[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-aggregator-bitcoin-miners-buckle-under-ap20301964011-a18b-7122-bf00-83c4ec6f585a":3},{"id":4,"timestamp":5,"title":6,"content":7,"link":8,"preview":9,"tags":10,"predictedTags":11,"showTags":12,"source":13,"reactions":14,"selfReactions":15,"logo":16,"sourceId":17,"sourceUserId":18,"asset":19,"tagsCategories":20,"totalComments":21,"lang":22,"unique_views_count":21},"bitcoin-miners-buckle-under-ap20301964011-a18b-7122-bf00-83c4ec6f585a","1744830057000","Bitcoin Miners Buckle Under April Price Pressure, But JP Morgan Analyst Says MARA, CleanSpark Held Strong","\u003Cp>JP Morgan analyst Reginald L. Smith observed that Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC/USD) miners saw mixed performance in early April. A drop in the average Bitcoin price during the first half of the month strained mining economics\u003Ca href=\"https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/25/04/44794011/bitcoin-reclaims-momentum-as-100k-calls-resurface-and-tariff-relief-lifts-market-mood\" target=\"_blank\"> despite solid operational gains in March.\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Per Smith, pure-play miners like MARA Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:\u003Ca href=\"https://www.benzinga.com/stock/MARA#NASDAQ\">MARA\u003C/a>) and CleanSpark, Inc. (NASDAQ:\u003Ca href=\"https://www.benzinga.com/stock/CLSK#NASDAQ\">CLSK\u003C/a>) outpaced Bitcoin’s price gains, while firms with exposure\u003Ca href=\"https://www.benzinga.com/markets/cryptocurrency/25/04/44816721/bitcoin-price-rips-through-86k-as-strategic-reserve-push-gains-global-traction\" target=\"_blank\"> to high-performance computing lagged behind.\u003C/a>\u003C/p>\u003Cp>The analyst notes that the average Bitcoin price in early April was around $82,600, down 3% from March. It dipped to ...\u003C/p>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https://www.benzinga.com/25/04/44849610/bitcoin-miners-buckle-under-april-price-pressure-but-jp-morgan-analyst-says-mara-cleanspark-held-strong\" alt=\"Bitcoin\">Full story available on Benzinga.com\u003C/a>\u003C/p>","https://www.benzinga.com/25/04/44849610/bitcoin-miners-buckle-under-april-price-pressure-but-jp-morgan-analyst-says-mara-cleanspark-held-strong","https://cdn.benzinga.com/files/images/story/2025/04/16/Bitcoin_0.jpeg?width=1200&height=800&fit=crop","[]","[\"Bitcoin\",\"BTC\"]","[{\"img\":\"https://toscalepublic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/coins-lib/full-library/color/BTC.png\",\"name\":\"BTC\"}]","203",[],[],"https://toscalepublic.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/news-feeds/sources/benzinga.png","Benzinga",null,"","[\"Other\"]","0","EN"]