The long awaited Bitcoin halving came and went, bringing with it whipsaw volatility which saw the price whipsaw 5% to 7% in each direction for the last three hours leading up to block 630,000. Earlier in the day, the top-ranked digital asset on CoinMarketCap managed a quick 8% rally from $8,475 to $9,168 but it was quickly snuffed out once the price dropped below the support at $8,750. {image} On a more interesting note, as the 629,000 block was mined, f2pool inserted the message "NYTimes 09/Apr/2020 With $2.3T Injection, Fed’s Plan Far Exceeds 2008 Rescue.” The message is a clever ode to a similar note left in the ... (full story)