Bitcoin has had a volatile couple of weeks after hitting a record high of close to $42,000
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The price of bitcoin was on track for biggest weekly fall since September on Saturday.
Comments from Janet Yellen and a debunked...
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Bitcoin isn't a new concept, but it's gaining a renewed interest from investors.Over the past year, bitcoin's price has skyrocketed as much as 350% and is currently trading around 275% higher. However, it's also an extremely volatile commodity, and...
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An early bitcoin adopter says the best time to buy is when no one's talking about it.He started out with an initial purchase of 2.5 bitcoins in 2013, when the token was trading around $100. The buyer,...
Cars drive on an unlit street during a blackout in Tehran, Iran on January 20, 2021.
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The Iranian government has blamed the mining of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for the blackouts.
Cryptocurrency has become a way to...
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Bitcoin was bouncing back on Friday, sending certain stocks higher. Technology company MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) holds thousands of bitcoin tokens on its balance sheet (and is still buying more), which is why its stock was up. And bitcoin mining...
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Biden's Big Week Buoys Big-Tech & Bullion, Batters Bitcoin & Black Gold
A mixed bag this holiday-shortened week. Biden's big week saw big-tech stocks soar as bitcoin was battered, gold gained along with bonds, oil slipped lower along...
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Bitcoin has had a volatile couple of weeks after hitting a record high of close to $42,000
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The price of bitcoin was on track for biggest weekly fall since September on Friday.
Comments from Janet Yellen and a report of a...
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Social media in Iran has been gripped by speculation that Bitcoin is to blame for a series of recent power blackouts across the country
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Bitcoin isn’t a new phenomenon (it was actually released in its most primitive form way back in 2009), but it might be a new phenomenon for you! Thankfully, while the Bitcoin waters may be confusing and difficult to wade through, there are...
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Sequoia To Pay Interested Employees In Bitcoin
With increasingly more institutions converting some (or in the case of MicroStrategy, most) of their cash equivalents into bitcoin, one key spoke of an all-bitcoin corporate ecosystem...
JPMorgan Tries To Slam Bitcoin Again, Fails Spectacularly
In its third attempt to talk down bitcoin in the past two months (see here for attempt #1, and attempts #2), and one which may be succeeding for the time being with bitcoin...
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Shares of bitcoin-mining company Marathon Patent Group (NASDAQ: MARA) tumbled on Thursday, as the price of bitcoin continued falling. As of 1:15 p.m. EST, the stock was down 10%.In recent days there has been some news regarding Marathon's...
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Shares of CleanSpark (NASDAQ: CLSK) plunged on Thursday, likely because the price of bitcoin continues to fall. However, the company did announce progress on one of its energy projects today. As of 1:40 p.m. EST, the stock was down 11%.CleanSpark's...
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Shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTC: GBTC), a fund that allows investors to indirectly own bitcoin, were falling hard on Thursday as the price of bitcoin keeps sliding. As of 2:15 p.m. EST, shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust were down 10%. And...
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Growth Stocks' "Line In The Sand" Defended Again, Bitcoin Battered
Big-Tech stocks rallied today as Small Caps lagged and the S&P and Dow trod water as yesterday's exuberance faded with an ugly close...
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Bitcoin fell as much as 11% on Thursday after a report from BitMEX Research suggested that a critical flaw called "double spend" had occurred in the Bitcoin blockchain.Double spend is a highly feared scenario where a user is...
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