All eyes have been on Bitcoin today as the king of crypto cranked ten percent to tap $11,800 during earlier Asian trading. The altcoins have been slow to react as usual but they are starting to wake up now with Litecoin leading the way in a post-halving pump. Litecoin Spikes 14 Percent Usually price pumps…
In less than six months’ time, Bitcoin will see an extremely important event. Known as a “halving” or “halvening,” the number of coins issued per block to miners will get cut in half from 12.5 to 6.25, effectively meaning that BTC’s inflation rate will be cut in half in layman’s terms.Related Reading: Don’t Withdraw Bitcoin…
As the cryptocurrency markets continue to be battered by frequent bouts of volatility and face growing downwards pressure from bears, investors are keen on finding events that could reverse their investment’s price descent. Litecoin (LTC) is one such cryptocurrency that has dropped significantly from its all-time-highs, but an upcoming event may be able to change…
On May 9th, 2020, the 630,000th Bitcoin block will be mined, during which mining rewards will get cut in half to 6.25 BTC per block. And typically, speculation on how this will affect the Bitcoin price is rife.On the one hand, some believe the halving event is priced in, meaning there will be no room…
There’s no doubt Bitcoin has been on a tear over the past 50 days. Since bottoming at $6,400 in the middle of December, the price of BTC has rocketed higher and higher, surging as high as $9,900 earlier today — inches shy of the key $10,000 price point.According to a number of analyses, however, the…
Bitcoin recently experienced a historic single-day drop, taking the cryptocurrency from $7,500 to under $4,000 in less than 48 hours.The first-ever cryptocurrency is now trading below the cost required by miners to produce each Bitcoin. Now that miners are better off buying BTC outright, what could this mean for the strength of the underlying network,…
Bitcoin has dropped 8.5% this week but the move has been largely predicted. What is not being predicted just yet is another bear market lasting a year, but today’s death cross may indicate otherwise as that is exactly what happened the last time one appeared. Bitcoin Death Cross Today Like a scene from The Revenant,…
Over the past decades, central banks like the Federal Reserve have failed to keep inflation rates stable. Bitcoin may benefit from this trend. After the cryptocurrency’s upcoming halving, after which the coin will have “economically indisputable reasons” to become a legitimately competitive store of value versus other world currencies.Connection Between Halving and InflationMay 2020, Bitcoin…
The saying goes, “what goes up, must come down.” Yet to everyone’s surprise, Bitcoin’s downside resilience despite an over 100% gain over the last few months of parabolic growth has continued to prevent the correction most analysts expect from ever occurring. But now, as the crypto market is once again showing signs of strength, bulls…
May’s halving will reduce the amount of Bitcoin rewarded to miners, and in turn, increase the coin’s scarcity.Considering this scarcity – think supply and demand – as well as historical data of the previous two halvings, Bitcoin’s price may see a remarkable bump in the months following the event.Halving Historically Leads to Massive GainsThe so-called…