In six weeks the number of Bitcoins produced with each new block will be reduced to six and a quarter. This reward halving has long been predicted to put upward pressure on the price.

We all know what Bitcoin forks are, right?  Like Bcash, Bitcoin Gold, and maybe a few others? Well, actually, there are a staggering amount of forked Bitcoin projects.

While many in mainstream markets were panicking as President Trump’s travel ban sent shockwaves across the global economy, Bitcoin traders on Coinbase were mobilizing funds to buy the dip, according to a report published March 31st.

Bitcoin analyst Benjamin Cowen has released a video that takes issue with the cyclical price theories held by many Bitcoin advocates.

A report from Bitmex shows that Blockstream and Lightning Labs have become the top institutions working on Bitcoin development. Seeking to create long term solutions to the scalability challenge, both are pouring significant resources into side chains that promise to ease congestion on the main network

On March 25th the Bitcoin mining difficulty decreased. The last time a downward adjustment took place, Bitcoin's price plummeted more than fifty percent.

Anthony Pompliano, the co founder of Morgan Creek Digital is laying out his top investments over the next eighteen to twenty four months, and he says Bitcoin is his number one pick to surge in the aftermath of the corona virus pandemic.

The shedding of weak hands could allow Bitcoin to eventually evolve into a hedge asset. We’ve seen this conversion of assets into cash, regardless of which market it is, but there will come a point where, due to this increasing amount that’s been pumped into the system, the cash is going to lose its value.

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan took the cake for being extreme, when she proposed that the U.S. Mint issue two, one trillion dollar platinum coins which the Federal Reserve would purchase, crediting two trillion dollars to the Mint.

In these uncertain times, there seems to be little to be cheerful about, but as global chaos and social distancing are the order of the day you should be thankful you’re HODLing bitcoin. Here are five reasons why.