Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.

Blockchain Patent Filings Spike
Blockchain Patent Filings Spike
October 03, 2018  |  Blockchain

The race for blockchain patents is on, with firms in China and the US making headlines.  We get some insight about the strategies from a...

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Coinbase Valued At $8B With Potential Tiger Global Investment
Coinbase Valued At $8B With Potential Tiger Global Investment
October 03, 2018  |  Investments

Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange operator, is nearing a deal that would give it a valuation of around $8 billion, reported Recode. The report, citing people familiar with...

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Bitcoin Daily: VCs Plow $3.9B In Crypto Ventures; Coinbase Taps Charles Schwab Advisor For Board
Bitcoin Daily: VCs Plow $3.9B In Crypto Ventures; Coinbase Taps Charles Schwab Advisor For Board
October 03, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Crypto research site Diar claims that startups in the digital currency and blockchain space have notched roughly $3.9 billion in funding via venture capital (VC)...

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Cryptocurrency Price Manipulation Courtesy Of Bots
Cryptocurrency Price Manipulation Courtesy Of Bots
October 02, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

The manipulation of cryptocurrencies is getting attention from regulators who have been warning that these digital tokens, and the exchanges they are traded on, could...

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Today In Data: Separating The Hope From The Hype In Payments
Today In Data: Separating The Hope From The Hype In Payments
October 02, 2018  |  Today In Data

Hype is, and always has been, part and parcel to the world of tech. After all, almost no one bills their own innovations as the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Big ICOs Avoided Ethereum Crash By Cashing Out; Bitcoin Falls For Second Consecutive Month
Bitcoin Daily: Big ICOs Avoided Ethereum Crash By Cashing Out; Bitcoin Falls For Second Consecutive...
October 02, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Big initial coin offering (ICO) projects studied by Bitmex may have avoided the crash in Ethereum prices by converting their resources in the digital currency...

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Bitcoin: 10 Years Of Smoke And Mirrors
Bitcoin: 10 Years Of Smoke And Mirrors
October 01, 2018  |  Bitcoin

The end of this month, Oct. 31, 2018, will mark the 10th anniversary of the day that a link to a paper, authored by Satoshi...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Surges; Chinese Billionaire Dumps Blockchain
Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Surges; Chinese Billionaire Dumps Blockchain
October 01, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Ripple (XRP) has overtaken Ethereum within the last 24 hours, with a 7 percent surge in price for a market valuation of $24.28 billion. Get...

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Analysis Claims $88.6M Laundered Via Crypto Exchanges
Analysis Claims $88.6M Laundered Via Crypto Exchanges
September 28, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

For years, law enforcement has feared that bitcoin could make money laundering easier. And now, in a new analysis of 2,500 suspected crypto crimes that made...

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