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Bitcoin Price Seeks Direction as Trading Range Narrows

Bitcoin's price range continues to narrow, but a big move on either side could happen soon, the technical charts suggest.

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Wall Street Vets Raise $50 Million for Crypto Fund of Funds

Sia Nader's Cryptolux, a cryptocurrency fund-of-funds, aims to take advantage of lessons he drew in the 2008 crash – including the value of humility.

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Lightning Has a Problem: People Are Already Using It

Early use of the Lightning Network is catching bugs, but developers are concerned that it could also slow down the building of bitcoin's second layer.

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Bitcoin Won't Cause Lehman-Style Meltdown, Says MAS Fintech Chief

The fintech chief at the Monetary Authority of Singapore believes bitcoin won't cause a financial meltdown like the 2008 Lehman Brothers bankruptcy.

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'Micro' Finance Giant Robinhood Makes Big Bet on Bitcoin

Mobile stock trading provider Robinhood is now providing bitcoin and ethereum trading alongside the traditional assets it offers.

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Bitcoin Bull Reversal Sighted, But Momentum Proves Weak

Bitcoin bulls seem to have gained an upper hand, but the cryptocurrency is still struggling to find follow-through buying today.

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Decentralization vs Scale: Crypto's Growing Struggle

New academic papers dive into just how decentralized the most popular blockchains are, and how resistant they'd be to takeover by controlling force.

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Bitcoin Demand at $10K Hints at Move Higher

Persistent demand around the $10,000 mark hints that bitcoin could be building a base for an eventual move to over $13,000.

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Payment Processor Stripe to End Support for Bitcoin

Payments processor Stripe announced it would end support for bitcoin in April, citing rising transaction costs and times as two reasons for the move.

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Goldman Sachs Report Warns Investors of Bitcoin 'Bubble'

Goldman Sachs analysts have claimed bitcoin is in a bubble bigger than the dot-com era and the famous Dutch tulip mania.

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