Bitcoin pushes through $50K for the first time since December 2021, ahead of April's Bitcoin halving event, which will reduce mining rewards by half (Stephen Alpher/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin pushes through $50K for the first time since December 2021, ahead of April’s Bitcoin halving event, which will reduce mining rewards by half  —  The world’s largest crypto has now more than recovered since tumbling below $40,000 in the initial days following the opening of the spot ETFs.