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Bitcoin News Roundup for Feb. 28, 2020

Bitcoin in the dumps along with the Dow, top miners are racing to the halving, and Microsoft kills crypto jackers. It's the Markets Daily Podcast from CoinDesk.

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Today's news:

Bitcoin Closes on First February Price Loss Since 2014

World's Top Crypto Miners Race to Roll Out Top-of-Line Machines Ahead of Bitcoin Halving

Major Crypto Exchanges Bitfinex and OKEx Hit by Service Denial Attacks

Coinbase Is Testing Clearview's Controversial Facial Recognition Technology

Microsoft Updates Edge Browser to Protect Against Illicit Crypto Miners

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John Biggs

John Biggs is an entrepreneur, consultant, writer, and maker. He spent fifteen years as an editor for Gizmodo, CrunchGear, and TechCrunch and has a deep background in hardware startups, 3D printing, and blockchain. His work has appeared in Men’s Health, Wired, and the New York Times. He runs the Technotopia podcast about a better future. He has written five books including the best book on blogging, Bloggers Boot Camp, and a book about the most expensive timepiece ever made, Marie Antoinette’s Watch. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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