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The mining data site Hashrate Index has released a report reflecting on the state of the Bitcoin mining industry throughout 2022.  The analysis examines the steep decline in mining profitability in 2022 compared to 2021 amid plummeting Bitcoin prices and a rising hash rate.  The Hardest Hitting Bear Market Per the report published on Wednesday, Bitcoin’s hashprice reached an all-time low of $55.94/PH/day in November of last year. Hashprice is a dollar-denominated measure of...

Glassnode released its first on-chain video report of 2023 on Tuesday, reviewing what could be data-based indicators of an emerging crypto bull market.  The firm noted that both Bitcoin and Ether’s price and on-chain activity have seen little volatility since the year began – a period like others that have historically preceded “explosive market moves.” Starting Off Slow As explained by Glassnode’s lead analyst James Check, Bitcoin has been stuck trading within a roughly $550...

It has taken bitcoin just a little over two months to recover from the damages done by the collapse of SBF’s former crypto empire, as the asset skyrocketed to over $21,000 earlier today. Most alternative coins saw an equally if not more impressive rally in the past week or so, culminating in double-digit price surges on Friday and early Saturday. BTC Topped $21K After a violent year, which saw the demise of former crypto giants such as Terra, 3AC, and Celsius, the end of 2022...

In one of its most impressive rallies in about a year, bitcoin skyrocketed by double digits, charting a two-month high above $21,000. Most alternative coins have followed suit, resulting in over $650 million in liquidations on a 24-hour scale, the majority of which were from short positions. It’s safe to say that the start of the year has been quite favorable for the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin, for one, stood around $16,500 on January 1. After a quiet first few days, it...

Bitcoin is pushing against the $20k price level for the first time since early November, prior to FTX’s collapse. As of 22:28 UTC, Bitcoin traded at $19,962, up from roughly $18,800 at the start of the day. Its price climbed especially fast 21:34 UTC, when it sprang from $19,450 to $19.823 within 5 minutes.  Liquidations remain high, with $70 million across 45,000 crypto traders being cleared within the past hour, according to Coinglass. The largest liquidated trade within...

Bitcoin’s price has finally broken above a significant resistance level following yesterday’s CPI announcement. However, there is still one major obstacle that should be taken out for the price action to be considered bullish. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart: On the daily timeframe, the price has finally broken above both the $18K resistance level and the higher boundary of the large falling wedge pattern. From a classical price action point of view, BTC could...

Bitcoin has returned to $19,000 for the first time since October, soaring beyond its low trading range established after FTX’s collapse. The move has many on crypto twitter calling for a new bull market – though some believe it’s a bull trap.  Bitcoin traded for $17,911 early on Thursday, experiencing some volatility after December’s CPI inflation clocked in at 6.5%.  The asset pumped by roughly $1000 at about 17:35 UTC, and has maintained its elevated price level since then....

El Salvador faced a tough year after making Bitcoin legal tender in the country. But the country’s Legislative Assembly voted to pass a historic – Digital Asset Issuance legislation – that is expected to set the stage for the issuing of President Nayib Bukele’s bitcoin bonds, aka, the Volcano Bonds. The new law will focus on setting up a legal framework around the issuance of digital assets and the wider crypto classification, which includes every other type of digital asset...

One of the leading bitcoin mining companies – Core Scientific – mined 1,356 BTC in November and 1,435 BTC in December. It also boosted its self-mining hashrate from 15.4 EH/s to 15.7 EH/s. The positive performance comes even though the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at the end of December last year. Over 1.4K BTC Mined The US-based firm produced 1,356 and 1,435 self-mined BTC in November and December, respectively, and 795 and 931 bitcoin for colocation...

Cryptocurrency projects obtained 42.5% less funding in 2022 compared to what they received in 2021.  Still, last year’s capital was significantly higher than the figures in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Funding in 2022  The crypto winter that hit the digital asset industry in 2022 has triggered a major market decline, an outflow of investor interest, and halted the expansion plans of some companies. According to a CoinGecko study, such firms had raised $21.26 billion last year, and...