Bear Market
VanEck forecasts BTC price to hit $10K to 12K in Q1 – $30K by Q3
VanEck predicts Bitcoin price will reach $10,000 to $12,000 in the first quarter amid miner bankruptcies due to the impending energy crisis.
Josh O'Sullivan 2 min read
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DCG on tight deadline, new Binance acquisition, Silvergate lawsuit, Solana pumps – CryptoSlate Wrapped Daily
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Bear Market
Bitcoin miner revenue down 37.5% in 2022 YoY
Along with poor market conditions, miners also suffered from high electricity costs and record mining difficulty.
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Research
Research: Short-term Bitcoin holders fell to its lowest level at 15% of the supply
Bitcoin Supply Last Active falls to its lowest percentage level ever, suggesting the stage is primed for the return of bullish price action.
Crypto
CryptoSlate Daily wMarket Update: Solana climbs above $10 as entire market turns green
The wMarket Update condenses the most important price movements in the crypto markets over the reporting period, published 07:45 ET on weekdays.
Hacks
Bitcoin core developer loses 216 BTC to ‘PGP compromise’
Blockchain explorer showed that the wallet transacted four times and holds 216.93 BTC ($3.6 million) as of press time.
Mining
The centralization of Bitcoin: Behind the two mining pools controlling 51% of the global hash rate
Only two pools were responsible for mining more than half of Bitcoin's blocks in the second half of December. We looked at Foundry and Antpool to see what's behind the mining behemoths and is Bitcoin really as centralized as it looks.
Research
Research: BTC and ETH bear market started in mid-2021, data suggests
Active addresses indicate that the bear market set in months before BTC and ETH prices attained all-time highs in November 2021.
Analysis
BTC performed better than ARKK, MSTR, COIN despite 65% fall in 2022
Only DXY and Gold recorded an increase year-to-date.
