{"id":412431,"date":"2020-01-27T20:30:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T20:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/?p=412431"},"modified":"2020-01-27T19:59:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T19:59:10","slug":"bitcoin-halving-spikes-on-google-trends-heres-what-it-means-for-crypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniquehot.com\/news\/bitcoin-halving-spikes-on-google-trends-heres-what-it-means-for-crypto\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Bitcoin Halving’ Spikes on Google Trends, Here’s What it Means For Crypto"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google<\/a> users appear to be becoming increasingly interested in the Bitcoin halving happening this year. With its issuance set to drop, the leading crypto asset by market capitalisation is due to become even more scarce in just a few months time.<\/p>\n

Many analysts continue to debate whether public knowledge of the event has allowed the market to price in the halving. Surging Google interest may indicate that at least some potential market participants are just finding out about it.<\/p>\n

Is the Bitcoin Halving Even Known of Outside Crypto?<\/h2>\n

If the crypto asset industry interests you, surely knowledge of the Bitcoin halving this year is not new. Satoshi Nakamoto detailed the adjustments to the amount of new Bitcoin released with every block in the whitepaper<\/a> itself. There have also already been two such halvings occur previously.<\/p>\n

Those who follow the industry can’t help but have noticed the increase in discourse relating to the Bitcoin halving. Some analysts present evidence that suggests the halving is priced in. That is to say that all market participants know about the event and have long since made their play, whether correctly or not, about how they think the change will impact Bitcoin price.<\/p>\n

For example, crypto asset market analysis firm Skew claims in the following Twitter<\/a> thread that there is strong evidence to suggest that the options market has already priced the halving in:<\/p>\n

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1\/ BTC halving via the options market: priced-in?<\/p>\n

The debate is heating up every day regarding whether the next halving – expected in May 2020 – is already priced in or not, with the discussion centered around the stock-to-flow model and the (in)efficiency of the BTC market.<\/p>\n

— skew (@skewdotcom) January 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n