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💰 BitMEX's bitcoin perpetual swap now offers 250x leverage ahead of halving Crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX has increased the leverage on its bitcoin perpetual swap, XBTUSD, from 100x to 250x ahead of the halving event. "The increased leverage came upon requests from traders to profit from the volatility as the next Bitcoin Halving happens," BitMEX said Friday. The bitcoin halving event is expected to occur within the next 24 hours and will reduce the issuance rewards for bitcoin miners from the current 6.25 BTC per block to 3.125. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_NewsTg

💰 URPD metric indicates a lack of liquidity for Bitcoin below $60,000 Bitcoin experienced a 4% rally on April 18, bouncing back from just below $60,000 on April 17. CryptoSlate has identified $58.8k as a major support level — which is the short-term holder realized price (STH RP) that has previously acted as support during bull runs. If Bitcoin drops below the support level, it could signal a bearish trend, similar to the breach of STH RP in May 2021 that kicked off the bear market. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_NewsTg

💰 Google Searches for Bitcoin Halving Skyrockets as Major Event Approaches The excitement surrounding the upcoming Bitcoin halving has led to a significant increase in Google searches for “Bitcoin halving,” with interest reaching its highest point ever, more than double that of the last halving event in 2020, and is predicted to hit peak popularity. The halving event, which reduces the rewards miners receive by half, from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC, is scheduled to occur around 4am UTC on April 20. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_NewsTg

💰 Blackrock Closes in on Grayscale in the Battle for the ‘World’s Largest’ Bitcoin ETF Grayscale’s GBTC continued to report reductions in its bitcoin (BTC) reserves following two days of significant outflows—a $55.1 million drop on Friday and a $36.7 million decline on Monday. The reduction continued into Tuesday’s session with a $58 million decrease. Trading volume on Tuesday reached $2.45 billion, which was lower than the volumes recorded on Monday and Friday. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_NewsTg

💰 Bitcoin Staking Is Now Possible With Core Chain Bitcoin-powered layer-one blockchain Core Chain is now letting investors stake their BTC—something that, historically, BTC holders haven’t been able to do. Staking tokens reward users with a percentage yield—often in the single digits—over a period of time. This has notoriously been exclusive to proof-of-stake blockchains. Traders on Bitcoin, which uses proof-of-work, haven’t been able to stake their tokens. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_NewsTg

💰 Umoja Partners With Merlin Chain to Launch Bitcoin's First High-Yield Synthetic Dollar The smart money protocol Umoja has joined forces with the Bitcoin layer two (L2) initiative, Merlin Chain, to roll out a Bitcoin-based high-yield synthetic dollar. The newly introduced stablecoin is engineered to uphold a self-sustaining peg via transparent, onchain trading techniques developed by Umoja. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_NewsTg

💰 Current actions of bitcoin holders mirror December 2020, suggesting possible growth phase: Bitfinex analysts A significant decrease in the inactive supply of bitcoin that has not moved in over a year is indicative of long-term holders either continuing to trim their holdings or moving their assets off exchange, according to this week's Bitfinex Alpha report. "Fundamental to bitcoin price dynamics is this week’s halving, which as it approaches, has seen a notable surge in bitcoin leaving centralized exchanges, and a decrease in the inactive supply of bitcoin that has not moved in over a year, to an 18-month low," Bitfinex analysts said. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_NewsTg

💰 Bitcoin Miners Battle the AI Boom Ahead of Halving: Bernstein Bitcoin miners are increasingly facing off against a new foe to contend with ahead of this week’s halving: the AI boom. Bitcoin miners are largely centralized operations that mint new digital coins. To do so, a Monday report explains, they need to use a lot of computers and therefore energy. Meanwhile, the booming AI industry is also power-hungry. Both industries look to places like Texas, which has cheap energy and lots of land to build data centers. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_NewsTg

🇭🇰 Hong Kong approves Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs as US lingers on ETH approval Hong Kong further solidified its status as a crypto hub, with several issuers reporting approval of their spot Bitcoin and Ethereum Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) applications on April 15. China Asset Management, one of the issuers, disclosed that its Hong Kong entity received regulatory approval to offer virtual asset management services, paving the way for Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum products. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_NewsTg