The Positive End To 2024 For Bitcoin

As 2024 comes to a close, Bitcoin investors are eagerly eyeing the final quarter of the year, traditionally known for positive price action. With many speculating that a bullish rally may be on the horizon, let’s break down the historical data, analyze trends, and weigh the possibilities of what BTC’s price action might look like by the end of this year.

Historical Performance of Bitcoin in Q4

Looking at the past decade on the Monthly Returns Heatmap, Q4 has frequently delivered impressive gains for Bitcoin. Data shows that BTC often finishes the year strong, as evidenced by three consecutive green months in 2023. Not every year follows this trend however, 2021 and 2022 were less…

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Bitcoin Magazine Introduces New Short Form Opinion Format: Takes

Every author has their own voice.

At Bitcoin Magazine, we’ve long been advocates of elevating the voices from the Bitcoin community. As the premier publisher of Bitcoin opinion content, we continually amplify the various perspectives from across the industry, whether they’re those of major CEOs or humble stackers.

That said, the Bitcoin Magazine brand has often relied on a more unified (or classical) editorial voice in its publication. We’re now taking steps to change that, by introducing a new article type called “Takes”.

Takes are short articles about an idea, trend, blog post, person, company, product or proposal in the Bitcoin space, on which the authors give their (indeed)…

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No, You Won't Find Out Who Satoshi Nakamoto Is Next Week

As a longtime Bitcoiner, I had to roll my eyes when I saw HBO release a trailer for an upcoming documentary, teasing to reveal Satoshi’s identity. Speculation arose that it would reveal who is Satoshi Nakamoto. After seeing many half-baked attempts to “unmask” Satoshi over the years, I’m certain this latest one won’t provide definitive proof either.

If you’ve been in Bitcoin long enough, you know the drill — someone claims they know or are Satoshi,…

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Imprisoned Binance exec a ‘legendary’ crypto crime investigator

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It’s been a weird week as we not only clean the skeletons out of our closets but also prepare for the last few months of the year. 

But no one’s had a worse week than ETH, which is down 10% so far this week (though things are starting to look up today). So much for a bullish start to Q4. 

All that aside, there are some bullish trends on the horizon. For example, Permissionless is just a few sleeps away and there’ll be plenty of folks weighing in on where we go from there with a healthy sprinkle of what’s making…

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Election outcome and SEC appeal to decide XRP ETF future

With spot crypto ETFs gaining momentum, many expect the upcoming US election to influence their approval.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent appeal of the court ruling in its case against Ripple Labs could also hinder those types of funds getting the regulatory green light.  

Investment firm Bitwise on Tuesday filed for an ETF that would hold Ripple (XRP) directly. Canary Capital appeared to file for a similar product, according to the Delaware corporation website.   

Read more: Bitwise files SEC paperwork to launch spot XRP ETF

The digital asset that powers the XRP Ledger public blockchain, XRP helps facilitate cross-border payments and remittances, Bitwise…

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AARON: Trump Does Not Give A Damn About Bitcoin

In his take from this Monday, Nikolaus argued that Donald Trump is heavily pro-Bitcoin. I beg to differ.

Yes, Trump is providing lip service to Bitcoiners, which is more than we can say of Kamala Harris. The fact that he spoke at the Bitcoin conference is certainly interesting, and at least indicates that he’s aware of the “crypto voter” as a potential voting block. And yes, Trump did show up at PubKey, which was a fun little stunt— though he…

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