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Bitcoin Price Surges to One-Month High as Tech Outlook Improves

The price of bitcoin was up on Thursday, driven to a one-month high on optimism that the network's technology could soon upgrade.

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Ripple Reports Uptick in Investor XRP Interest as Sales Triple in Q2

A new report from Ripple suggests institutional investors are increasingly interested in its native cryptocurrency.

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What's an ICO? 'Big 4' Consulting Firms Are Getting the Question

Major consulting firms are reporting that interest in blockchain is fast expanding beyond distributed ledgers to include more experimental ICOs.

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Bitcoin Startups Advise Caution as Scaling Proposals Collide

With a number of developer proposals set to collide in the coming days, exchanges are issuing policy updates for bitcoin users.

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$30 Million: Ether Reported Stolen Due to Parity Wallet Breach

A security bug in a major ethereum wallet has resulted in the loss of $30 million in funds.

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CoinDash ICO Hacker Nets Additional Ether as Theft Tops $10 Million

Money continues to trickle into an ethereum address compromised during an initial coin offering by a startup called CoinDash.

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Cryptocurrency Market Crosses $80 Billion As Ether, Bitcoin Prices Gain

The cryptocurrency markets were once again above $80bn on Tuesday after spending much of the weekend in the red.

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Blockchain Startup ArabianChain Nets $817k from New Investor

A UAE-based public blockchain startup has received $817,000 in funding from a private investor.

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A Chinese Bitcoin Tycoon and His Record-Breaking ICO

An initial coin offering led by noted bitcoin investor Li Xiaolai has set a record in China, but has also received criticisms.

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$7 Million Lost in CoinDash ICO Hack

An initial coin offering abruptly ended today when user funds were stolen from the ethereum contract used to facilitate the sale.

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