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Bitcoin's Dip Below $11K Puts Bulls on Shaky Ground

Having failed to scale a major resistance level on Monday, bitcoin fell below the $11,000 mark soon before press time.

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Blockchain Needs Centralization, Says Chinese SEC Official

An official from China's Securities Regulatory Commission has said complete decentralization is not the best way to reap blockchain's benefits.

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Bitcoin on Lightning Too Risky? Maybe Ice Cream Will Tempt You

An experimental San Francisco service is seeking to entice bitcoin users to explore the its in-development Lightning payments network.

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GMO Has Mined Millions of Dollars in Bitcoin Already

The crypto mine launched by Japanese IT firm GMO Internet has generated more than $3 million in revenue over the past three months.

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US Marshals to Sell $25 Million in Bitcoin at Auction

The U.S. Marshals will auction off 2,170 bitcoins worth roughly $25 million in two weeks.

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Make-or-Break Level? Bitcoin Pauses at Key Resistance

Bitcoin price is flirting with key resistance on the technical charts and a move in either direction could be on the cards.

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Major Blockchains Are Pretty Much Still Centralized, Research Finds

Researchers wade into the centralization debate, setting out data analysis they think could help shed light on the issue.

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Bitcoin's 'Kimchi Premium' Has All But Evaporated

CoinDesk data shows that the gap between South Korea's bitcoin prices, and those shown by the global market, closed over the course of February.

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Bitcoin Struggles to Pass $11K Amid Low Volumes

Bitcoin passed above the $11,000 mark this morning, but low volumes could be capping gains.

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'Bitcoin Private' Is Here, But What's It Worth?

A fork of a fork of a fork? A new cryptocurrency just launched that's nearly identical to zcash, but commentators are questioning its value add.

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