Bitcoin surges above $6,000 for the first time on heavy trading volume
By Fred Imbert | Evelyn Cheng Bitcoin surged 5 percent to a record high above $6,000 on high trading volume Friday. The cryptocurrency
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Month: October 2017
‘Worse Than Casinos’
By Lucinda Shen As bitcoin prices suffer their deepest one-day decline in a month, Russia’s economic development minister is issuing a
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Bitcoin Won’t Replace Cash
By Rebecca Campbell The Bank of Canada’s senior deputy governor has said that digital currencies like bitcoin are changing finance. However,
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Enemies In Brazil
By William Suberg A group of Latin American Bitcoin businesses and entities has issued a joint letter expressing “deepest concerns” over SegWit2x.
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Bitcoin Overcomes Roadblocks and Takes Off
Rebecca Campbell Bitcoin may have had a tough September, but it appears to be turning a corner and is demonstrating
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Bitcoin Trading Volume Increase in Venezuela
By Joshua Althauser Decentralized Bitcoin exchange LocalBitcoins has announced a fourfold increase in its Bitcoin trading volume since June in Venezuela. This
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Healthy Pullback? Bitcoin Price Dips Back Below $5,300
By Omkar Godbole Bitcoin may be witnessing a healthy pullback. After having rallied more than 90 percent from a September low of
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Bitcoin Briefly Plunges Nearly 9%
By Evelyn Cheng | @chengevelyn Bitcoin plunges nearly 9% on fears of greater oversight from US regulators 2 Hours Ago | 00:39 Bitcoin fell
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Why Silicon Valley is Going Gaga for Bitcoin
Should I buy bitcoin? As a technology reporter, the questions I receive from random people at birthday parties, say, or seatmates
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Jamie Dimon is Betting Big on the Technology Behind ‘Fraud’ Bitcoin
By Evelyn Cheng | @chengevelyn The largest U.S. bank is investing in the blockchain technology behind bitcoin, despite its CEO calling the digital
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Bitcoin: Charting The Path Higher
By Chris B Murphy Summary Bitcoin is surging to new highs as more banks get behind virtual currencies. The charts have
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Bitcoin’s True Value ‘Impossible to Assess’
By Stan Higgins A potential move by global brokerages to offer products around cryptocurrencies could have a big impact on the
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Investor Says a Bitcoin Fund May Be Just a Year Away
By Jenna Dagenhart While Wall Street has had trouble minting a bitcoin exchange-traded fund, a closed-end fund based on the
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Nobel-Winning Economist Shiller Calls Bitcoin a Fad
By Thomas Franck | @tomwfranck Bitcoin is a fad, just like bimetallism before it, according to one Nobel Prize-winning economist. The observation
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Bitcoin Slows as Price Struggles to Breach $6,000
By Omkar Godbole Evidence is growing that a recent rally in bitcoin prices may be nearing its end. While bitcoin has
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Bitcoin is Finally Buying into US Real Estate
By Diana Olick | @DianaOlick Bitcoin is already in retail and restaurants — so it was only a matter of time before
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Russia May Soon Issue the CryptoRuble
By Devin Coldewey Russia will issue its own official cryptocurrency, the CryptoRuble, capping months of speculation about the country’s approach to
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Bitcoin Market Capitalization Approaches $100 Billion USD
By Samuel Haig The total market capitalization of bitcoin is approaching $100 billion USD, currently sitting at approximately $94 billion USD.
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Sellers of a Notting Hill Mansion Only Accept Bitcoin
By Joshua Althauser Property investment firm London Wall is selling its six-story stucco-fronted mansion near Portobello Road in Notting Hill, London,
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Bitcoins are a Boy’s Best Friend
By ALAN KOHLER Two interesting things happened at once over the weekend: the price of bitcoins hit a record high and
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Bitcoin Broke $5,000, but There are Major Risks Ahead
BY STAN SCHROEDER Bitcoin is on an amazing bull run. The cryptocurrency easily surpassed $5,000 per coin and is currently trading at about
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Everyone Is Excited About Blockchain
By Jon Buck The president of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, was bullish about Blockchain technology when he spoke with CNBC during an interview. However,
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Bitcoin Users Double Every 12 Months
By Joseph Young Willy Woo, a highly regarded Bitcoin and cryptocurrency researcher, recently revealed that the number of Bitcoin users approximately
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Bitcoin’s Big Compromise Is Unravelling
By David Z. Morris On Thursday, major Bitcoin network operator (or ‘mining pool’) F2Pool formally withdrew its support for the next stage of
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Bitcoin Mining Looks Ready to Fall Under Russian Regulations
By Darryn Pollock A few months ago, the talk was that Russia was actually looking to subsidize mining costs. However, that
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Bitcoin Booming but Global Demand Takes Hit
By Darryn Pollock Digital currencies, especially Bitcoin as it reaches a new all time high, are stronger than ever – this in
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Bitcoin’s Price Keeps Rising, but is $6,000 in Reach?
By Omkar Godbole Bitcoin hit a new record high of $5,856 on CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index this morning, but the question
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