The crypto space is fraught with opinions, with celebrities, micro-influencers and community members constantly chiming in to give their take on markets. This can make it difficult for investors to ...

The Bitcoin halving, also known as “the halvening,” is the name for one of the most hotly anticipated recurring events in Bitcoin’s history. In April 2024, the number of bitcoin entering circulation ...

The recent Bitcoin halving has once again slashed miner rewards, altering supply dynamics. Despite similarities, this halving saw a couple of notable differences from past halvings. While short-term ...

Matt Whittaker specializes in natural resources journalism. Over the past two decades, he’s reported on energy, cannabis, mining, agriculture and commercial fishing from the Americas, Europe and Asia.

“Bitcoin is a scam,” I concluded in 2012, after my first experience almost using it—which, as you might have guessed, was a bad one. “It feels like a Ponzi scheme.” And yet, more and more people ...

A Bitcoin halving event cuts the rate at which new coins are created, often boosting their price. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate ...

A “block” is a file containing 1 megabyte (MB) of Bitcoin (BTC) transaction records on the Bitcoin blockchain. “Miners” compete to add the next block by solving a complex mathematical problem using ...