Category Bitcoin

Bitcoin’s cycle is weaker, but not finished

2024 BTC cycle 'dramatically' underperforming previous halvings: Analyst

The Halving Trade Is Losing Its Familiar Shape Bitcoin’s market rhythm used to feel almost mechanical: halving, squeeze, breakout, euphoria. That pattern is harder to defend now. The latest cycle has been dramatically softer than the three prior post-halving runs,…

Alcoa’s idle smelter becomes Bitcoin bait

Aluminum giant Alcoa to sell dormant smelter to Bitcoin miner NYDIG: Report

Power, Not Metal, Is the Real Asset Alcoa’s reported talks to sell the Massena East smelter to NYDIG are not really about aluminum. They are about electricity, infrastructure and the market price of unused industrial capacity. The plant has been…

Difficulty fell, but miners are not done yet

Bitcoin mining difficulty falls, but projected to rise in next adjustment

A Temporary Relief, Not a Trend Reversal Bitcoin’s mining system has a way of punishing lazy conclusions. A drop in difficulty can look like easing pressure for miners, but the deeper signal is rarely that simple. With average block times…

Bitcoin’s range is the real story

Here’s what happened in crypto today

The Market Is Not Waiting For A Narrative Bitcoin is not trading like an asset that has finished digesting its last big move. It is trading like a market that knows a new regime may be forming, but is still…