Prediction record

Hitcrypto

Bitcoin and broad crypto prices will slump in the window around the April 2024 halving

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Scored record

Hitcrypto

I believe Bitcoin and crypto prices in general will slump around the halving.

Bitcoin and broad crypto prices will slump in the window around the April 2024 halving

Made on
2024-04-08
Outcome
Hit
Importance
2 / 5
Contribution
+1.51

Criterion

Resolution status
resolved
Resolved on
2024-05-04

Bitcoin and broad crypto prices decline in the window immediately surrounding the April 2024 halving (roughly the two weeks before/after 2024-04-20).

Criterion (decline in the ~two weeks before/after 2024-04-20) is met: BTC fell from high-$60ks/low-$70ks to ~$58.5k by May 1, and broad crypto declined alongside. Evidence is specific to the halving window; no assignment of outcome value here.

Sources

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Outcome evidence

  • In the window immediately surrounding the April 20, 2024 halving, BTC declined: it was ~$69–70k in early April, sat at ~$63,000 (close $63,821) on halving day April 20, spiked briefly to ~$66k over the next three days, then fell to a local low of $58,568 on May 1, 2024 — a clear net decline across the ~two-weeks-before/after window. This was the first time in Bitcoin's history that price fell (rather than rose) in the period following a halving.

    Evidence

  • Mid-April 2024 pullback context: BTC repeatedly approached and broke below $60k support in the weeks around the halving; broad crypto tracked BTC lower during the same window.

    Evidence

Corrections

  • tags: Claim is entirely about Bitcoin/crypto prices around the halving; 'crypto' (a cryptocurrency's price/level) is the correct primary, 'markets' is reserved for equities/indices/FX.

Score contribution

+1.51
Confidence
65%
Outcome
Hit
Importance
2 / 5
Contribution
+1.51

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Bitcoin and broad crypto prices will slump in the window ar…
Methodology version
v1.0.0
Last computed
July 5, 2026
Made on
2024-04-08

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