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In markets, this time is almost never different. This Bitcoin halving is different.

Taproot funding support for bitcoin Bitcoin is about to experience its fourth halving, when the block reward for miners is cut in half. This time, it’s going from 6.25 bitcoins to 3.125 bitcoins. That means that every day, all of the Bitcoin miners in the world will be competing for just 450 new bitcoins.

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Bitcoin at 15: the relentless resilience of peer-to-peer electronic cash

In 2008, an 8-page white paper outlined a new form of money. Today, we celebrate the 15th anniversary of Bitcoin. On October 31, 2008, an anonymous entity named Satoshi Nakamoto published a white paper for a decentralized, “peer-to-peer electronic cash system.” The Bitcoin white paper was a direct response to the systemic weaknesses laid bare […]

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Crypto will be here long after the SBF trial is over

So as Sam Bankman-Fried stands trial for wire fraud, securities fraud, commodities fraud, money laundering and campaign finance violations, let’s remember one thing above all else: crypto itself is not on trial. Bitcoin is a technological fortress built to endure, and no amount of speculative narratives or individual fallibility could ever change that. After FTX’s […]

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