{"id":64464,"date":"2022-07-15T17:38:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T14:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=64464"},"modified":"2025-09-06T14:37:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T11:37:01","slug":"bitcoin-mining-hardware-prices-slump-to-two-year-lows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/bitcoin-mining-hardware-prices-slump-to-two-year-lows\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin mining hardware prices slump to two-year lows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The price of Bitcoin mining hardware, as measured by the hash rate, has fallen to December 2020 levels.<\/p>\n<p>According to Hashrate Index data from Luxor Mining, flagship ASIC miners (efficiency 38 J\/TH and above) are priced at around $41 per 1 TH of capacity.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/gANNC60WM1DwhNrNlJO7enwIf7-oNetyRLbuoYtaCMPj2E-RNkkD2PyvP6yf7OpbU6tKaFSfp7JCbSf_RD9YPWemL8QtBbMJC1Ud5SIi95CqcUgbD6A9Hcsa_w1axgTeCH1wCKWJGpEO1Usi4tA\" alt=\"Bitcoin mining hardware prices slump to a two-year low\" \/><figcaption>Source: Hashrate Index.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2022\/07\/14\/bitcoin-mining-rig-prices-slump-to-near-2-year-lows-amid-celsius-bankruptcy\/\">CoinDesk<\/a>, citing an industry source, reports that models in this category\u2014the Antminer S19 and S19 Pro from Bitmain\u2014are selling at $20-$23 per TH.<\/p>\n<p>In this price range, the top-line Whatsminer M30 series from MicroBTC is also being sold.<\/p>\n<p>According to a publication&#8217;s source, market pressure was driven by the bankruptcy of Celsius Mining <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/celsius-files-for-bankruptcy-protection\">together with its parent company<\/a>. In June, Celsius Network&#8217;s mining division sold 6,000 miners at $28\/TH at auction. A second tranche of 5,000 units was sold at $22\/TH.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Celsius Network invested a total of <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/celsius-network-to-earmark-an-additional-300-million-for-bitcoin-mining\">$500 million<\/a> in North American mining. In November, the company&#8217;s CEO, Alex Mashinsky, said the fleet consisted of 22,000 ASIC devices, predominantly Antminer S19.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAs new devices come to market, we expect prices for the next generation to fall by another $1-$2\/TH. There are mining companies that will need to liquidate part of their fleets, which will put further pressure on ASIC miner prices,\u201d forecast Luxor&#8217;s Chief Operating Officer Ethan Vera.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to him, falling miner prices may find some support at around $18-$20\/TH. At this level there is currently a \u201cflood of buy orders,\u201d Vera said.<\/p>\n<p>In July, CleanSpark said it <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/cleanspark-buys-more-than-1000-bitcoin-miners-amid-market-downturn\">acquired 1,061 Whatsminer M30S units<\/a> at a \u201csignificantly reduced price.\u201d A month earlier, the company bought 1,800 Antminer S19 XP, which it described as \u201cexceptionally favorable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In June, mining profitability of Bitcoin <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/arcane-research-bitcoin-mining-profitability-falls-to-2020-levels\">fell to 2020 levels<\/a>, according to Arcane Research analysts.<\/p>\n<p>In the same month, aggregate revenue of Bitcoin miners <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-miners-revenue-falls-26-in-june\">was $668 million<\/a> \u2014 down 26% from May.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news in our <a href=\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, rates and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The price of Bitcoin mining hardware, when measured by hash rate, has fallen to December 2020 levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137],"class_list":["post-64464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"21","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64466,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64464\/revisions\/64466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}