Miners who treat their Bitcoin holdings as a working asset rather than a passive reserve “will carry a structural edge into the next halving,” says Wintermute.
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Martin is a staff writer at Cointelegraph. He is a technology and finance journalist with over two decades of experience covering cybersecurity and information technology. Based in Southeast Asia for more than 25 years, he previously worked as a correspondent and systems analyst for the Hong Kong–based Asia Times. Since 2017, Martin has focused on digital assets and blockchain reporting for multiple crypto publications, bringing expertise in forex trading, technical analysis, core blockchain technologies and cryptographic concepts to his financial coverage.
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