On June 5, CleanSpark fell 8.16% in regular trading, trading at $15.075/share, with trading volume of approximately $137 million. The decline comes amid a broad crypto sector selloff triggered by Bitcoin dropping over 5% below $62,000.

CleanSpark currently faces extreme short-selling pressure, with approximately 84.06 million shares sold short as of mid-May, representing 33.45% of float — a figure that climbed to 36.6% by end of April. This short interest ratio ranks among the highest across all market capitalizations. The broader cryptocurrency market has shed over $2 trillion in total market cap since its October peak, a 48% decline. Bitcoin's continued weakness directly compresses mining profitability, further exacerbated by the halving event that reduced block rewards to 3.125 BTC per block, squeezing margins for higher-cost operators.

Within the Application Software sector, peers also declined sharply: Strategy fell 8.76%, IREN Ltd dropped 9.97%, and Circle Internet fell 8.12%, while AppLovin gained 1.53%.

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