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2024-04-21 09:49:57 Deutsche Bank Expects Bitcoin Price to 'Stay High' After Halving — JPMorgan Disagrees

JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank have weighed in on potential price movements for bitcoin following the halving. “We continue to expect prices to stay high,” Deutsche Bank analysts said. JPMorgan analysts, however, stated that they “see downside for the bitcoin price post halving for several reasons.”

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2024-04-20 18:59:57 Bitcoin Miners Smash Previous Revenue Records Post-Halving; Over $54M Collected in 60 Blocks

Since the halving, 63 blocks have been mined, and bitcoin miners have accumulated substantial fees following a dramatic increase in the fee rate. This surge took the cost per transaction from $18 to over $245, recorded at 9:00 p.m. EDT on Friday evening. Since then fees have dropped and by Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. EDT, transfer fees are down to $34 per transaction.

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2024-04-20 08:45:13 After Halving Event, Bitcoin Transaction Fees Soar to Over $240

Upon reaching block height 840,000, when the mining pool Viabtc collected 37.626 bitcoin in fees worth $2.39 million, the expense for onchain transfers climbed, surpassing $240 per transaction. Block 840,003 recorded 16.06 bitcoins in fee payments, and block 840,004 accumulated 24 bitcoins in fees valued at over $1.5 million.

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2024-04-19 20:55:23 Bitcoin Technical Analysis: BTC Faces Volatile Day of Trading and Complex Dynamics

As bitcoin navigates a tumultuous trading range between $60,022 and $65,430, market analysts scrutinize oscillators and moving averages for future price direction clues. The cryptocurrency’s price hovers at around $65,110 on April 19, 2024, reflecting a volatile day for traders after the escalating conflict in the Middle East and ahead of the halving.

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2024-04-19 09:55:16 Coinbase leases larger New York office, abandons Hudson Yards workspace

Coinbase is relocating to a new office in New York, abandoning its Hudson Yards workspace in the process, a source familiar with the matter told The Block. According to the real estate trade publication, the exchange this month signed an eleven-year lease for a 67,208-square-foot space at One Madison in Manhattan's Flatiron District. A source informed The Block that Coinbase will not retain its office at 55 Hudson Yards, which has been leased since 2021.

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2024-04-18 21:04:58 Transaction Fees Soar on Bitcoin Network as Network Braces for Halving

The cost of sending bitcoin (BTC) onchain is climbing, with the halving expected after another 229 blocks are mined. As of April 18, 2024, approximately 164,000 transactions or 220 blocks worth of transfers are pending confirmation. There has been an increase in transaction activity since April 4, and from April 7 onward, there have consistently been more than 450,000 confirmed transactions per day for the past 11 days. In a similar trend, the rise in transfer fees began 11 days ago, climbing from $2.86 per average transaction to $9.09 per transaction three days later.

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2024-04-18 08:40:15 Crypto ETFs other than Bitcoin and Ethereum funds will '100%' be approved: Grayscale

Grayscale's ETF chief is bullish that regulators will eventually have to approve exchange-traded funds based on cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin and ether. David LaValle, Grayscale's global head of ETFs, was asked during a roundtable discussion on Wednesday if he thought exchange-traded funds based on other cryptocurrencies might gain approval in the next two to three years.

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2024-04-17 18:59:58 Bitcoin’s Outperformance Means Some of Expected Post-Halving Rally May Have Come Early: JPMorgan

Recent weakness in mining stocks ahead of the bitcoin (BTC) halving offers an attractive entry point for investors, JPMorgan (JPM) said in a research report on Tuesday. The total market cap of the 14 U.S.-listed bitcoin miners tracked by the bank fell 28%, or $5.8 billion, to $14.2 billion, from March 31 to April 15, the report said. All of the stocks underperformed bitcoin and all lost at least 20%. The quadrennial reward halving slows the rate of growth in bitcoin supply and is expected to occur around April 19-20.

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2024-04-17 10:50:19 Bitcoin ETF Hype Dies Down, Normalcy Sets In

The initial euphoria for the spot bitcoin ETFs has seemingly dampened and reality is slowly kicking in with inflows recently unable to keep up with the still speedy pace of exits from Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). On last Friday and again on Monday, Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) had inflows of $0, breaking its streak of daily additions that started at launch on January 11. That leaves BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) as the only spot bitcoin ETF left that's experienced an unbroken string of inflows since the vehicles began trading.

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2024-04-16 19:40:25 Current actions of bitcoin holders mirror December 2020, suggesting possible growth phase: Bitfinex analysts

A significant decrease in the inactive supply of bitcoin that has not moved in over a year is indicative of long-term holders either continuing to trim their holdings or moving their assets off exchange, according to this week's Bitfinex Alpha report. "Fundamental to bitcoin price dynamics is this week’s halving, which as it approaches, has seen a notable surge in bitcoin leaving centralized exchanges, and a decrease in the inactive supply of bitcoin that has not moved in over a year, to an 18-month low," Bitfinex analysts said.

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