Bitcoin Halving 2024: Countdown & Impact Analysis - Decrypt

Bitcoin Halving Countdown 2024

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Bitcoin Halving 2024 Countdown Clock
Halving happened at block 840000!
840000Halving Block
845098Current Block
~10 minutesBlock Time
USD 69166Exchange Rate
USD 1.36 BMarket Cap
84.38 TDifficulty
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Markets

This Week in Coins: GameStop Surge Spurs Meme Coin Mania, and Bitcoin Ends on a High

What a week it's been. The Sunday night return of Roaring Kitty led to a trading frenzy, with meme stocks and digital coins and tokens alike surging. The internet star and financial analyst posted on Twitter (aka X) for the first time in nearly three years. By Monday morning, the price of GameStop had gone through the roof as traders decided to snap up the original meme stock. Roaring Kitty—real name Keith Gill, aka DeepFuckingValue on Reddit—started the meme stock trading craze back in 2021, i...

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Apr 22, 2024

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Technology Guides

What Is the Bitcoin Halving? How Bitcoin's Supply Is Limited

Earn a free on-chain NFT by taking our course, "Bitcoin Halving 101: What it Means for Miners and Investors." Every four years, the amount of Bitcoin doled out to cryptocurrency miners halves in a process imaginatively known as the Bitcoin halving (or halvening, though the term has fallen out of favor in recent years). Here’s why—and how—it works. Bitcoin’s supply limit To understand the Bitcoin halving, we must first understand the theory behind its supply. The inventor of Bitcoin, Satoshi Naka...

by Matt Hussey, Ki Chong Tran, Stephen Graves ·

Apr 21, 2024

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Coins

This Week on Crypto Twitter: Bitcoin Halving Anticipation to Elation—Then Back to Work

Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt It was a rollercoaster week for Bitcoin and the broader crypto landscape, with most eyes fixed on the quadrennial Bitcoin halving finally executing early Saturday morning, on 4/20. Monday brought an encouraging rebound after a weekend dip. As expected, Hong Kong joined the digital asset ETF party, approving Bitcoin and Ethereum spot ETFs. Latest on HK spot Bitcoin ETFs: They have been approved to exist but not launch (yet). Rumor has it launching nex...

by Ryan Ozawa ·

Apr 21, 2024

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Markets

Solana, Ethereum Meme Coin Prices Blast Off as Bitcoin Stays Steady After Halving

The latest Bitcoin halving took place late Friday, cutting miner rewards in half for the fourth time in history—but BTC itself is hardly the biggest winner in the crypto markets this weekend. Instead, it’s meme coins leading the charge, with some prominent tokens marking sizable double-digit percentage jumps in the last day. Dog-themed coins are the biggest winners so far this weekend, with the Solana-based BONK charting a massive 37% jump in price over the last 24 hours alone, jumping to a curr...

by Andrew Hayward ·

Apr 21, 2024

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Coins

When Is the Next Bitcoin Halving?

Bitcoin’s latest halving event has happened. Are you ready for the next one?  The much-talked about quadrennial event baked into Bitcoin’s code happens every four years, approximately. The first one took place in November 2012, the second in July 2016, the third in May 2020, and the latest was just on Friday—April 19, 2024. And with the fourth one down, the next one is already scheduled when another 210,000 blocks are mined—which is expected sometime in 2028, though the exact month and date will...

by Mat Di Salvo ·

Apr 20, 2024

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Coins

What's Next for Bitcoin After the Halving?

Welcome to Bitcoin’s fifth epoch. Following the network’s programmed reduction in newly issued Bitcoin, a new era of digital scarcity has been ushered in. Like clockwork on Friday, the reward that miners earn for validating Bitcoin transactions was slashed in half for the fourth time since the blockchain’s launch. Bitcoin’s so-called halving occurred at just after 8pm ET on Friday. As a result, miners will earn 3.125 BTC per block created until some time likely in 2028. It’s part of miners’ dues...

by André Beganski ·

Apr 20, 2024

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Coins

This Week in Coins: Bitcoin Halving Happens But BTC Doesn't Budge After a Dramatic Week

Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt. The long-anticipated halving event took place on 4/20 and after all the hype and speculation, Bitcoin is...sitting pretty still. CoinGecko shows that the top coin's price stands at $64,041, after dropping by 5% in seven days. Over the past 24 hours—which included the fourth reduction in mining rewards since the birth of BTC—it hasn't moved at all. It's still been a dramatic week for the biggest digital asset by market cap after it got battered last w...

by Mat Di Salvo ·

Apr 20, 2024

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Coins

Bitcoin Halving Is Here: Crypto Twitter Reacts

The highly anticipated Bitcoin halving has arrived, and the Bitcoin faithful cheered the event, with many declaring a new era in Bitcoin—particularly as the new Runes protocol came online as well. Anticipation around the halving has steadily grown since the start of the new year. In January, after the SEC approved the first set of Bitcoin ETFs, fuel was added to the fire, and investors began speculating what the fourth halving would mean for the price of the number one cryptocurrency. Heading in...

by Jason Nelson ·

Apr 20, 2024

The Bitcoin halving occurs roughly every four years. Image: Created by Decrypt using AI.

Coins

Bitcoin Completes Fourth Halving, Ushering In New Era for BTC

The Bitcoin halving is here. On Friday, just after 8 p.m. ET, the Bitcoin network successfully underwent its programmed reduction in newly issued BTC. After the 840,000th Bitcoin block was created, successful miners now earn 3.125 BTC per block completed, in addition to network transaction fees. Representing the fourth halving event in Bitcoin’s history, the moment was widely anticipated by the crypto community in recent weeks. Meanwhile, the price of Bitcoin was up slightly for the day, just un...

by André Beganski ·