Bitcoin
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Bitcoin's Epic Rise Leaves Late-1990s Tech Bubble in the Dust
EghtesadOnline: Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware that bitcoin and a number of other digital currencies have seen some pretty crazy runs this year.
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Bitcoin Is Literally Soaring Into Space After Rocket-Like Surge
EghtesadOnline: Space-like adjectives are often used to describe bitcoin’s stratospheric price rise. Now there may be some truth in those analogies.
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Bitcoin Slide Looks Limited Even After Cryptocurrency Splits
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin might be dividing into two separate blockchains, but its downward slide has so far been contained, signaling confidence the biggest cryptocurrency will come out of the…
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Bitcoin technology faces split, may create clone virtual currency
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin's underlying software code could be split on Tuesday to create a clone called "Bitcoin Cash," potentially providing a windfall for holders of the digital currency.
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Bitcoin Options Will Be Available This Fall
EghtesadOnline: LedgerX LLC, a cryptocurrency trading platform operator, won approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to operate as a federally-regulated exchange and clearing…
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Singapore Startup Takes Bitcoin Into Real World With Visa
EghtesadOnline: A recurring challenge for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is how to make them work in the real world. A Singapore-based startup says the answer is its Visa card.
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Bitcoin Community Cheers as Miners Back New Scaling Framework
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin backers celebrated as the community embraced a new mechanism to improve usage and allow it to scale, boosting confidence in the virtual currency and sending prices back…
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Bitcoin Falls Below $2,000
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin fell below $2,000 for the first time since May amid anxiety its dominant status is under threat.
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Cryptocurrencies Are Getting Crushed
EghtesadOnline: The cryptocurrency Cassandras are starting to look right. The sector has lost about a third of its market value since peaking in early June, pushing it into what traditional equity…
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Will Bitcoin Tear Itself Apart?
EghtesadOnline: It’s time for bitcoin traders to batten down the hatches. The notoriously volatile cryptocurrency, whose 160 percent surge this year has captivated everyone from Wall Street bankers…
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These Digital Tokens Are Making Bitcoin's Huge Rally Look Tame
EghtesadOnline: Forget U.S. stocks and emerging-market assets, even ignore bitcoin. Those brave enough to invest in the Wild West of tech are the ones making a killing.
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Bitcoin Is at Risk of No Longer Being the Biggest Digital Currency
EghtesadOnline: Step aside, bitcoin. There’s another digital token in town that’s winning over the hearts and wallets of cryptocurrency enthusiasts across the globe.
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Bitcoin's Rapid Surge Raises Reasons to Question Latest Frenzy
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin’s astronomical rally has cryptocurrency bulls feeling vindicated. Not so fast, skeptics say.
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Bitcoin Surge Is Driven by People Leaving Riskier Digital Currencies, Say Execs
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin’s dramatic surge may be more than just a speculative frenzy. The recent rally is being driven partially by enthusiasts rotating out of riskier digital assets and into…
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Bitcoin Tops $1,900 for the First Time
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin rose as much as 4.2 percent to an all-time intraday high of $1,961.70, marking its fifth-straight day of gains.
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Hardly Anyone Paying the Hackers? Because Using Bitcoin Is Hard
EghtesadOnline: An unprecedented cyberattack swept across the globe over the weekend, but so far the majority of victims haven’t paid hackers a ransom.
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“We’ve built an unstoppable, uncensorable world computer,” says one blockchain developer.
Post-Bitcoin Technology Has Geeks, Giants, and Hackers Excited
EghtesadOnline: In late February about 200 executives, coders, and developers gathered in the downtown Brooklyn office of JPMorgan Chase & Co. to hear an all-day pitch for a new industry group…
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Bitcoin steadies after biggest three-day tumble in over two years
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin regained its footing on Monday, having suffered its heftiest falls since early 2015 between Thursday and Saturday as investors sold the digital currency on worries about…
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U.S. regulators reject Bitcoin ETF, digital currency plunges
EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday denied a request to list what would have been the first U.S. exchange-traded fund built to track bitcoin, the digital currency.
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Bitcoin hits all-time high as talk of U.S. ETF approval intensifies
EghtesadOnline: Digital currency bitcoin hit a record high on Friday on optimism about the approval of the first U.S. bitcoin exchange-traded fund by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Bitcoin’s Top Rival Is Up 90% and Ready to Ditch Mining
EghtesadOnline: Marco Streng’s computer servers are what make Ethereum tick. Thousands strong, they whir day and night, solving the complex math riddles that are essential to verifying transactions…
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Iran can become next major Bitcoin market by stopping to use USD
EghtesadOnline: Following the recent problems occurred after US President Donald Trump has taken office and the CBI’s fresh policy to stop using US dollar, Iran can become the next major Bitcoin…
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Bitcoin trading shrivels under Chinese government's glare
EghtesadOnline: Trading volumes at China's three largest bitcoin exchanges have plummeted after the central bank put the virtual currency market under sharper scrutiny a month ago in a move that…
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High-Speed Traders Are Taking Over Bitcoin
EghtesadOnline: Zhou Shuoji is not a bitcoin believer. He says the cryptocurrency will never replace its traditional forebears, and he calls most of its proponents fanatics.
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Big China bitcoin exchange says no government pressure on outflows
EghtesadOnline: The head of a major bitcoin exchange in China says few people there use the cryptocurrency to get around rules on how much money they can take out of the country, and despite…
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Battered bitcoin slides another 12 percent after China warning
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin plunged by as much as 12 percent on Friday after China's central bank urged investors to take a rational and cautious approach to investing in the digital currency, which…
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Iranian Banker Calls for Bitcoin Use
EghtesadOnline: Tejarat Bank’s chief executive has called for Iranian banks and payment service providers to prepare the grounds for using Bitcoin in the country.
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Bitcoin Hits All-Time High as Currency Controls Drive Fear
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin hit an all-time high Wednesday, according to Bloomberg data, thanks to continued adoption in China and other parts of the world where traditional currencies are tightly…
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Bitcoin jumps above $1,000 for first time in three years
EghtesadOnline: Digital currency bitcoin kicked off the new year by jumping above $1,000 for the first time in three years late on Sunday, having outperformed all central-bank-issued currencies…
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Bitcoin Surges Above $900 on Geopolitical Risks, Fed Tightening
EghtesadOOnline: Bitcoin headed for its biggest weekly jump since June as rising geopolitical risks boosted demand for alternative assets.