Roughly every four years, Bitcoin (BTC-USD) mining companies eagerly anticipate the halving event. According to the latest estimates, the nearest one may take place in April 2024 and will put pressure on the margins of mining companies as the miners’ rewards will be cut twice. This can also lead to a drop in the value of the main cryptocurrency, which in turn can negatively affect crypto stocks to sell before bitcoin halvi...

   

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There’s never a dull moment on the blockchain. Here’s what you need to know this week:

• Bitcoin slipped under $43K after the Fed held rates steady. BTC remained up from last week’s sub-$40K lows.
• Where in the world could crypto ETFs get approved next? A closer look around the globe for the next spot bitcoin ETFs.
• This week in numbers. The amount of BTC that “whales” have added this year, January’s transaction volume for Solana-based tokens, and mor...

“Bitcoin and any cryptocurrency at this point has not really established itself as a credible institutional investment,” Minerd said Wednesday during a Bloomberg Television interview from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “Everything is suspect.”

Minerd said his firm bought Bitcoin at $20,000 and sold w...

Bitcoin began sliding amid hawkish comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday, which also brought down traditional markets

Bitcoin fell below $35,000 on Sunday morning after declining almost 4% over the past 24 hours and nearly 9% over the last seven days. The market cap of the largest cryptocurrency tumbled to $658 billion, according to CoinMarketCap data. On March 28, that figure stood at more than $900 billion.

The downward pressure began after the Federal Reserve announced it would...

Iconic fashion brand Gucci will begin accepting cryptocurrency in some of its U.S. locations later this month, with plans to roll out the program to other North American stores this summer.

According to Vogue Business, in-store payments will be made using a QR code that customers can scan with their crypto wallet, sent by Gucci via email. The stores will accept various digital currencies, including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and Shiba Inu.

The first locations to accept...

The largest cryptocurrency declined as much as 5.9% to $39,432 on Thursday, falling for the first time in three days. Ether dropped as much as 4.4% to $2,589. Most of the top cryptocurrencies were down at least slightly in the past 24 hours to 1:15 p.m. Hong Kong time, according to pricing from CoinGeck...

The sell-off seen in the crypto space is continuing into the weekend, and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), the apex crypto, is no exception. Bitcoin-backer and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, unsurprisingly, is seeing the weakness as a buying opportunity.

© Provided by BenzingaBitcoin May Be Plunging Hard, But Look Who's Buying The Dip

What Happened: Bukele said in a late Friday tweet that the country has purchased an additional 410 Bitcoins for $15 million, the nation now holds over 1,500 BTC. The ...

Bitcoin and ethereum are two of the most popular and biggest cryptocurrencies by market size. 

Bitcoin, which came into existence in 2008, was created by someone using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto. 

Russian-Canadian programmer Vitalik Buterin created ethereum in 2015.

Despite being both digital currencies, there are few fundamental differences between them.

Bitcoin was created to be a decentralized digital currency, which means nobody controls it--neither the government nor central bank.

Howe...

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Ethereum was leading the crypto moon race while Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) attempted to break up bullishly from a descending channel, but was still trading about 7% below its Oct. 20 all-time high of $66,999.

If Ethereum is able to get bullish follow through on the break it could be a big weekend...

Jamie Dimon bashes bitcoin while profiting from bitcoin … the case for bitcoin at $500K … a potential price catalyst to keep on your radar … is gold about to turn north?

Jamie Dimon is the CEO of JPMorgan.

He’s also a master marketer.

Earlier this week, he called bitcoin “worthless.” It’s far from the first time he’s slammed the cryptocurrency. Here’s a quick trip down memory lane featuring some of Dimon’s greatest hits:

2014: “terrible store of value”

2015: “will not sur...

Bitcoin's 2021 bull run ended in June when Chinese regulators cracked down on cryptocurrency miners. Bitcoin, Ether and almost all other cryptocurrencies experienced a sharp decline on Monday night, and it again appears tied to activity in China, though of a different kind this time.

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Bitcoin's price has dropped over 11% in the past 24 hours, sitting at just over $41,600 at the time of writing. The cryptocurrency came close to falling below $40,000 when it d...

The price of Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD) has once again jumped above $50,000 today and crypto traders are heading online to discuss what this means for BTC.

© Provided by InvestorPlace A render of bitcoin surrounding a smartphone.

Bitcoin has been on a wild ride this year that has had crypto traders gripping the edge of their seats. At its best, BTC was trading for about $63,000 per token back in April. However, a major downturn happened that saw it fall to roughly $30,000 per token back in July.

BTC...

• Within a decade, quantum computing is expected to be able to hack into cell phones, bank accounts, email addresses and bitcoin wallets.
• "The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) has been working on a new standard for encryption for the future that's quantum proof," said Fred Thiel, CEO of cryptocurrency mining specialist Marathon Digital Holdings. 

© Provided by CNBC Intel's 17-qubit quantum test chip.

Stefan Thomas really could have used a quantum computer this year.

The German-b...