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Price of Success? Bitcoin Faces New Pressure in a Multi-Coin World

Day two of a popular bitcoin developer conference saw evidence the technical community is perhaps being challenged by larger changes in blockchain.

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Segwit2x Is Doomed to Fail

Developer Ariel Deschapell argues that the Segwit2x bitcoin fork is a broken attempt to change bitcoin, and that it's destined to fail.

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MIT Media Lab Director: ICOs Are 'Attracting the Wrong People'

MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito is joining the ranks of outspoken critics who believe the market for blockchain-based tokens is overheated.

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Hold the Fork: No 2x But Everything Else Goes at Scaling Bitcoin Event

Day one of Scaling Bitcoin 2017 presented a change of pace for an event that grew out of the network's technical contention.

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Bitcoin Price: First Signs of a Tired Bull?

The bitcoin bull market may be reaching a point of exhaustion, according to price action analysis.

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Argentinian Futures Exchange Eyes Bitcoin Offering

Argentina's largest futures market, Mercado de Termino de Rosario or Rofex, is considering offering cryptocurrency products to investors.

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Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein: I'm Open to Bitcoin

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein has said that he has not comfortable with bitcoin, but he is open to the cryptocurrency.

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Finance Bigwig Mohamed El-Erian Says Bitcoin Is a Commodity

Allianz Chief Economic Advisor Mohamed El-Erian says bitcoin's price volatility makes it seem more like a commodity than a currency.

DUBAI/UAE, 08NOV08 - Mohamed A. el Erian, Managing Director, Co-Chief Information, Officer, Pacific IINvestment Management Company, USA, at the  Summit on the Global Agenda, 07 November - 09 November 2008. 
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Short-Term Top? Bitcoin Price Seeks Direction on Choppy Charts

With extreme volatility evident in bitcoin's price this morning, what lies ahead for the cryptocurrency? Analysis suggests caution is advised.

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Free Market Forks? Bitcoin Startups Love the Idea But Brace for Reality

Bitcoin startups that were once sold on Segwit2x are preparing for a split, signaling that the market should decide how the hard fork plays out.

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