The Colorado-based bitcoin miner – Riot Blockchain – reported a total revenue of nearly $260 million for 2022, a 22% increase compared to 2021. It mined 5,554 BTC and boosted its hash rate capacity to an all-time high of 9.7 EH/s. The positive results come in spite of the devastating bear market that reigned during the bigger part of the year, and Riot’s shrunk production levels in the summer due to a heat wave. Against All Odds Riot produced 46% more bitcoin in 2022 than in...
Read More »EOS Soars 8% While Bitcoin Marked 18-Day Low: Weekend Watch
Bitcoin’s massive crash on Friday drove it south to just under $22,000 to mark its lowest price tag since February 14. The altcoins experienced similar enhanced volatility, but most have calmed since then. Ripple’s XRP and EOS are among the few alts with notable gains. Bitcoin Slipped Below $22K Despite the rising volatility at the end of February, bitcoin managed to close the month with a slight increase and stood at around $23,000. The first few days of March saw a price...
Read More »Bitcoin Crashes 7%, Silvergate Bank Issues Intensify, ETH Shanghai Inches Closer: This Week’s Recap
This week was a complete rollercoaster in terms of price action as the majority of cryptocurrencies found themselves stuck in a chopping range before the ultimate leg down. Bitcoin was trading at around $23,300 this time last week, and a couple of days later, it attempted the first push toward $24K. it was unsuccessful, and at around the end of the week, BTC found itself below $23K. However, this dip was immediately bought up, and the price tapped $24K on Wednesday. The bulls...
Read More »Bullish or Bearish? A Closer Look at Bitcoin’s Historical Performance in March
Following an ultimately flat February, eager investors are curious: what’s in store for Bitcoin’s price this March? Here’s a look at how Bitcoin has performed each March over the last 12 years. On average, the asset’s price has risen by 10% each time. Bitcoin, March, and the Halving In its earliest days, March wasn’t a particularly bullish month for BTC. The cryptocurrency fell by 8.2% to just $0.79 in 2011, and went on to move 0% in March of the following year. Things...
Read More »Bitcoin Attempts a Recovery, is $25K Next? (BTC Price Analysis)
Bitcoin’s price has been consolidating below a significant resistance level in recent weeks after continually failing to break it to the upside. While there is still a high probability for the price to break above this crucial point, multiple support levels are also available if a pullback were to occur. Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart On the daily chart, the price has been rejected from the key $25K resistance level multiple times recently. Currently, the 50-day...
Read More »Stacks (STX) Soars Another 12%, Bitcoin Flat at $23K: Weekend Watch
After falling by roughly $1,000 and marking a multi-week low beneath $23,000, bitcoin has calmed and sits at just over that line amid low trading volumes. The altcoins are also quiet today, given the trading volumes, aside from the likes of Stacks and Lido Dao, both of which are up by impressive percentages. Bitcoin Flat at $23K Bitcoin tried its hand at taking down $25,000 three times in the past 10 days or so, with the most notable surge coming in the middle of last week as...
Read More »Following Bitcoin’s Latest Correction, This is the Crucial Level it Must Hold (Price Analysis)
Bitcoin’s price has been struggling to break above a significant resistance level and is currently experiencing a pullback, following the recent red days on Wall Street. Is it just a short-term correction or a beginning of a new bearish leg? Technical Analysis By: Edris The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, the price dropped shortly after getting rejected from the critical $25K level. The 50-day moving average around the $22K level would be the first likely support level,...
Read More »Missouri Citizen Sentenced to 5 Years of Probation After Shooting a Bitcoin ATM: Report
Matthew Klinger – a 51-year-old Jefferson City, Missouri resident – received five years of supervised probation after admitting to shooting a bitcoin ATM with a handgun. It remains unclear whether the machine had any faults, however, he said he did it “so that it could not take money from anyone else.” So Close to a Prison Sentence Recent coverage informed that Klinger arrived at Vapor Maven on Missouri Boulevard in August last year and requested to talk to the general...
Read More »Crypto Markets Lost $40B as Bitcoin Dumped to 10-Day Low: Weekend Watch
Bitcoin didn’t react well to the latest PCE data coming from the US and dropped by almost a grand to a ten-day low. The altcoins also sit deep in the red, with the most substantial losses coming from MATIC, DOT, UNI, and others. Bitcoin Fell to $23K The end of last week went a lot better than this one as BTC skyrocketed by double-digits to chart a six-month high above $25,000. It failed to decisively overcome that line at first but kept trying. However, all three attempts saw...
Read More »Block’s Shares Jumped 7% Despite Declining Q4 Bitcoin Revenue
Block (formerly known as Square) – an American multinational technology conglomerate founded by Jack Dorsey – disclosed $1.83 billion of bitcoin revenue generated from its Cash App payment service in Q4, 2022. The figure was nearly $2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021, and the company blamed the decline of the crypto market for the downturn. However, Block’s shares climbed nearly 7% after reporting positive overall financial results. BTC Revenue Drops 7% YoY Block’s...
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