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Bitcoin Eyes $18,000 as Tide Turns in Bulls' Favor

Bitcoin is strongly bid today amid reports of institutional buying, and has climbed 10 percent in the last 24 hours.

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'Wealth Effect' From Bitcoin Trading Could Boost Japan's GDP, Say Analysts

Analysts from Japanese financial holdings company Nomura have estimated that the rise bitcoin prices could boost Japan's economic growth.

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E-Trade Financial Launches CME Bitcoin Futures Trading

E-Trade Financial Corporation opened trading in bitcoin futures from CME Group Tuesday evening.

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Video: Two Bubbles? ShapeShift CEO Talks Crypto Market Prices

ShapeShift​ CEO Erik Voorhees sits down for a Q&A with CoinDesk on the state of the crypto markets and what's in store for 2018.

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Video: $1 Million? Bitcoin Sign Guy on Why It's Not Too Late to Buy

The man behind one of the crypto industry's most popular memes speaks out on his philosophy toward cryptocurrency and its future.

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Report: Peter Thiel's Founders Fund Bets Millions on Bitcoin

PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel's VC firm reportedly made hundreds of millions by putting $15 million to $20 million down on bitcoin last year.

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Crypto Market Sets New High as Bitcoin Dominance Drops to Historic Low

The cryptocurrency market sets all-time-high above $660 billion while bitcoin dominance dropped to its historic low.

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What Do We Do With All This Money?

All dressed up and nowhere to go? VC Wendy Schadeck argues this may be the problem for funding-rich ICO projects as they enter 2018.

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What DAO? Charting Ether's Epic 2017 Price Climb

Ether's price began 2017 below $10, shooting to as high as $800 earlier this month.

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2017: The Year Crypto Became a New Asset Class

Crypto assets may have become an asset class in 2017, but that doesn't mean there's work yet to be done to bring the technology to main street.

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