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Bitcoin’s Hashrate Rebounds From January Dip as Miners Eye Upcoming Difficulty Adjustment
27.1.2024
Bitcoin’s cumulative hashrate witnessed notable swings starting in late December, with a pronounced decline occurring in mid-January. This decrease was primarily attributed to the severe cold in Texas, leading many miners to pause their operations temporarily. By Jan. 21, 2024,...
Heightened Bitcoin Fees and Erratic Mining Revenues Herald Murky Shift as Halving Nears
20.1.2024
Recent statistics reveal that for the past 75 days, starting from Nov. 6, 2023, the average transaction fee on the Bitcoin network has consistently stayed over $5. Additionally, since Dec. 4, 2023, these fees have predominantly been over $10, with a single exception occurring when it briefly fell...
Study Shows Number of Crypto Developers Up by 52% Since 2018
20.1.2024
Over the past five years, the number of established developers with more than 2 years experience of working in crypto grew at an annualized rate of 52%. According to the findings of a study, established developers (2+ years) together with emerging developers make an average of three times more code...
Is Arbitrum Going to Zero? ARB Price Drops 5% as BTC Mining Platform Surpasses $8.7 Million
18.1.2024
Following the success of the Arbitrum airdrop, ARB price has dropped -5%, leaving some panicked holders asking ‘Is Arbitrum Going to Zero?’, find out in this ARB price analysis. Arbitrum is trading in a tight trading channel between the upper trendline and moving average support. $ARB...
US Stocks, Bitcoin, and Gold Drop as Fed Plays Coy on Rates — Investors in Limbo
18.1.2024
The leading trio of U.S. stock indices — Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite, and the S&P 500 — experienced a downturn on Wednesday afternoon. This decline coincided with a rise in 10-year Treasury yields, which jumped 0.98% to 4.102%. Concurrently, gold’s value...
Bitcoin Price Prediction as Jim Cramer Says Stock Market is Ready for a ‘Pullback’ – Will BTC Drop?
17.1.2024
As the stock market braces for a potential pullback, with CNBC’s Jim Cramer pointing to overvalued tech stocks and artificial intelligence ventures, the impact on cryptocurrency markets, particularly Bitcoin price prediction, becomes a focal point of interest. Cramer’s commentary...
BlackRock Buys Over 13 Days of Bitcoin Production: A Sign of Supply Shortage?
15.1.2024
In its recent entry into the spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) market, BlackRock has purchased over 11,400 Bitcoins, prompting speculation of supply issues. According to InvestAnswers, BlackRock bought 11,439 Bitcoins following the official launch of their spot Bitcoin ETF. This amount...
Veteran Trader Peter Brandt Labels Bitcoin ETF a ‘Classic Buy the Rumor, Sell the News Event’
10.1.2024
According to the veteran trader Peter Brandt, the current bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) hype which has seen the “average guy on the street” clamoring to get may be a signal to experienced traders that it is time to sell them what they own. Brandt also characterized the expected...
Bitcoin Transaction Fees See Sharp Decline Since December Peak, Network Congestion Persists
10.1.2024
On Jan. 10, 2024, the fee for high-priority transactions is set at 42 satoshis per virtual byte (sats/vB), amounting to $2.66 per transaction. The average transaction fee stands at 98.9 sats/vB, equivalent to $11.17 per transfer. Although there has been a decline in onchain fees, they currently...
Bitcoin Price Marks First-Ever “Golden Cross” During ETF Hype
9.1.2024
Source: Adobe / A.AKS Bitcoin (BTC) just flashed an ultra-bullish technical indicator called the “golden cross” for the first time ever on its weekly price chart. A golden cross occurs when a short-term moving average of an asset’s price crosses above a long-term moving average. Market participants...
XRP Price Prediction as Trading Volume Spikes to $2 Billion – Are Investors Flocking to XRP?
2.1.2024
XRP (XRP) Chart / Source: Investing.com XRP (XRP) trading volumes have picked up again following a subdued few days due to New Year’s celebrations, clocking in at around $2 billion in the past 24 hours, as per CoinGecko. That’s roughly in line with, if not a little bit above, average trading...
Microstrategy Acquires More Bitcoin, Raising Total Holdings to 189,150 BTC
27.12.2023
Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has bought 14,620 more bitcoin for approximately $615.7 million. The latest purchase raised the company’s cryptocurrency holdings to 189,150 bitcoin, acquired for about $5.9 billion at an average price of $31,168 per coin. Microstrategy’s executive...
Shiba Inu Price Prediction as ‘.shib’ Internet Domains Development Continues – Adoption on the Rise?
21.12.2023
Shiba Inu (SHIB), the world’s second-largest meme coin by market capitalization and the native token of the Shiba Inu web3 ecosystem, is holding comfortably above its 21-Day Moving Average and the $0.000010 level on Thursday, though has backed off substantially from last week’s highs in...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Hits Historic 527 EH/s Lifetime Peak, Shattering Previous Records
20.12.2023
Recent data, analyzing the seven-day average of Bitcoin’s hashrate, reveals yet another lifetime peak in the network’s performance. On Dec. 20, 2023, Bitcoin’s hashrate climbed to an unprecedented high. The seven-day simple moving average (SMA) indicates that the hashrate...
Bitcoin Blockchain Surpasses Half-Terabyte Amid Soaring Transactions and Increased Block Capacity
20.12.2023
Although bitcoin’s price hasn’t eclipsed its historic peak, this year the network has shattered multiple records. These include reaching the highest level of difficulty, achieving an all-time high in total hashrate, and setting a new record for daily confirmed transactions. In 2023...
Bitcoin Reaches New All-Time High In Options Open Interest
20.12.2023
Demand for Bitcoin options is soaring, with average daily open interest on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) touching an all-time high of $1.9 billion as of December. According to CoinGlass, the last high for CME open interest was in April at $1.68 billion, when the U.S. banking crisis a month...
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Soar to $40, Sparking Debate and Push for L2 Solutions Amid Mempool Backlog
16.12.2023
On Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, Bitcoin’s transaction fees spike to a high of $40 per transaction at 1:48 p.m. Eastern Time. The jump in onchain fees surpassed the high reached on May 8, 2023, when the average transfer cost topped $31 per transfer. Skyrocketing Bitcoin Fees Surpass $40 Bitcoin...
Bitcoin Difficulty Set for Upturn Amid Escalating Hashrate and Soaring Miner Fees
16.12.2023
After the last adjustment that resulted in a slight 0.96% reduction, the upcoming difficulty retarget on Dec. 23, 2023 is anticipated to bring about an increase, eclipsing the previous decline, as the hashrate regains its upward trajectory. The seven-day average hashrate reached a low of...
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Spike Amid Rising Backlog and Relentless Ordinal Inscription Trend
14.12.2023
Bitcoin transaction fees have surged again. On Dec. 6, 2023, bitinfocharts.com reported that the average cost of a bitcoin transaction soared to $27.55. Presently, the average transaction fee hovers around $13.93, alongside a growing backlog of unconfirmed transactions, currently at 249,000 at...
Is Pyth Network Going to Zero? PYTH Price Falls 6.9% and New Bitcoin Mining Protocol Reaches $4.8 Million
5.12.2023
Latest airdrop gainer Pyth Network is battling downside movements as PYTH price tumbles -6.9%, leaving some anxious bag-holders asking ‘Is Pyth Network Going to Zero?’. However, market sentiment remains bullish, with traders identifying the ongoing bounce out of the moving average...