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Bitcoin's halving created the most valuable blocks in history, aside from one
Bitcoin's halving created the most valuable blocks in history, aside from one

The mining of the first block since the invention of Bitcoin Ordinals and the launch of the Rune protocol led to sky-high fees paid to miners for the first few blocks of the halving. The most valuable block in Bitcoin’s history, however, was the result of a mistake.

The Block·2024/04/20 23:19
The Pulse: The Bitcoin halving has taken place. Now it gets interesting
The Pulse: The Bitcoin halving has taken place. Now it gets interesting

This is the fourth edition of a regular opinion column by The Block’s editor-in-chief on current events in the crypto space and other musings.Today’s topics include the bitcoin halving, the Mango Markets exploiter, Telegram, Tether and upcoming Hong Kong ETFs.

The Block·2024/04/20 18:02
Grayscale plans industry-low 0.15% fee for Bitcoin Mini Trust spinoff fund, under ticker BTC
Grayscale plans industry-low 0.15% fee for Bitcoin Mini Trust spinoff fund, under ticker BTC

Grayscale’s Bitcoin Mini Trust, a new fund automatically formed from 10% of the Bitcoin held by GBTC, will charge a more competitive rate than its parent.

The Block·2024/04/20 17:08
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Arthur Hayes sold 6,000 ETH, incurring a loss of 606,000 dollars
Arthur Hayes sold 6,000 ETH at a price of $1,690, with a transaction amount of $10.14 million. Based on the average purchase price of $1,793, he incurred a loss of $606,000. (Cointelegraph)
16:35
The Russian Ministry of Agriculture reported that since the beginning of 2026, the country’s mineral fertilizer export volume has increased by 7% compared to the same period previously, with total exports reaching 5.5 billion dollars.
The Russian side pointed out in the briefing that mineral fertilizers have always been a core export category in the composition of agricultural-related technology product exports. This year, the supply scale of this category has increased by nearly 7%, with corresponding export revenue reaching 5.5 billion US dollars. The Russian Ministry of Agriculture further disclosed that since the beginning of 2026, the total cumulative export value of Russian agricultural technology products has reached 5.9 billion US dollars, an increase of 6% compared to the same period in 2025.
16:33
The El Niño phenomenon is fueling record-breaking heatwaves sweeping across Europe.
The cause of this heatwave is a high-pressure dome over continental Europe, where descending air compresses towards the ground, leading to rising temperatures. William Henneberg, a meteorologist at Commodity Weather Group, stated that the developing strong El Niño phenomenon and the cold-water mass in the North Atlantic have further reinforced this pattern, which helps to form jet stream dips over the ocean and pushes the high-pressure system towards Europe. "This situation is very rare," he added, noting that this weather pattern may persist and lead to above-normal temperatures before early July. Expand
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