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Bitcoin Risks Turning Bearish Due to Declining Market Health, Says Glassnode
27.5.2020
Bitcoin (BTC) risks sliding back into bearish territory should onchain activity and overall market health continue to decline, warns analytics firm Glassnode. The latest market update from Glassnode shows that the GNI index, which measures the overall state of the Bitcoin network, dropped 18% or...
Market Wrap: Bitcoin Can’t Stick to $9,000 While Stocks Rally
26.5.2020
While bitcoin has been trending lower, Tuesday’s big winner in the markets are equities
Bitfury Launches Mining Investment Solutions for Institutions
26.5.2020
Bitfury is opening the company up to institutional investment, which it says will help family offices and others to diversify their holdings with Bitcoin mining
How Bitcoin Mining Changed After the Halving
26.5.2020
Bitcoin’s third-ever halving this May was arguably the top crypto event of the year — especially since the coronavirus pandemicContinue Reading
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Examine the Bitcoin First Difficulty Adjustment Post 2020 Halving
24.5.2020
It will still take time to stabilize the miner revenue from fees before the Bitcoin network can display some healthy growth
Bitcoin Miners Will Use Derivatives Like Traditional Commodity Producers
23.5.2020
Miners need traditional financial products in order to hedge against the risk of increasing hash rate and difficulty
Iranian President Calls for Launching a Cryptocurrency Mining Strategy
23.5.2020
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for a mining strategy throughout the oil-rich nation. The latest statements from the Iranian President follows Iran’s moves to restrict specific crypto trading platforms over “currency smuggling” mandates. On May 20, 2020, Iran’s...
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...
Craig Wright Submits List of Bitcoin Addresses to the Court – Roster Contains Spent Blocks
22.5.2020
On May 21, 2020, the infamous Craig Wright, the man who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, submitted a list of blocks and bitcoin addresses to the court that stem from the alleged Tulip Trust. However, armchair sleuths and blockchain analysis shows that a few blocks recorded in Wright’s recently...
China Strikes Down 10% of Global BTC Hashrate, Who Will Pick Up The Slack?
22.5.2020
Citing the increase in illicit crypto-related activities, the provincial government of Sichuan moves to stamp out 10% of the global Bitcoin hashrate
Layer1 Stabilizes Texas Grids With 'Bitcoin Batteries'
22.5.2020
Layer1 will release electricity in response to spikes in consumer demand that may threaten local power grids, such as during heatwaves
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...
Iran’s President Asks Gov’t to Plan National Crypto Mining Strategy
22.5.2020
Iran’s president has tasked officials at the central bank and ministries of energy, communications and IT with drafting plans for a national cryptocurrency mining strategy
Canaan Reports $5.6M Loss in Q1 Despite Bitcoin Miner Price Cut
22.5.2020
The China-based manufacturer had cut the pricing for its bitcoin miners by half during the first three months
Iranian President Calls for National Crypto Mining Strategy
21.5.2020
Iran's President has ordered officials to develop a new approach to cryptocurrency mining
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?
People Are Removing the Most Bitcoin From Exchanges Since 2018 Bottom
21.5.2020
Exchange reserves hit an 18-month bottom while miners keep selling despite lower revenues after the halving
Miner Revenues Crash, But This Has Always Marked Bitcoin Price Bottoms
21.5.2020
The drop-off in Bitcoin mining revenue to 2019 levels show a macro bottom for BTC is near as the impact of the halving is starting to be felt
Wild Satoshi Theories: The Curious Case of Bitcoin Block 3654 from 2009
21.5.2020
On Wednesday, 50 bitcoin mined on February 9, 2009, was moved from the original address to a new address. The movement of coins caused a great commotion throughout the cryptocurrency community, as some individuals assumed it may have been the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto. However, skeptics believe...