin miner sell pressure impact on price persists.

According to the source, North America’s role in Bitcoin mining is weakening while more newly minted BTC accrues to China, signaling a geographic shift in hash power and issuance concentration that traders should monitor for supply dynamics (source: X post dated Jan 14, 2026). This shift implies region-specific miner revenues and potential sell-flow concentration in Chinese jurisdictions, which can influence BTC liquidity patterns during issuance windows and miner distribution events (source: X post dated Jan 14, 2026).

According to @binance, Bitcoin’s first Halving took place in 2012, marking the inaugural 50% reduction in BTC’s block subsidy and setting a structural supply-tightening backdrop, source: @binance. The event occurred at block 210,000 on Nov 28, 2012, cutting the block reward from 50 BTC to 25 BTC and reducing new issuance from roughly 7,200 BTC/day to about 3,600 BTC/day based on 10-minute block intervals, source: Bitcoin.org; Blockchain.com explorer. For trading, this mechanically halves the flow of newly mined BTC that can reach spot markets, heightening focus on liquidity and miner behavior around issuance regime shifts, source: Bitcoin.org.