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Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin Mining Will Be Different in 2025

ETFs, hashrate markets and AI have fundamentally reshaped the bitcoin mining industry, reducing miners' dependence on bitcoin’s price.

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Markets

Bitcoin's Breakout to New Highs Could Be Near, Past Market Cycles Suggest

The top crypto's current correction from the March peak resembles the action of 2016 and 2020 during the previous bull runs, which resolved in new all-time highs in the latter months of the year.

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100 Days After the Bitcoin Halving, What's Next?

July 29 marks the 100th day since the Bitcoin blockchain implemented its fourth mining reward halving. According to a new research by ETC Group, the bullish impact of the slowdown in BTC supply expansion led by the halving tends to kick in after 100 days. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents the "Chart of the Day."

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The Clock Has Ticked on Bitcoin's Post Halving Surge, 100 Days After the Latest Quadrennial Halving

July 29 marks the 100th day since the Bitcoin blockchain cut per block mining rewards to 3.125 BTC from 6.25 BTC.

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Opinion

Halving Impact and Macro Shifts Create Tailwinds for Bitcoin

Despite the drop in bitcoin’s price since April’s halving, there are still plenty of reasons to be bullish about BTC and crypto, says Paul Marino, Chief Revenue Officer at GraniteShares.

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Bitcoin's Post-Halving Demand to Be 5x Greater Than Supply, Bitfinex Estimates

The new BTC supply added to the market could drop to $30 million per day, according to Bitfinex.

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21Shares Exec on Consumer Facing Applications Powered by Blockchain

Eliézer Ndinga, 21Shares' VP and Head of Strategy and Business Development, Digital Assets, discusses the role Bitcoin network can play in consumer-facing applications. The convergence "represents a significant opportunity for entrepreneurs to get used to Bitcoin script...and trying to double down on it."

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21Shares Exec on Aftermath of the Halving, Future of Bitcoin Network

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading above the $66,000 level after the halving took place late last Friday. Eliézer Ndinga, 21Shares' VP and Head of Strategy and Business Development, Digital Assets, discusses the halving's impact on miners, entrepreneurs, and future consumer-facing applications.

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Bitcoin Transaction Fees Slide Significantly Post Halving

Bitcoin transaction fees have significantly lowered following the halving, with medium-priority transactions now costing $8.48 while high-priority transactions costing $9.32, according to data from Mempool.space. The hashprice index, a metric created by Luxor to quantify how much a miner can expect to earn from a specific quantity of hashrate, has also dropped from $182.98 per hash/day to $81. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Bitcoin Miners Have Raked in Abnormal Transaction Fees Since Halving: Bernstein

The spike in network fees was driven by speculative activity to mint new meme tokens following the launch of the Runes protocol, the report said.

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