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Bitcoin now below $7,000: Crypto has seen 50% value erosion in 2018 alone
Regulatory pressure is mounting in the cryptocurrency space, while major social media platforms are distancing themselves from the industry
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What the world's governments are saying about cryptocurrencies
Most cryptocurrency trading in the U.S. takes place in a legal gray area, a point highlighted by the nation's two top market watchdogs in testimony to Congress in February
Bitcoin's 'death cross' looms as strategist eyes $2,800 level
The strategist studied the virtual currency's 2013 tumble for clues on how it may act this time round
Bitcoin dealer in Finland plays cat and mouse with banks closing accounts
Prasos runs websites such as Coinmotion.com and Bittiraha.fi, through which retail investors can exchange Bitcoins into euros
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Bitcoin not a legitimate form of payment: People's Bank of China chief
The price of Bitcoin had fallen more than 13 percent in the 24 hours to 1030 GMT on Friday
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Bitcoin steadies amid Japan regulatory clampdown and Binance theft concerns
Japan's Financial Services Agency ordered two exchanges to halt operations for a month and penalized four others on Thursday
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After Facebook ad ban, Twitter moves to prevent crypto scams on platform
The measures come amid a boom in the price of bitcoin, the world's best known cryptocurrency.
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Bitcoin's plunge in daily transactions stirs questions about its use
The average number of trades recorded daily has roughly dropped in half from the December highs
Energy-sapping Bitcoin mining is here to stay despite the 'wasteful' method
The current mining process is indeed resource-intensive and wasteful, but there is no magic fix in sight
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New currency for extremism? Here's why jihadists see Bitcoin as a boon
Cryptocurrency has become an increasingly discussed topic among jihadist groups in the Middle East
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Bitcoin plunges 20% to $6,190; experts warn it may drop another 50%
Today's collapse was fuelled by a flood of speculators looking to make a quick buck
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Bitcoin selloff accelerates with more than 10% fall at $7,289 on Bitstamp
Other cryptocurrencies also suffered double-digit declines in their prices on Monday, according to industry tracker Coinmarketcap.com
Bitcoin at fresh 2.5-month low as UK bank bans purchase via credit card
The price of Bitcoin on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange has now fallen by more than half from a peak of almost $20,000 hit in December
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How Bitcoin's popularity draws hackers into red-hot cryptocurrency space
Digital currencies have quickly grown into a more mainstream asset class
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Corporate Affairs Ministry asks ICAI to submit report on bitcoin auditing
At present, there is no available data on the quantum of Bitcoin transactions by Indian companies, something which the ICAI study will delve into
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Bitcoin for payments: Why critics' view is wrong and will become more so
In the last 3 months of 2017, almost $150 bn was processed in transactions - nearly 10 times more than a year earlier and seven times higher than what Western Union moves among consumers in a quarter
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Bitcoin can't save Putin, Kim Jong-un or Maduro from the sanctions squeeze
All the world's digital tokens are worth only about $700 billion
Bitcoin, housing bubble and Trump: Fact & fiction behind doomsaying in 2018
The most genuinely worrying thing that might happen in 2018 is armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula
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Bitcoin prices can drop by half and China's miners will still make money
Even at the country's highest regulated electricity tariff, miners can profit from bitcoin as long as it's worth more than $6,925
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Why you would be crazy to actually spend bitcoin
Speculative fervor makes the cryptocurrency clumsy for commerce