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'2x' Boost? Bitcoin Cash Closes on Record High

Bitcoin cash rose to a three-month high of $872.24 today, two days after a controversial hard fork of the bitcoin blockchain was suspended.

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Bull Grip Weakens As Bitcoin Price Breaks Below $7,000

After setting a new record high of $7,879 Wednesday, bitcoin's price has dropped below $6,800 today.

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Ethereum to ICOs: You're Doing It Wrong

Ethereum devs have harsh words for many ICO launches, but outline the steps issuers can take to make their projects less sketchy.

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Ether Shrugs Off Parity Concerns As Price Climbs to Three-Week High

Despite a serious vulnerability being discovered in ethereum wallet Parity, ether prices have climbed today.

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'Segwit2x Rally' Unwinds? Bitcoin Looks Heavy As Fork Boost Fades

Following the suspension of the Segwit2x hard fork, bitcoin prices rose to new record highs yesterday, before falling to a low of $7,058 today.

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Make Big Money on Bitcoin Cash? The IRS Might Be Watching

Hard forks of bitcoin are creating new wealth that the U.S. tax agency will want to tax, but it's still unclear just how to report these new assets.

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Relief and Disbelief: Bitcoin Reacts to Sudden '2x' Suspension

Bitcoin's attempted '2x' software upgraded is cancelled – and some in the cryptocurrency's community think that's cause for celebration.

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CoinDesk's Top 10 Token Traders and Analysts of 2017

Inspired by the notable influencers in the crypto space, CoinDesk has crunched the data to decide the Top 10 Analysts and Token Traders of 2017.

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$7,500 and Rising: Bitcoin Price Looks Ready to Challenge Records

Having refused to succumb to bearish technical pressures yesterday, the world's largest cryptocurrency moved back above $7,500 this morning.

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Bitcoin's Bogeyman Cometh: Why Segwit2x Is a 51% Attack

Bitcoin startups must have the tech's best interests in mind? Entrepreneur Edan Yago argues that in the case of Segwit2x, this has proven untrue.

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