In a Reuters article published today, bitcoin price is speculated to see a bullish spike in 2016 due to the upcoming halving of mining rewards, due to happen in July 2016.
Bitcoin has had a memorable year. Wider adoption; increased trading; the Silk Road investigation with its corrupt agents and bitcoin auctions ; a Russian Ponzi scheme operating in China; various economic factors in China; the recent ‘unmasking’ of Satoshi Nakamoto in the form of Craig Wright; Wall Street’s fawning over blockchain technology while predictably ignoring bitcoin among other incidents have all been factors in thrusting the cryptocurrency under the mainstream spotlight.
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