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No Hiding Place in Bitcoin, Real Mining for Virtual Cash, and the Wrong Sort of Fun

As the highest-value bitcoin transaction occurs, a Welsh resident searches a landfill for his £4m hard drive.

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One Bitcoin Was Worth MORE Than an Ounce of Gold Today

Bitcoin has just exceeded the price of gold, which bitcoin advocates say is symbolic for the virtual currency.

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Bitcoin Price Hits $1,000 After Doubling in 7 Days. What Next?

Today bitcoin reached a whole new milestone, with the price of bitcoin on Mt. Gox reaching $1,000.

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4 Career Fields Bitcoin Could Replace

The concept of bitcoin-type electronic money may ultimately disrupt industries the same way as email already has.

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Exante's Bitcoin Fund Reports YTD Performance of 4,847%

The 2013 YTD performance statistics for The Bitcoin Fund released by Exante reveal a 4,847% return.

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Bitcoin: here to stay but not immune from terrible ideas

If you want to say when bitcoin got big, you could do a lot worse than picking this week.

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Bitcoin Faces Regulatory Push in Senate Banking Committee Hearing

Yesterday's banking subcommittee hearing in the Senate included many suggestions that bitcoin should be regulated.

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Balanced Regulation Could Help the Good in Bitcoin Overcome the Bad

Crime is giving bitcoin a bad name. Could regulation help bitcoin fulfil its potential?

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Whether or Not Bitcoin Needs it, Regulators are Going to Regulate

What are members of the bitcoin community trying to achieve with the bitcoin hearings today?

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Why China is Leading the Global Rise of Bitcoin

Insiders offer a view of bitcoin in China: world's largest exchange, rampant mining, and a population ready to invest.

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