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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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CME Group's Leo Melamed: We'll 'Tame' Bitcoin

CME Group Chairman Emeritus Leo Melamed said he believes in the future of bitcoin and expects major investment in his company's futures contracts.

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Short-Lived Rebound? Bitcoin Struggles to Retake $7,200

Bitcoin prices dropped to a four-day low below $6,950 yesterday before regaining some poise. So has the pullback run out of steam?

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How to Stop Worrying and Love the Fork

It's going to be a stressful month for bitcoin, but in the big picture, breakups can be healthy for the ecosystem – and possibly for society.

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Money Manager VanEck Launches Cryptocurrency Price Indices

The firm behind a recent effort to launch a cryptocurrency-tied (ETF) has unveiled a set of new indices related to bitcoin and other digital assets.

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$8,000? Goldman Sachs Analysts See Possible Bitcoin Price Jump

Goldman Sachs analysts predicted that the price of bitcoin could surge as high as $8,000 in a note distributed to clients earlier this week.

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Bitcoin's Price Slips Below $7,000

The price of bitcoin has slid below $7,000 just a day after climbing above the $7,600 level.

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Bitcoin Price Fades After Spike to New Record High

Following yet another record high at the weekend, bitcoin is trading on the back foot today.

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Bitcoin Startup RSK to Launch Smart Contracts Sidechain in 2017

RSK's effort to bring ethereum-like smart contracts to the bitcoin blockchain could go live in 2017, its lead developer has told CoinDesk.

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