Following
the bitcoin halving event on July 9th, the price of bitcoin stabilized in the mid-600 range and remained there through most of July.
Not exact matches
Bitcoin halving is a roughly once - every - four - year event whereby the consistent supply of bitcoin released is cut i
Bitcoin halving is a roughly once - every - four - year
event whereby the consistent supply of
bitcoin released is cut i
bitcoin released is cut in
half.
In any case,
bitcoin halving was celebrated throughout the
bitcoin community as a great
event showing the strength of the cryptocurrency and the stability of the protocol.
The second - ever
Bitcoin block reward
halving is estimated to take place in a little under two weeks, and the overall effects of this
event are still somewhat of an unknown.
The
halving on 9th July was preceded by speculation that the
event would drive the price of
bitcoin to new heights.
While Lingham identified unforeseen
events as potentially driving
bitcoin prices lower, Zivkovski noted that the excitement the market has built up for the
halving won't last forever.
While a number of possibilities relating to the future of payments were discussed at the
half - day
event, a key component was a panel focusing on
bitcoin, featuring Bitnet CEO John McDonnell.
This is an indication that the
halving event is regarded as a good thing for the
Bitcoin industry and it is positively impacting the market even before it takes place.»
These two incidents, combined with another
halving event, drove the
Bitcoin price up 163.9 %.
Anyone with
half a brain should be - the
bitcoin exchanges have been clear that in the
event of a «rollercoaster crash» (which is coming) that they don't have the capacity to service all of the sell requests so keeping too much in
bitcoin is bad news...
Bitcoin Cash enjoyed a week in positive territory, gaining 13 % from Monday's opening $ 1,157.2, though the gains masked
events through the first
half of the week, which saw
Bitcoin Cash slump to a Tuesday low $ 758.61.
Bitcoin has now experienced two
halving events, which, theoretically, should have had a jolting effect on the network and price.
Bitcoin prices experienced modest fluctuations in July, pushing higher in anticipation of the
halving and then declining after the
event.
As
bitcoin issuance diminishes over time with each
halving event, increasing scarcity should raise the future price.
The
event, a
bitcoin version of the usually aggressive, post-Thanksgiving shopping spree, started in 2012 as what its founder Jon Holmquist calls «a
half - baked idea».
Petar Zivkovski, the director of operations at WhaleClub, argues that the price of
bitcoin will drop after
halving, due to the fact it marks a likely exit
event for speculative buyers.
Bitcoin price watching during 2016 has been very exciting — we have seen the
halving event on 9 July, Bull runs, stable periods, reactions to exchange hacking and the highest ever traded volume supporting price rises.
Even though
bitcoin prices declined following the
halving and remained subdued for a few days after the
event, the markets remained bullish.