Bitcoin halving for April 20th planned – Will BTC also break through the $69,000 mark?

Bitcoin's halving is getting closer and closer – and some predict it could arrive on April 20th. (Yes, you read that correctly.)

Although it can be difficult to predict the exact timing, CoinGecko – citing Blockchair data – has shown this that the Bitcoin halving could take place on April 20th or 21st.

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But will the price reach its all-time high of $69,044 in November 2021? Some in the crypto world say that as the halving approaches, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) will sit still.

Others did told Decipher that BTC will reach new heights.

The April halving will mean that miners– those who keep the network under control and mint new coins – will have their rewards cut from 6.25 BTC to 3,125 BTC for every block they process in order to keep Bitcoin’s inflation under control.

There have been three halvings in the asset's 15-year history. Each event has caused the price to rise. Before the first halving in 2012, the price of BTC was $12.35. A year later, the price of the coin was $964.

Before the next halving in 2016, BTC was trading at $663. Just a year later, the value had risen to $2,500.

During the last halving that took place on May 11, 2020, BTC was valued at $8,500. A bull run followed the next year and the largest digital coin exploded to its all-time high of $69,000 the next year.

The largest digital asset has certainly already risen this year: Bitcoin's price is currently at $49,800, having surpassed $50,000 yesterday for the first time since December 2021.

Mining stocks have that too increased. However, it may take some time for BTC to actually reach new all-time highs. “It’s too early to tell,” said trader Alex Kruger decrypt, Additionally, traders would need to consider other factors before we reach the April date.

Scott Norris, co-founder of Bitcoin mining company LSJ Ops, said other macroeconomic factors – such as whether the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates – could play a role.

“The likelihood of BTC reaching the moon by April is slim,” he said, adding that the launch of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and demand from institutions are driving the price increase now, but it may not last past the halving continues through April.

At least not immediately. BTC's price increase after previous halvings always occurred long after the event.

This means that you cannot necessarily assume that the current upward trend will continue in the short term.

Edited by Ryan Ozawa.

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