For the first time in nearly four years, and for only the third time in its 11-year history, bitcoin is about to undergo a seismic shift to its technological foundations. The halving event will not only affect how bitcoin is created, it will likely also have a significant impact on the entire cryptocurrency market. Scheduled to…
Bitcoin‘s halving is just three weeks away at this point, and with the critically important event happening so soon, the first-ever crypto asset is at an especially pivotal junction that could shape the future of the asset in the near and long term.But what exactly does the halving mean, and why is it that crypto…
Ever since Bitcoin pulled back from the $20,000 highs in December 2017, investors in the cryptocurrency space have been wondering when again BTC would be at new highs. According to a number of analysts, a $20,000 BTC price is actually likely this year, or at least in the coming 12 months.One trader recently cited a…
Bitcoin price is in recovery mode, after the first-ever cryptocurrency suffered a record-breaking collapse and fall to under $4,000, shocking the crypto community and the world at large.The selloff has led to extremely oversold conditions, according to the Relative Strength Index indicator. When combined with a Bitcoin valuation substantially below where the highly cited stock-to-flow…
With Bitcoin’s halving arriving next month on May 11, 2020, the expectation across the world of crypto has long been that the valuation of the first-ever cryptocurrency would skyrocket, but last month’s catastrophic selloff has some questioning the theory.However, according to historical data, Bitcoin price is currently on pace with where the crypto asset was…
In the wake of “Black Thursday,” it seemed clear to some that Bitcoin was dead: hundreds of millions of dollars worth of BitMEX positions were liquidated, the crypto’s market liquidity dried up (accentuated by the 50% drop in a day), and Crypto Twitter briefly became a ghost town.But, as I recently cataloged in a Twitter…
Just minutes ago, the latest block reward reduction or “halving” of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) transpired. With this, the block reward provided to the miner of a BCH block was dropped from 12.5 coins to 6.25, a decline of 50%, hence “halving.”Bitcoin Cash is now at block height 630,000, the halving has occurred! 🌗🌗🌗The block reward…
Bitcoin price recently plummeted to under $4,000, bouncing off what may believe is the absolute “floor” for the first-ever cryptocurrency.However, according to data from a top crypto industry analyst, the price floor of Bitcoin could jump to as much as $7,000 to $8,000 immediately after the halving takes place this coming May. But what exactly…
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,…
Despite the slight recovery seen over the past few days, analysts still fear that Bitcoin is on a trajectory that will see its price correct even further than it already has. In fact,Related Reading: Crypto Tidbits: India Makes Watershed Ruling On Bitcoin, Elon Musk Bumps Dogecoin, Ethereum Founder Supports Twitter CEOSome, however, aren’t so concerned.…