Bitcoin

Joe Biden Leverages Twitter Hack to Plug Campaign Fundraising

Presidential hopeful Senator Joe Biden took an opportunistic chance to raise money from the recent Twitter scam. His Twitter fe...
July 17, 2020
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Darknet Bitcoin Use Grows by 65% (USD) in Q1 2020

Blockchain analytics firm, Crystal Blockchain, has analyzed cryptocurrency flows in and out of the darknet, revealing that tran...
July 15, 2020
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You May Not Know This but There’s No Such Thing as “a Bitcoin”

Is it possible to track individual Bitcoin (BTC) ‘coins’ across the blockchain or are BTC units indistinguishable from each oth...
July 14, 2020
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New Bitcoin Hash Rate Dispels Post-Halving Miner Capitulation Fears

Just over two months since the third Bitcoin halving and the BTC hash rate has hit a new all-time high. Evidently, the sudden r...
July 13, 2020
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Bitcoin’s Average Transaction Fee Rose 647% Following Last Halving

Data for Q2 2020 shows the cryptocurrency market thriving, with Ethereum leading a price rally and Bitcoin showing solid networ...
July 6, 2020
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3 Reasons Why Bitcoin Dominance Based on Market Cap Is Flawed

CoinMarketCap (CMC) currently records the Bitcoin (BTC) dominance rate, based on market capitalization, at 64.7%. However, this...
July 1, 2020
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Venezuela Bypasses Sanctions With Bitcoin Payments for Passports

The South American nation of Venezuela appears to have run a very brief trial accepting Bitcoin payments for passport applicati...
June 25, 2020
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Bitcoin Mining: How Efficiency is Driving the ASIC ‘Arms Race’

With the May 2020 Bitcoin (BTC) halving out of the way, block rewards have dropped to a measly 6.25 BTC. Miners are gobbling up...
June 16, 2020
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Massive Number of Bitcoin Options Set to Expire in June

The future of Bitcoin is anything but certain. For a number of investors, however, the future is now. More than 100,000 BTC opt...
June 16, 2020
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Bitcoin Finds Support at $9,000, Bitmain Woes and More: News Roundup

Ever since it hit a high of $10,429 at the start of the month, Bitcoin’s price has been dropping gradually. At press time, it s...
June 15, 2020
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