cryptocurrency
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Key Meeting on Cryptocurrency Plans
EghtesadOnline: Top officials from the Information and Communications Technology Ministry and the Central Bank of Iran are to meet in the coming days to discuss plans to introduce a cryptocurrency.
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Iran: Cryptocurrency Legalization Likely in Near Future
EghtesadOnline: A conservative figure, who in the past voiced pessimism toward cryptocurrencies, has admitted that the decentralized phenomenon will “probably” be legalized in Iran in the foreseeable…
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Majlis Think Tank Calls for Regulating Cryptocurrency
EghtesadOnline: The research arm of Iran's Parliament has conducted a study on cryptocurrencies, advising a host of decision-making bodies to join forces and employ the potentials of digital…
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Get Ready for Most Cryptocurrencies to Hit Zero, Goldman Says
EghtesadOnline: The tumble in cryptocurrencies that erased nearly $500 billion of market value over the past month could get a lot worse, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s global head of…
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Digital Coins Tumble in January Amid Facebook, Tether Concerns
EghtesadOnline: For cryptocurrency investors, January is turning into a month to rue.
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Massive Cryptocurrency Heist Spurs Call for More Regulation
EghtesadOnline: At 2:57 a.m. on Friday morning in Tokyo, someone hacked into the digital wallet of Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck Inc. and pulled off one of the biggest heists in…
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Demand for Cryptocurrency and Price Gouging of Graphics Card
EghtesadOnline: The rise of cryptocurrency mining has created a weird global shortage of graphics processing units. The tsunami in demand has reached Iran with GPU prices jumping 100% over the…
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CBI Governor Urges Caution on Bitcoin Trade
EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran's governor, in his first public comments on Bitcoin, has urged Iranian investors to exercise caution in trading the popular cryptocurrency.
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Iranian Lawmakers to Discuss Bitcoin
EghtesadOnline: Majlis Economic Commission is to hold a top-level multilateral meeting to discuss the fast-growing cryptocurrency Bitcoin in the coming days, the head of the parliamentary commission…
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Bitcoin Crashes and Then Surges in Wild Weekend Action
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin is proving that investing in digital currencies isn’t for the faint of heart. After plunging as much as 29 percent from a record high following the cancellation of a technology…
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Bitcoin Tumble Erases $38 Billion as Rival Cryptocurrency Gains
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin slumped as the cancellation of a technology upgrade prompted some users to switch out of the cryptocurrency, spooking speculators who had profited from a more than 500…
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Here Are the Big Names Who Are Backing and Slamming Bitcoin
EghtesadOnline: Is bitcoin a legitimate asset, or a super-bubble waiting to implode? As prices for the cryptocurrency skyrocket, investors and pundits are increasingly taking sides.
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Bitcoin Surges After World's Biggest Exchange Announces Plans for Futures
EghtesadOnline: CME Group Inc., the world’s biggest exchange operator, plans to introduce bitcoin futures, which could help professional traders and investors finally get serious about the cryptocurre…
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Bitcoin Falls After Report Claims China Orders Exchanges to Shut
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin fell as much as 7.3 percent in the U.S. after a report claimed Chinese regulators ordered the nation’s digital exchanges to close, the second blow to the $150 billion…
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Bitcoin Gets Close to $5,000
EghtesadOnline: Bitcoin began September by approaching $5,000, following up on a record-breaking run in August spurred by optimism that faster transaction times will hasten the spread of the…
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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 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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Chipmakers Nvidia, AMD Ride Cryptocurrency Wave — for Now
EghtesadOnline: During California’s Gold Rush, it was often the sellers of pickaxes and shovels who made the most money. In the frenzy to get rich quick from cryptocurrencies, some investors…
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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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Aberdeen Says Cryptocurrency Bubble Will Burst Even If Coins Change Finance
EghtesadOnline: Peter Denious, head of global venture capital at Aberdeen Asset Management Plc, said we’re in the midst of a virtual currency bubble, and like all bubbles, it will eventually…
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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’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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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…