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7 Main Post-Halving Bitcoin Narratives
23.5.2020
The third Bitcoin (BTC) halving has finally happened, hashrate dropped less than estimated, fees skyrocketed, but, contrary to the doom mongers, the bitcoin price hasn’t fallen.
What happens next? What will become the next talk of the town as the “priced in/not priced in” debate has now disappeared...
Canaan Narrows Q1 Loss to $5.6 Million Amid Weakening Demand for Mining Hardware
23.5.2020
Bitcoin mining rig manufacturer Canaan Creative reported a net loss of $5.6 million for the first quarter of 2020, down from $9.5 million a year earlier. The Chinese company cut prices of its ASIC-based machines by over 50% in an effort to improve sales, but that wasn’t enough to prevent...
Institutional Investors Buying Up BTC Like Crazy After Halving
22.5.2020
Institutional investors brewing a perfect Bitcoin storm
Bitcoin Hashrate Slides 33% Since Halving – Difficulty Drops, Issues in Sichuan China
22.5.2020
It’s been 11 days since the third bitcoin block reward halving. Data now shows that the overall SHA256 hashrate lost around 47 exahash per second (EH/s), since the all-time high of 140 EH/s on May 3. With more than 33% of the hashrate lost, reports stemming from Sichuan China indicate that...
Bitcoin Survived Halving, but Death Spiralists Still Say BTC Is Doomed
22.5.2020
The probability of a BTC network collapse in the next five years “is quite high — well over 50%,” said venture capitalist Zach Resnick
Bitcoin Futures, Options, and Open Interest: Crypto Derivatives Break Records After the Halving
22.5.2020
Since the market rout on March 12, otherwise known as ‘Black Thursday,’ bitcoin futures and options contracts have seen significant demand. On May 14, CME Group saw the total number of outstanding derivatives contracts (open interest) touch a high of $142 million. Four days later,...
As Bitcoin Halving Dust Settles, Network Awakens to Costly New Reality
21.5.2020
Bitcoin halving has led to high transaction fees and slow block generation speeds. Is this the new reality?
Bitcoin Miners Double Revenue: Fees Spiked Over 200% in 10 Days Since the Halving
20.5.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) miners earned 44% more in transaction fees in the nine days since the halving than they did for the whole of April. If this continues miners will have more than doubled their income from transaction fees going forward. According to data from Coinmetrics, miners have collected...
First Mover: Bitcoin Just Got Easier to Mine, But for How Long?
20.5.2020
Bitcoin's mining "difficulty" just fell 6%, giving small-scale miners a reprieve. But this is only a small dip before an even steeper ascent
Bullishness Spreads to Major Altcoins (Except XRP) in Wake of Bitcoin Halving
20.5.2020
Despite Bitoin’s (BTC) recent halving on May 11 diverting some of the attention, other major cryptoassets have also seen strong performance in the days following the event, with early signs now indicating that the bullishness in BTC may be spreading to the broader crypto market.
Following...
Bitcoin Sentiment on Twitter Reaches Its Highest Level in 3 Years, Says Data Firm The Tie
20.5.2020
Positive investor sentiment about bitcoin (BTC) on Twitter has reached record levels – its highest in three years – triggered by the cryptocurrency’s supply cut earlier this month, data shows. According to crypto data company The Tie, the 30-day average daily sentiment score is...
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops by 6% In First Adjustment After Halving
20.5.2020
The Bitcoin network just fine-tuned a key parameter to coax back miners who quit after last week's halving hammered their profits
Grayscale Buys 33% of All Bitcoin Mined in Last Three Months
19.5.2020
Grayscale Investments bought up to 33% of all newly minted bitcoin over the last three months, as the asset manager continues to stockpile major cryptocurrencies. The investment fund added 60,762 BTC to its Bitcoin Trust Fund between February 7 and May 17, a researcher posted on Reddit....
Bitcoin’s Halving Is Nothing Like Quantitative Tightening
19.5.2020
The halving could both increase the rate at which bitcoin’s price rises and bring forward the point at which it crashes, says our columnist
First Mover: Bitcoin Difficulty Adjustment Feels Like Post-Halving Easing Party
19.5.2020
Bitcoin mining is set to get easier, as the network undergoes an expected difficulty adjustment on Tuesday – the first since last week's reward halving
Bitcoin Price Stuck Sideways But Another $10K Retest May Trap Bears
19.5.2020
Bitcoin volatility and volumes are cooling off post-halving while a break in either direction could open the door to new market cycles
CoinAgenda “After the Halving” Virtual Event to Feature Fireside Chat with “Oracle of Bitcoin” Vinny Lingham
19.5.2020
Full Speaker Lineup Includes Crypto All-Stars Matt Roszak, Catherine Coley, Tone Vays, and Michael Terpin GLOBAL, MAY 14, 2020—CoinAgenda, the premier global conference series connecting blockchain and cryptocurrency investors with startups since 2014, today announced its second virtual event...
Bitcoin's Sentiment Score Post-Halving Rises to Highest Since 2017
19.5.2020
Crypto data company The TIE posted data showing the positive tweets about Bitcoin following the rewards halving are at an all-time high
Bitcoin Block Generation Speed Falls to 2017 Lows
18.5.2020
Just 95 blocks were generated on the Bitcoin blockchain yesterday, as miners are readjusting to post-halving conditions
Bitcoin Miners To Experience First Post-Halving Difficulty Adjustment
18.5.2020
The first post-halving Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty adjustment is tomorrow, and it's likely bringing much-needed relief to BTC miners that experienced their third pay cut a week ago.
Just six days ago, following the historic third halving of BTC mining reward - lowering the block subsidy from...