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Week in Crypto: The Death of the Four-Year Cycle, Institutional Bitcoin, AI Breakthroughs, and Digital Power Shifts

By Emir Abyazov Bitcoin, for the first time in history, completed a cycle in which the cryptocurrency market suffered a loss one year after the halving, breaking the four-year cycle pattern that had existed for over a decade.  This event symbolized a fundamental transformation of the cryptocurrency market, where institutional players and macroeconomic factors now […]

Bitcoin Miner Capitulation May Signal Market Bottom: VanEck

By Emir Abyazov Key highlights: Bitcoin’s hash rate dropped 4% in December, marking its steepest decline since April 2024. VanEck analysts say prolonged hash rate declines have historically preceded stronger Bitcoin returns. Rising energy costs and competition from AI data centers are pressuring miners worldwide. Bitcoin miners are beginning to capitulate, and some analysts believe […]