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Why Bitcoin won’t be the same three days from now

Why Bitcoin won’t be the same three days from now
Why Bitcoin won’t be the same three days from now

Synopsis

On April 20, the rewards for mining Bitcoins will be halved. Historically, after every halving event, the price of Bitcoin shoots up leading to a bull run. How will things unfold this time around? We explain.

April 20, 2024, will mark one of the key events in Bitcoin’s history. The crypto community is getting ready for Bitcoin halving, which, as the name implies, reduces the Bitcoin rewards by half. But it isn’t the halving itself that people look forward to, but what happens thereafter. Historically, after every halving event, the price of Bitcoin and subsequently the price of altcoins and others shoot up leading to a bull run. But compared to the
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