Is Bitcoin’s Rally Over? Leverage Drops As Halving Highs Fade: Report

Recent trends in the crypto market have indicated a notable shift in trader behavior, particularly among those investing in Bitcoin. Using data from CryptoQuant, Bloomberg has revealed that the Bitcoin funding rate—the cost for traders to open long positions in Bitcoin’s perpetual futures—has turned negative for the first time since October 2023.

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Bitcoin is Pricing in Two Fed Rate Cuts for 2024, Trader Says

Bitcoin is stable as Asia begins its trading day, but crypto quant shop sees risk assets pricing in two, not three rate cuts.

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Marathon CEO hints at sovereign contributions to Bitcoin’s burgeoning hash rate

Quick Take The Bitcoin network is experiencing a remarkable surge in its hash rate, a crucial metric that reflects the computing power dedicated to processing transactions and maintaining the blockchain.

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Bitcoin’s hash rate surges as 2024 halving draws near

Quick Take Bitcoin’s hash rate, an essential indicator of network health and security, is in a robust upward trajectory, comfortably exceeding the 400 exahashes per second (eh/s) mark on a 30-day moving average.

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Bitcoin miner balance decline mirrors drop in hash rate, triggering market caution

Quick Take The recent downturn in Bitcoin can be seen in the fluctuations witnessed in the miner balance. Last week, the Bitcoin hash rate saw a 5% drop from its peak value of 400 eh/s. This was concurrent with an anticipated decline of around 3.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Jumps Past $29,000 Soon after Fed Rate Hike

Coinspeaker Bitcoin (BTC) Price Jumps Past $29,000 Soon after Fed Rate Hike Amid the unfolding banking crisis and interest rate hikes, Bitcoin has been showing strong resilience attempting another breakout above $30,000.

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Bitcoin metrics to the moon: ATH for hash rate, daily transactions and Ordinals

While the Bitcoin hash rate briefly touches new highs, Bitcoin Ordinals contribute to daily transactions exceeding 500,000.

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Theories abound as Bitcoin hash rate records unprecedented rise

Hodlonaut — aka Magnus Granath — asked the Bitcoin community where the flood of additional hash rate was coming from expressing concern at the recent spike. The post Theories abound as Bitcoin hash rate records unprecedented rise appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin price falls after US job figures

517K+ new jobs were created in January, pushing the unemployment rate to 3.4%. Bitcoin fell to $23,370 shortly after the news was announced.

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What is the Bitcoin hash rate? And why is at all-time highs?

Key Takeaways The Bitcoin hash rate is the amount of computing power contributed towards mining It has continued to take new all-time highs This squeezes miners’ profitability, at a time when electricity costs have risen and the Bitcoin price has fallen Overall, a high hash rate implies a healthy and more secure Bitcoin network   […] The post What is the Bitcoin hash rate? And why is at all-time highs? appeared first on CoinJournal.

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Bitcoin hash rate taps new milestone with miner hodling at 1-year low

Data shows that Bitcoin miners’ BTC reserves are at their lowest since December 2021, despite a dramatic hash rate renaissance.

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Bitcoin exchange rate has strengthened by almost 23% in a week

Bitcoin has been consolidating since mid-December. Capital refused to enter the cryptosphere after the decision of the Federal Reserve System to increase the discount rate. The US stock market was also under strong pressure, which persisted until early January.

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Bitcoin Price Eyes Fresh Upside Break After Fed Interest Rate Hike

Bitcoin price dipped a few points against the US Dollar after the fed rate hike. BTC remained supported and might eye a fresh increase above the $20,500 resistance. Bitcoin corrected further lower and tested the $20,000 support zone.

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Bitcoin price plummets while miner hash rate soars to all-time highs

The overall security of the Bitcoin protocol, or hash rate, hit a new high of 158 exahash per second despite the price being down over 50% year to date.

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Bitcoin’s hash rate surges despite persistent economic uncertainty

CoinWarz shows the Bitcoin hash rate continues to explode, hitting a new all-time high of 270 EH/s on Monday before settling around the 220 EH/s today. The post Bitcoin’s hash rate surges despite persistent economic uncertainty appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Higher interest rate concerns put a dampener on Bitcoin, says analyst

Market’s speculation of the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes continues to hinder Bitcoin,… The post Higher interest rate concerns put a dampener on Bitcoin, says analyst appeared first on Coin Journal.

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As Bitcoin Turns 13, The Network Is More Secure Than Ever

It would take an attacker with 100% of current hash rate over two years to rewrite the Bitcoin blockchain, an all-time high.

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Bitcoin hash rate returns to all-time high levels

After the global hash rate of Bitcoin dropped to as low as 84 EH/s in June, the network has since recovered to sit at around 175 EH/s this week.

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Bitcoin Dominance Rate (BTCD) Falls, Leading to Gains for Altcoins

The Bitcoin dominance rate (BTCD) is approaching its yearly lows and could eventually fall towards a new all-time low below 35% The post Bitcoin Dominance Rate (BTCD) Falls, Leading to Gains for Altcoins appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Bitcoin Dominance Rate (BTCD) Pulls Back, Allowing Altcoins to Flourish

The Bitcoin Dominance Rate (BTCD) has possibly reversed trend after its Sept 10 low and began a new upward movement. The post Bitcoin Dominance Rate (BTCD) Pulls Back, Allowing Altcoins to Flourish appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Bitcoin pinned below $38K as investors stash record $756 billion with Fed

Bitcoin bulls ducked for cover as the Federal Reserve started paying interest rate returns on cash deposits via its reverse repurchase program.

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How Another Chinese Power Outage May Have Led to Bitcoin’s Flash Crash This Week

Earlier in April, an accident at a Chinese coal mine in Xinjiang sent Bitcoin network’s hash rate plummeting 30% in a span of a day, which crippled the major cryptocurrency’s rally.  Now, Bitcoin’s hash rate is suffering a similar loss as miners based in Sichuan, China face limitations on power usage.  The State Grid in […]

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Bitcoin funding rate flips negative after $48K retest — Was it a bear trap?

Bitcoin price is more than 20% away from its all-time high, but the current negative funding rate on BTC futures might give bulls a unique advantage.

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Bitcoin’s average hash rate trending at a new high

Glassnode data shows that the hash rate on the Bitcoin network has reached a… The post Bitcoin’s average hash rate trending at a new high appeared first on Coin Journal.

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Bitcoin bulls struggling around $35,000 even as network hash rate rises

Bitcoin (BTC) hash rate sees 155.4 EH/s even as Bitcoin trades below a declining… The post Bitcoin bulls struggling around $35,000 even as network hash rate rises appeared first on Coin Journal.

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Analyst: Hash rate signal that preceded Bitcoin’s recent 100% rally will soon appear

The Bitcoin hash rate dove strongly in late October.

The post Analyst: Hash rate signal that preceded Bitcoin’s recent 100% rally will soon appear appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin Dominance Rate Breaks Down From Long-Term Support

The Bitcoin dominance rate (BTCD) has broken down from a long-term support level. A bounce near 59% is expected before the downward trend resumes. Bitcoin Dominance Rate Woes The Bitcoin dominance rate has been decreasing since May 8 when it reached a high just below 70%.

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A Detailed Look at the Bitcoin Dominance Rate

The Bitcoin dominance rate (BTCD) has broken down from a long-term rising support line. Unless it successfully reclaims the 66. 5% resistance area, the trend remains bearish. Double Bottom The Bitcoin dominance rate has been gradually increasing since June 24.

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Max Keiser: US Hash Rate War With Iran Can Send Bitcoin Price to $500K

The “Mona Lisa of the 21st century” will come of age as Trump competes with Maduro and Ayatollah Khomeini for Bitcoin hash rate, Keiser says.

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As Bitcoin Decreases, Its Dominance Rate Moves Upward

On June 11, the Bitcoin price was rejected by the $10,000 resistance area and has been decreasing since, briefly falling below $9,500. Interestingly enough, this decrease in Bitcoin price has caused a slight increase in the Bitcoin dominance rate.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Hash Rate Skyrockets, Targets New All-Time High

While Bitcoin?s difficulty is close to its 2019 levels, the hash rate of the flagship blockchain spiked. Why is this meaningful?

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Will the Bitcoin Dominance Rate Increase Spell Doom for Altcoins?

The Bitcoin dominance rate (BTCD) has broken out above an important resistance area and validated it as support. As long as it is trading above it, its price movement is considered bullish. The Bitcoin dominance rate has been increasing along with Bitcoin, causing alt/btc pairs to decrease towards their all-time lows.

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Bitcoin Now Has A Lower Inflation Rate Than Gold After Successfully Undergoing Its Third-Ever Halving

The block reward halving for the pioneer cryptocurrency, which was definitely the most awaited event this year has finally taken place. As a result, the rate at which new bitcoin’s are minted has just reduced by 50% for the third time in the coin’s history.

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Bitcoin rises to $10,000 amid financial crisis concerns

The bitcoin exchange rate temporarily exceeded $10,000 four days before halving. On 12 May, the inflation rate in the bitcoin network is scheduled to decrease from 3.6% to 1.8%.

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Data Snippet - Bitcoin Hash Rate hits an all-time high

The Bitcoin hash rate spiked to 267 Billion Gigahashes per second on 3rd May 2020, at 11 am UTC, which is the result of significant network growth approaching the next Bitcoin block reward halving in approximately 8 days.

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A Week from Halving, Bitcoin Hash Rate Breaks New Record

Bitcoin’s hash rate has climbed above its previous all-time high thanks to the latest rally in price. But with volatility a given in the Bitcoin market, the mining industry is... The post A Week from Halving, Bitcoin Hash Rate Breaks New Record appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Hash Rate Increase Shows Why Miners Are Loading Up On Bitcoin

As the Bitcoin halving fast approaches, miners are rushing to acquire as most coins as possible before the reward rate is slashed by half, in less than a month. It’s a conclusion reached after Bitcoin’s mining hash rate drastically surged in the past few days.

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Bitcoin difficulty expected to drop by 14% after mining readjustment

Bitcoin's hash rate, after registering an all-time high on 1 March 2020, fell drastically as an unexpected crash in Bitcoin's price wiped away its 2020 gains. The fall in hash rate transpired as more The post Bitcoin difficulty expected to drop by 14% after mining readjustment appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin Difficulty Set for 13% Drop as Hash Rate Following BTC Price

Bitcoin’s difficulty and hash rate are beginning to suffer from its price declines, data warns

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Bitcoin Dominance Rate Might Have Put the Nail in Coffin for Altcoins

On Feb. 15, the Bitcoin dominance rate reached a low of 61. 98%. It has been increasing ever since, and today it flipped the previous resistance area as support. Bitcoin Dominance Rate Highlights There is support at 65.

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Bitcoin’s Booming Hash Rate Is Really Bullish for the Market: Here’s Why

Bitcoin energy value — which seemingly correlates with the coin’s price — and Bitcoin’s hash rate have just hit all-time highs (ATH), showing that the ecosystem is stronger and more valuable than ever.

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Bitcoin Record Hash Rate Means Just One Thing – Buy

Coinspeaker Bitcoin Record Hash Rate Means Just One Thing – BuyA measure of the computing power devoted to validating the Bitcoin blockchain, hash rate spent much of 2019 in a continuous growth cycle.

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Bitcoin Bull Runs Always Preceded by 3 Phases of Miner Capitulation

Economists have long suspected a correlation between Bitcoin’s price action and its hash rate. Now, it appears there is a way to predict the market by looking at what happens when Bitcoin’s difficulty is negatively adjusted as hash rate drops.

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Bitcoin Hash Rate Approaching 120,000,000 TH/s Amid Market Crash

The Bitcoin Network is about to reach another hash rate milestone despite BTC falling more than $500 in a single day. Network Fundamentals Improving Despite Price Drop Data from Blockchain. com shows the Bitcoin Network hash rate currently at 114 quintillion hashes per second (114 million tera hashes per second — TH/s).

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Bitcoin Hash Rate Heading to 100 EH/s: How Price, Halving and Security Are Involved

As the Bitcoin hash rate approaches 100 EH/s, it’s important to look at the relationship between the hash rate, price, halving and security. The post Bitcoin Hash Rate Heading to 100 EH/s: How Price, Halving and Security Are Involved appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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Bitcoin Network Hash Rate Mysteriously Flash Crashes by 40%

An unexplained plummet in Bitcoin’s hash rate occurred yesterday, with a stark, if fleeting, 40% drop in mining on the network

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Bitcoin Hash Rate Hits 102 Quintillion in Historic Network Milestone

New Bitcoin hash rate highs fuel bullish price speculation

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Bitmain’s Antminer 17 Sold Out in Minutes. Will the Bitcoin Hash Rate Rise?

Bitcoin mining giant Bitmain has launched two new Antminer 17 miners to an eager market. Will the Bitcoin hash rate boom? The post Bitmain’s Antminer 17 Sold Out in Minutes. Will the Bitcoin Hash Rate Rise? appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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Bitcoin Hash Rate Nearing 100,000,000 TH/s In Historic First

Bitcoin is about to set yet another record as its network’s hash rate explodes in power, despite price trading sideways.   Bitcoin Sets New Record Data from monitoring resource Blockchain. com confirms an exciting new trend for Bitcoin’s hashrate, which at press time stood at an all-time high of 94 quintillion hashes per second (h/s).

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Bitcoin Hash Rate to Hit a Milestone 100 Quintillion for the First Time

2019 Bitcoin rebirth continues with yet another new hash rate record

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