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A Bitcoin block just neared a 2015 transaction record, but paid only $180 in fees
CoinDeskMonday, November 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
RedScroll Brief
The AntPool block came within 984 transactions of Bitcoin’s 2015 record, even as fees made up less than 0. 1% of the miner’s payout.
RedScroll Signal
- Impact
- High
- Category
- Crypto
- Market relevance
- High
- Why it matters
- Crypto moves are a live stress test of liquidity, regulation, and narrative risk. The AntPool block came within 984 transactions of Bitcoin’s 2015 record, even as fees made up less than 0. 1% of the miner’s payout. Watch liquidity and volatility around Bitcoin and Crypto — crypto markets reprice narrative risk quickly.
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What happened
The AntPool block came within 984 transactions of Bitcoin’s 2015 record, even as fees made up less than 0. 1% of the miner’s payout.
Why it matters
Crypto moves are a live stress test of liquidity, regulation, and narrative risk.
Background
CoinDesk reported on this under crypto. RedScroll surfaces the signal with an extractive brief — not a reprint of the original article. Read the source for full reporting.
Timeline
CoinDesk published: A Bitcoin block just neared a 2015 transaction record, but paid only $180 in fees
Story is in today’s RedScroll edition. Follow the original source for updates.
Economic impact
Watch liquidity and volatility around Bitcoin and Crypto — crypto markets reprice narrative risk quickly.
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