The month in shortON RECORD
The month in short
as of · generated from the events of April 2019
- Best day-30 outcome: Bitcoin Bitcoin monthly options expiry (+65.0%); worst: Bitcoin Bitcoin mining difficulty +0.22% (+14.8%).
- The previous month (March 2019) held 7 events, fewer than April 2019.
- Also recorded: 3 recorded events, 2 Bitcoin difficulty adjustments, 1 Wikipedia attention spike, 1 fee surge and 1 Bitcoin options expiry.
Every eventMEASURED
Every event in April 2019
as of · events with effects
8 events grouped by day; 4 carry a measured day-30 outcome and each row links to the event's row on the token page.
| Date | Event | Token | 7d before | Next day | 7 days | 30 days | vs BTC | 90 days | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia attention spike Attention spike: 1,719 read DOGE's Wikipedia article, 3.7x usual 3.7% of circ. | Dogecoin (DOGE) | — | — | — | — | — | — | wikipedia | |
1,719 people read the Wikipedia article 'Dogecoin' on 2019-04-02, 3.7 times the median day of the 28 days before. Wikimedia publishes a day's count within a day of its end, so the event is dated 2019-04-04: the move is the coin's from the close a full day after the day it counts. DOGE saw a Wikipedia attention spike on Apr 4, 2019; the price series does not cover the 30-day window, so no effect is measured. | |||||||||
| fee surge Fees up 2.4x: BTC's protocol took $1.9M in a week 2.4% of circ. | Bitcoin (BTC) | +21.6% | +3.0% | +3.0% | +17.9% | 0.0% | +127.5% | defillama_fees | |
Users paid BTC's protocol $1.9M in fees in the week to 2019-04-03 (DefiLlama), 2.4 times its weekly average over the 4 weeks before. DefiLlama fills a day in after it ends, so the event is dated 2019-04-05: the move is the coin's from the close a full day after that week. On Apr 5, 2019 BTC saw a fee surge; it rose 3.0% by day 1 and was 17.9% higher 30 days later, 0 points behind BTC; it had moved +21.6% in the 7 days before. | |||||||||
| Bitcoin difficulty adjustment Bitcoin mining difficulty +0.22% | Bitcoin (BTC) | +22.0% | +3.3% | +0.8% | +14.8% | 0.0% | +119.2% | macro | |
Bitcoin's mining difficulty retargeted by +0.22% at block 570,528 (mempool.space). The move is Bitcoin's, from the close before that day. On Apr 6, 2019 BTC saw a Bitcoin difficulty adjustment; it rose 3.3% by day 1 and was 14.8% higher 30 days later, 0 points behind BTC; it had moved +22.0% in the 7 days before. | |||||||||
| recorded event OKEx C2C Launch Event - Berlin | OKB (OKB) | — | — | — | — | — | — | coinpaprika | |
Meet us in the capital of Germany on 10 April 2019 and enjoy a night of conversations, giveaways, drinks and nibbles. OKB made the news on Apr 10, 2019; the price series does not cover the 30-day window, so no effect is measured. | |||||||||
| recorded event OKEx Talks 2019 - Dnipro: Cryptocurrency Development Prospects | OKB (OKB) | — | — | — | — | — | — | coinpaprika | |
Meet us in Dnipro, Ukraine on 12 April 2019 and enjoy a night of conversations, giveaways, drinks, and nibbles. OKB made the news on Apr 12, 2019; the price series does not cover the 30-day window, so no effect is measured. | |||||||||
| Bitcoin difficulty adjustment Bitcoin mining difficulty -0.63% | Bitcoin (BTC) | +4.9% | +1.2% | +0.3% | +49.4% | 0.0% | +103.0% | macro | |
Bitcoin's mining difficulty retargeted by -0.63% at block 572,544 (mempool.space). The move is Bitcoin's, from the close before that day. On Apr 21, 2019 BTC saw a Bitcoin difficulty adjustment; it rose 1.2% by day 1 and was 49.4% higher 30 days later, 0 points behind BTC; it had moved +4.9% in the 7 days before. | |||||||||
| Bitcoin options expiry Bitcoin monthly options expiry | Bitcoin (BTC) | −0.7% | +1.5% | +10.6% | +65.0% | 0.0% | +89.3% | macro | |
Deribit's monthly Bitcoin options expire at 08:00 UTC. The move is Bitcoin's, from the close before the expiry day. On Apr 26, 2019 BTC saw a Bitcoin options expiry; it rose 1.5% by day 1 and was 65.0% higher 30 days later, 0 points behind BTC; it had moved −0.7% in the 7 days before. | |||||||||
| recorded event OKEx Talks 2019 - Mumbai: Blockchain Technology Integration | OKB (OKB) | — | — | — | — | — | — | coinpaprika | |
Meet us in Mumbai on 27 April 2019 and enjoy a night of conversations, giveaways, drinks, and nibbles. OKB made the news on Apr 27, 2019; the price series does not cover the 30-day window, so no effect is measured. | |||||||||
Source: CoinPaprika, DefiLlama, exchange announcements and instrument APIs; effects by PatternPlus · fetched
- On Apr 26, 2019 BTC saw a Bitcoin options expiry (Bitcoin monthly options expiry);
- it rose 1.5% by day 1 and was 65.0% higher 30 days later, level with BTC;
- by day 90 it was 89.3% higher (it had moved −0.7% in the 7 days before).
- On Apr 21, 2019 BTC saw a Bitcoin difficulty adjustment (Bitcoin mining difficulty -0.63%);
- it rose 1.2% by day 1 and was 49.4% higher 30 days later, level with BTC;
- by day 90 it was 103.0% higher (it had moved +4.9% in the 7 days before).
- On Apr 5, 2019 BTC saw a fee surge (Fees up 2.4x: BTC's protocol took $1.9M in a week);
- it rose 3.0% by day 1 and was 17.9% higher 30 days later, level with BTC;
- by day 90 it was 127.5% higher (it had moved +21.6% in the 7 days before).
- On Apr 6, 2019 BTC saw a Bitcoin difficulty adjustment (Bitcoin mining difficulty +0.22%);
- it rose 3.3% by day 1 and was 14.8% higher 30 days later, level with BTC;
- by day 90 it was 119.2% higher (it had moved +22.0% in the 7 days before).
Month statisticsMEASURED
Month statistics against the all-time medians
as of · event_stats
3 exchange-and-kind pairs had a measured event in April 2019; the all-time median is printed beside the month's own.
| Venue | Kind | This month n | This month median 30 days | All-time n | All-time median 30 days | All-time up after 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| all venues | Bitcoin difficulty adjustment | 2 | +32.1% | 203 | +2.4% | 55.7% |
| all venues | fee surge | 1 | +17.9% | 563 | −1.0% | 49.0% |
| all venues | Bitcoin options expiry | 1 | +65.0% | 92 | +2.5% | 56.5% |
- A month median over fewer than five events is printed but carries less weight than the all-time column.