# Why Bitcoin is dropping!

> by @pele23 · unpublished · https://lassecash.pages.dev/@pele23/why-bitcoin-is-dropping-2uj

# China

Bitcoin is down today for a very simple reason, and almost nobody is explaining it properly.

It’s coming straight from China, and the timing matters. That’s right, china’s crashing bitcoin, AGAIN. Here’s what’s happening: China just tightened regulations on domestic Bitcoin mining again. In Xinjiang alone, a huge chunk of mining operations were shut down in December. Roughly 400,000 miners went offline in a very short window. You can already see it in the data:
Network hashrate is down around 8%.

 https://img.leopedia.io/DQmb1XYjJHFJm2EQAsZaPeXSCh5ASGkaYPZoMATRTjMmacr/IMG_4895.png 


When miners are forced offline like this, a few things happen fast:

- They lose revenue immediately
- They need cash to cover costs or relocate
- Some are forced to sell BTC into the market
- Uncertainty spikes short term

That creates real sell pressure, not the other way around. This isn’t a long-term bearish signal for Bitcoin. It’s a temporary supply shock caused by a dumb policy, not demand.

We’ve seen this movie before.

China cracks down → miners shut off → hashrate dips → price wobbles → network adjusts → Bitcoin moves on.

We should expect more pain in the short term, but long term this doesn’t even matter!

Sincerely,

Pele23

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