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If the cryptocurrency crashes, big deal. But if speculators went into debt, look out. By Noah Smith A financial mania
Read moreIf the cryptocurrency crashes, big deal. But if speculators went into debt, look out. By Noah Smith A financial mania
Read moreFor all their flaws, cryptocurrencies will always be useful to people who want to avoid prying eyes. By Leonid Bershidsky
Read moreThe NYSE formally files with the Securities and Exchange Commission to list two ProShares bitcoin ETFs. Brown Brothers Harriman would
Read moreBy KESHIA HANNAM Help is in sight for that batch of early-Bitcoin-adopters who are sitting on untapped bounties because they’ve
Read moreBy Abigail Hess | @AbigailJHess CNBC recently spoke with college students at City Tap House, referred to simply as “Tap”
Read moreBy Will Martin Bitcoin’s price dropped sharply on Wednesday, at one point falling below $17,000 a coin. The drop comes
Read moreBy CHRIS MORRIS While the vast majority of investors are buying Bitcoin via exchanges, it’s still possible to get the
Read moreBy DAVID Z. MORRIS A new survey finds that nearly 75% of a pool of top European economists do not
Read moreBy TIMOTHY B. LEE Fees as high as $28 are destroying bitcoin’s value for small payments. Originally, one of bitcoin’s
Read moreBy Wolfie Zhao Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller believes there’s no clear way to put a price on bitcoin. “I
Read moreBy Chris Mooney and Steven Mufson The exploding price of the cryptocurrency bitcoin in recent months has triggered doubts not
Read moreBy Kathleen Elkins| @kathleen_elk A handful of top investors have weighed in on the bitcoin craze, with some warning to
Read moreThe U.S. government revealed Tuesday that North Korea was behind the debilitating WannaCry hack earlier this year, demanding ransom in
Read moreReuters Staff SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange said on Tuesday it is shutting down and is filing
Read moreBitcoin could plunge 50 percent next week, but the digital currency is likely to rise much higher in the long
Read morePeople are currently paying $28 on average to make transactions using the digital currency, according to data by BitInfoCharts. One
Read moreWRITTEN BY Brad Jones Bitcoin mining reportedly accounts for more energy consumption than many of the world’s nations. The environmental
Read moreby Business Insider, Tom Turula Oldenburg sold all of his bitcoins and believes others will do the same when they
Read moreBy RYAN VLASTELICA A likely outcome is that it becomes “a niche product for a select group of enthusiasts,” economist
Read moreBy Campbell R. Harvey Over the past few weeks, investors have been flocking to bitcoin, the digital currency whose value
Read moreBy TIM WU You don’t need brilliant financial analysis skills to notice that Bitcoin is in a bubble. It has
Read moreBy RYAN DEROUSSEAU Bitcoin prices hit $19,000 early Monday morning, as Bitcoin futures contracts began trading on the Chicago Mercantile
Read moreBy SPENCER BOGART Bitcoin is a different kind of beast that can be difficult for people to understand. New things
Read moreCryptocurrencies are suitable for short-term trading Bitcoin futures have limits on expiry The bitcoin trend shows room for a 50%
Read moreThose who haven’t heard about Bitcoin must be living under a rock. Crypto currency has been the “it” topic in
Read moreBy ROBERT HACKETT Two years ago, Bryce “Zooko” Wilcox was running a struggling startup and sleeping in his car. Today
Read moreBy Chrisjan Pauw 1. What are futures? Futures are an agreement to buy or sell an asset on a specific
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