A solo Bitcoin miner earned 3.146 BTC worth $266,000 with a computing power of only 1.2 TH/s, beating massive odds. A solo Bitcoin miner hit the jackpot on Friday, earning 3.146 BTC, worth roughly $266,000, after solving block 924,569 with only a tiny fraction of the computational power typically needed to win a block reward. The miner, who is believed to be operating a hobby-grade machine, struck gold with a hash rate of roughly 1.2 terahashes per second (TH/s), which is a speck of dust in an industry dominated by industrial-scale operations producing exahashes (one quintillion hashes per second). CKpool creator Con Kolivas announced the win on X, congratulating the “extremely lucky” miner and noting just how improbable the event was. He estimated that the odds translate to about 1.2 million to one per day at the miner’s reported hash rate. Read more
ARK Invest ramped up its crypto exposure on Friday, adding Bullish, BitMine, Circle, Robinhood and nearly $600K in Bitcoin ETFs as crypto equities attempted a rebound. ARK Invest closed out the week with a fresh round of accumulation across several of its flagship funds, picking up positions in Circle, Bullish, BitMine, Robinhood and Bitcoin ETFs as crypto-related equities rebounded. The largest set of purchases targeted Bullish, with ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK), ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (ARKF) and ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) expanding their exposure, according to trade notifications for Friday. Combined, these buys amounted to about $2 million, following Bullish’s 5.75% gain on the day. ARK also continued accumulating BitMine, with purchases across ARKF, ARKK and ARKW totaling approximately $830,000. BitMine closed slightly lower on the day but remained within its recent trading range near $26. Read more
The catalyst could serve as a wake-up call and send Bitcoin to $150,000 overnight, though it “would have to be real," according to Jeff Park. While many crypto market participants are debating what it might take to trigger a significant Bitcoin daily candle, ProCap chief investment officer Jeff Park has narrowed it down to one key catalyst. “A black swan event for Bitcoin upside would be sovereign adoption,” Park said during a podcast interview published to YouTube on Thursday. “If there was, for some reason, all of a sudden, news that a major developed market, OECD country, was going to buy Bitcoin on the balance sheet, and actually do it,” Park explained. Read more
Some Bitcoiners are speculating that the significant surge in the odds of a Fed rate cut in December may lead to Bitcoin finding a price “bottom here for now.” Bitcoiners were noticeably more upbeat on social media today as the odds of a US Federal Reserve rate cut in December nearly doubled compared to just a day earlier. Some crypto market participants are speculating that this could be the catalyst Bitcoin (BTC) needs to halt the asset’s downward trend. “Let’s see if that’s enough to find a bottom here for now,” crypto analyst Moritz said in an X post on Friday, as Bitcoin’s price trades at $85,071, down 10.11% over the past seven days, according to CoinMarketCap. Read more