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Beyond the Bitcoin halving

Beyond the Bitcoin halving

Crypto fanatics cheered, but the price of BTC sat still. On to the next epoch!

Ryan Ozawa
April 20, 2024

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📝 What you need to know

Barely 10 minutes into Saturday, April 20, the Bitcoin halving happened. No angels were heard on high, the world didn’t end, but Crypto Twitter threw a party (drawing a few party crashers). As for the looming question as to what would happen to the price of BTC, the answer so far is not much at all.

If you missed this Bitcoin halving, don’t worry: you’ll have another chance when the fifth halving occurs in 2028!

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💬 Quote of the Day

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“Never in human history has a good that people use as money been this scarce.
Happy Bitcoin halving, peeps!"

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