Pool Rugs, Empty Mempools, Taproot and BTC Treasuries

Published: Tue, 11/23/21

November 23, 2021
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How much bitcoin do public mining companies hold?

Before 2021, miners lacked a serious Bitcoin Treasury strategy. But with the Bitcoin price nearly tripling over the year, miners have started aggressively accumulating Bitcoin on their balance sheets.

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Why is Bitcoin’s mempool still so empty?

The past 12 months have seen major changes across the whole bitcoin mining industry, including hashrate, profitability and pending transactions. Although price, hashrate, and profitability have all surged back several months after China’s mining ban, Bitcoin mempools are regularly empty.

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Pool rug? What to know about ETH miner payouts ahead of The Merge.

Pool subscribers will find themselves on the wrong end of an agency problem as The Merge approaches.

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Bitcoin’s Taproot upgrade went live last week. So what?

This upgrade is a milestone enthusiastically celebrated by much of the Bitcoin community who expect cheaper fees, enhanced transactional privacy, broader decentralized finance development capabilities, and more.

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What are the alpha and beta of publicly-traded mining companies?

Public miners are generating alpha and are more volatile than Bitcoin. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the alpha and beta of publicly-traded miners.

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