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South Korean regulators are investigating Bithumb after an internal accounting error credited roughly 620,000 BTC to user balances, briefly allowing real Bitcoin withdrawals before controls intervened.

A $180,000 Bitcoin transfer to the network’s genesis address triggered renewed speculation about a Satoshi Nakamoto wallet. The transaction, however, offers no evidence of activity or control by Bitcoin’s creator.

Bitcoin’s prolonged weakness after the October crash has shifted investor focus away from short-term price targets. This article examines Bitcoin survival as a question of belief, participation, and relevance rather than technical failure or recovery timelines.

Bitcoin miner capitulation is back in focus as a sharp Bitcoin price drop collides with high fixed mining costs and winter storm disruptions. The result is rising shutdown risk among higher-cost operators and renewed attention on what miner stress means for the network.

Tether has released MiningOS, an open-source operating system for Bitcoin mining that extends the company’s role into the software layer supporting mining operations. The launch positions Tether MiningOS as part of a broader infrastructure strategy focused on reducing reliance on proprietary mining systems.