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COUNTDOWN TO THE HALVING Today is the big day! Over the weekend Bitcoin’s blocktimes ran below the 10 minute average and therefore block 630,000 is expected to be mined much earlier than expected. Bitcoin’s third halving is currently expected to occur around 3:32 EST this afternoon. THE HEADLINES MARKET DATA EXCHANGE, CUSTODY AND PRODUCT NEWS THOUGHTS ON THE ECOSYSTEM
Countdown to the Halving Interest in bitcoin continues to grow ahead of the halving with the number of new and active bitcoin addresses increasing to levels not seen since the 2017 bull market. The amount of blocks mined over the past 24 hours is 149, an increase over the average 10 minute schedule of 144 per day. At this rate, timing of the schedule halving has moved ahead a few hours Monday...
COUNT DOWN TO HALVING Although miners activity supporting bitcoin is remaining strong, bitcoin’s hashrate has declined slightly over the past day. This could be due to several factors including miners taking down rigs to install the newer units which are finally being delivered after COVID-19 delays. TECHNICAL ROUNDUP INSIGHT Technical Roundup suggests that bitcoin has broken out of its monthly range but is highlighting resistance at $9240. Acceptance of the resistance would suggest a...
Driven by the increase of miners driving bitcoin’s hashrate, the date of the upcoming halving has moved from early morning on Tuesday May 12th to just before midnight on Monday May 11th. _INVESTOR SENTIMENT IMPROVING_ As investor sentiment increases ahead of the halving, the Crypto Fear and Greed Index jumped 13 points this week reaching its highest levels since the March market sell off. _BTC TRANSACTION FEES INCREASING_ As should...
BTC HASHRATE NEARING ALL-TIME-HIGHS Bitcoin’s (BTC) hashrate is near all-time-highs ahead of the halving. (I warned you, you will hear a lot about this event this week). As of this morning, BTC’s hashrate is up 8.3% to 132.55 Ehash/s (this equates to 132 quintillion or “132,000,000,000,000,000,000” attempts to solve for a block per second. The increase makes sense as bitcoin mining rigs – even of the older generations – are believed to be profitable above...
THE HALVING IS COMING May 2020 will be known as the month of the third bitcoin (BTC) halving so get used to hearing about it. If you don’t know, the halving is when a block reward is reduced by 50% – in this case BTC’s reward will be cut from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC. The halving happens every four years and is currently expected to occur on May 12th...
The Crypto Fear & Greed Index jumped this week to “27” moving into the ‘Fear’ range after residing at “17” or ‘Extreme Fear’ last week. The positive move in sentiment brings the index to the high levels it has been at since falling in early March. The Index hit a high of “28” yesterday. THE HEADLINES MARKET DATA EXCHANGE, CUSTODY AND PRODUCT NEWS THOUGHTS ON THE ECOSYSTEM
Crypto prices remain stable, holding in recent trading rangesWestern retail and QSR companies may start to pilot DCEPReport finds no evidence that stablecoins inflate crypto prices and instead suggests stablecoins act as safe-haven with new issuance responding to variations in exchange rate pegs _How public market companies performed this past week._ _Quick request, Libra’s Dante Disparte released a paper on Project-Syndicate titled Why Libra Matters yesterday. If anyone has an account and can...