CoinWarz: Bitcoin mining difficulty is expected to continue rising to 149T in January

2025-12-29 by admin

BlockBeats news, on December 29th, Bitcoin mining difficulty was adjusted for the last time this year on December 25th, increasing by 0.04% to 148.26 T. According to CoinWarz predictions, the next Bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment is expected to occur on January 8, 2026, at block height 931,392, when the network mining difficulty is projected to rise to 149 T.

Throughout 2025, Bitcoin mining difficulty has repeatedly reached new all-time highs, with two significant increases in September during Bitcoin’s price rise, followed by a sharp decline after the 1011 market crash.

PANews reported on December 31 that Tom Lee, co-founder of Fundstrat and chairman of BitMine, wrote on the X platform: "Typically, during these last holiday trading sessions, many institutional investors exit the market, and algorithmic trading programs and bot trading programs begin to dominate the market, along with sell-offs for tax avoidance. These constitute the market dynamics in the last few days of December." Previously, in BitMine's announcement of acquiring 44,463 ETH last week, Tom Lee mentioned that market activity tends to slow down as the year enters its final weeks of holiday season. Year-end tax-avoidance selling depresses cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency-related stock prices, with this effect typically most pronounced between December 26th and December 30th; therefore, they are adjusting their market strategy accordingly. Earlier today, it was reported that Bitmine pledged another 118,944 ETH and increased its holdings by 32,938 ETH .