Bitcoin is up 80% since the start of the year. History shows the cryptocurrency tends to do well in the run-up to its so-called "halving."
Highlights
- One bitcoin was worth roughly $30,000 as of Wednesday morning, according to data from CoinGecko.
- The world’s largest cryptocurrency is up by more than 80% since the start of the year.
- Bitcoin halvings take place roughly every four years, or every time another 210,000 “blocks” are added to the blockchain.
- The event cuts the rewards to bitcoin miners by 50%, effectively limiting supply of the token.
- The maximum number of bitcoins that will ever exist in circulation is capped at 21 million.
- The last halving of Nov.
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