This scarcity is managed through a mechanism known as "halving," designed to curb inflation and increase the asset's value over time. Every four years, bitcoin's mining rewards are slashed in half ...

Technicians look at bitcoin mining at Bitfarms in Quebec in 2018. Bitcoin miners are preparing for the halving, a key event in bitcoin's cycle that halves the reward for mining new blocks and ...

A major Bitcoin correction in the first month of a year after the blockchain sees a halving is historically not unusual, according to analysts who have compared previous cycles. “Bitcoin ...