Bitcoin

Bitcoin is the world's first cryptocurrency, created in 2008 by the mysterious genius called Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin has a limited total supply and the strongest community. With its price going all the way up to where it is today, Bitcoin is more and more seen as modern society’s "digital gold".

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What Is Proof of Space Time (PoST)?
Intermediate

What Is Proof of Space Time (PoST)?

The proof of Space-Time mechanism is a mechanism designed to eliminate the energy and computational consumption required by other mechanisms.
2/10/2025, 1:35:37 AM
BTC ETF Buying Guide
Beginner

BTC ETF Buying Guide

This article provides a guide for investors who want exposure to Bitcoin without directly holding cryptocurrency. It explains the concept of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), their types (spot and futures), selection criteria, and how to purchase them. Through Bitcoin ETFs, investors can gain exposure to Bitcoin’s price movements on traditional financial platforms while benefiting from professional management and regulatory protections. However, they should also be aware of potential challenges such as fees, market volatility, and custody risks. The article aims to help readers understand how Bitcoin ETFs work and offers practical steps for purchasing them.
2/6/2025, 7:45:52 AM
The State of the Crypto Cycle
Advanced

The State of the Crypto Cycle

Grayscale Research suggests that crypto markets may move beyond the traditional four-year cycle as they mature. Current indicators, like Bitcoin’s MVRV ratio and miner metrics, show the market is in an intermediate stage, with potential for growth into 2025. Bitcoin adoption and regulatory clarity could lead to longer or changed cycles. Monitoring blockchain data and market sentiment, including altcoin dominance and funding rates, is key for effective risk management.
2/5/2025, 11:25:08 AM
Emperor Trump Ascends! How Will the U.S. BTC Strategic Reserve Operate?
Beginner

Emperor Trump Ascends! How Will the U.S. BTC Strategic Reserve Operate?

Although Trump did not sign a cryptocurrency executive order early in his tenure, the market remains hopeful about the U.S. establishing a Bitcoin (BTC) strategic reserve. Discussions primarily focus on potential sources of BTC reserves, including government-seized BTC, the Treasury's Exchange Stabilization Fund (ESF), and bond issuance etc.
2/5/2025, 8:44:36 AM
2025 Bitcoin Transaction Accelerate Guide
Beginner

2025 Bitcoin Transaction Accelerate Guide

Learn how to resolve stuck Bitcoin transactions in 2025 with this comprehensive step-by-step guide, including using RBF, CPFP and mining pools. This article will help you speed up BTC pending payments, providing a Bitcoin transaction fix step-by-step.
2/5/2025, 5:58:39 AM
What is the Santa Claus Rally?
Beginner

What is the Santa Claus Rally?

The "Santa Claus Rally" refers to the seasonal market surge that may occur in U.S. stocks and crypto markets around Christmas each year. This article analyzes its historical performance in U.S. stocks and crypto markets, driving factors, and 2024 market conditions. It explores the impact of market sentiment, macroeconomic policies, and seasonal capital flow patterns on this rally, providing investors with valuable insights for investing during the Christmas season.
2/5/2025, 5:27:17 AM
Analysis of Ecosystem Changes in BCH and Fractal Bitcoin Amid Bitcoin's
Beginner

Analysis of Ecosystem Changes in BCH and Fractal Bitcoin Amid Bitcoin's

This article explains the basic concepts and market performance of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Filecoin (FB), analyzing why assets closely linked to Bitcoin’s price surge haven’t mirrored its performance. It covers BCH's origins, FB's technical features, and the price trends, highlighting potential reasons for the underperformance of these correlated assets.
2/5/2025, 4:50:40 AM
Distribution of BTC Holders
Beginner

Distribution of BTC Holders

Over the past decade, Bitcoin has flowed into centralized exchanges, publicly listed and private companies, governments, Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), and derivative token projects like WBTC. This article will deeply analyze the top 20 entities that currently hold the most Bitcoin and explore their positions and influence in the Bitcoin market.
1/30/2025, 4:20:34 PM
How Bitcoin Spot and Futures Prices Are Interrelated
Beginner

How Bitcoin Spot and Futures Prices Are Interrelated

This article explores the relationship between Bitcoin spot and futures prices, highlighting key differences and reasons for price discrepancies. It also analyzes investment behaviors and key indicators, using examples to provide readers with a deeper understanding of market dynamics and investment strategies.
1/29/2025, 11:06:35 AM
2024 Crypto Industry Review and Outlook: The Rise of Stablecoin Payments and Huge Potential of BTC L2
Intermediate

2024 Crypto Industry Review and Outlook: The Rise of Stablecoin Payments and Huge Potential of BTC L2

In 2024, blockchain technology achieved breakthroughs in various fields. This annual summary focuses on blockchain security, stablecoin payment solutions, AI applications, exchanges, and the BTCFi space.
1/27/2025, 8:36:39 AM
Bitcoin's New Supply-Demand Equilibrium
Intermediate

Bitcoin's New Supply-Demand Equilibrium

This article provides a detailed analysis of Bitcoin market dynamics after breaking through $100,000, examining key indicators such as capital flows trending towards equilibrium and weakening supply-side pressure. Through reviewing metrics like realized market cap, net realized profit/loss, and coin days destroyed, it reveals that the market is transitioning from intense profit-taking to a new supply-demand equilibrium, while accumulating volatility may signal the start of a new market phase.
1/26/2025, 12:03:21 AM
Overview of Popular BTC On-Chain Indicators
Intermediate

Overview of Popular BTC On-Chain Indicators

On-chain analysis indicators provide transparency and real-time access to blockchain transaction information. This data reflects market participants' actual behavior while enabling investors to track large transactions, fund flows, and position changes. Through detailed analysis of on-chain data, investors can spot market trends, assess risks, identify opportunities, and monitor the behavior patterns of institutions and major players. The value of on-chain indicators stems from their immutable and transparent nature, offering reliable market insights for more informed decision-making in the volatile cryptocurrency market. This analysis method, grounded in actual transaction data, proves more compelling and valuable than traditional technical analysis.
1/23/2025, 3:50:36 PM
From MicroStrategy to Solv: Bitcoin Finance on the Path to a Trillion-Dollar Market
Intermediate

From MicroStrategy to Solv: Bitcoin Finance on the Path to a Trillion-Dollar Market

This article explores the development of Bitcoin Finance (BTCFi), with a focus on how Bitcoin is driving its financialization process through integration with traditional finance (TradFi), centralized finance (CeFi), and decentralized finance (DeFi). It also introduces how Solv protocol, through innovative services like wrapped Bitcoin, staking, and liquidity pools, is promoting the growth of BTCFi and helping it progress toward a trillion-dollar market.
1/23/2025, 9:09:07 AM
Decoding CMC‘s 2024-25 Crypto Yearbook
Intermediate

Decoding CMC‘s 2024-25 Crypto Yearbook

The 2024-2025 Crypto Market Yearbook (Yearbook) released by CoinMarketCap sorts out the major innovations, market-shaking moments and unforgettable milestones of the past year, while also looking forward to 2025.
1/23/2025, 8:56:24 AM
Understand the Bitcoin Unified Asset Protocol "Goldinals" in One Article
Beginner

Understand the Bitcoin Unified Asset Protocol "Goldinals" in One Article

As the first Bitcoin unified asset protocol contributed by Domo, the creator of BRC20, Goldinals might usher Bitcoin's ecosystem into a new unified and explosive era led by technical innovators. Goldinals provides a unified standard for Bitcoin assets, is compatible with existing protocols, and supports more efficient asset creation, management, and interaction functions. It will be an important step for Bitcoin’s ecosystem toward the field of asset programming.
1/23/2025, 7:51:00 AM

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