Bitcoin Halving Countdown: Midpoint Reached, Scarcity Intensifies

A major milestone in the cryptocurrency world. The Bitcoin network has officially passed the halfway point to its next scheduled supply shock, setting the stage for a dramatic reduction in new coins entering the market. This is the core of the halving mechanism and it's locked in for mid-2028. Data shows the network is now in epic 5, with roughly 105,000 blocks remaining until the next event. When it hits, the reward miners receive for validating transactions will be slashed in half, from 3.125 Bitcoin per block to just 1.5625. This will cut the daily issuance of new Bitcoin from about 450 coins to only 225. It's a programmed march toward the hard cap of 21 million coins, a feature proponents hail as a predictable, apolitical monetary policy. But the path to 2028 is revealing a maturing market. Since the last halving in April 2024, Bitcoin's price has risen about 15%, a far slower pace than in previous boom cycles. It hit a peak near $126,000 last October, before correcting to around $60,000, showing volatility persists even as institutional adoption grows. Analysts say the assets larger market size now requires massive capital inflows, like those from US spot ETFs, to ...