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Bitcoin has rallied 22% in a week, pushing the crypto to levels not seen since fall of FTX

Bitcoin erased its post-FTX losses, surging past $21,000 on Tuesday. Crypto's total market cap topp…

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Ether spikes 10% as upcoming 'merge' sparks renewed enthusiasm for the world's 2nd biggest cryptocurrency

The second biggest cryptocurrency behind bitcoin traded at $1,476.04, early Monday, and is up about…

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Bitcoin is the newest tool in the battle against inflation — Here’s why

One can see rising prices of goods just about everywhere else as well. Economists say a large …

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Bill Ackman calls on New York to fix its crypto-unfriendly rules and asks how NYC's mayor can even spend his bitcoin paycheck

Ackman's tweet came after a crypto enthusiast said he'd move to Connecticut since his New York resi…

Shalini Nagarajan   


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The Signal app creator is just one influential expert slamming crypto tech — and investors have taken notice

Moxie Marlinspike and several other technology experts have attacked crypto in recent weeks, saying…

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Bitcoin tumbles to an 18-month low, with cryptocurrencies selling off as inflation shock scares investors out of riskier assets

Bitcoin plunged to its lowest since December 2020 and is now about 63% below last year's record hig…

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Two of the biggest cryptocurrencies in the crypto market are set to double in value this year, according to analysts

After hitting a new all-time high in October, analysts are betting on Ethereum and Bitcoin to doubl…

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The CEO of a crypto research firm says bitcoin is going to $100,000 by year-end

"You say the moon is the limit. We can go up beyond that as well," Chainalysis CEO Michael Gronager…

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India has no plans to recognise Bitcoin as a currency, says country's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Whether the government has any proposal to recognise Bitcoin as a currency in the country, the…

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Cryptocurrency mining is causing power shutdowns in Kazakhstan, and China may be to blame

The electricity demand in the country has increased by eight percent so far this year as compare…

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MicroStrategy adds another 5,050 bitcoin to its balance sheet to bring its total stash of the cryptocurrency to $5.1 billion

The business analytics software maker bought 5,050 for about $242.9 million in cash, according to a…

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Cryptocurrencies tumble as China continues its crackdown against mining

The Chinese government is ramping up its crackdown on cryptocurrency. Authorities have called cry…

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Ethereum 2.0’s first upgrade will happen this month — a step closer to denting the competitive advantage of ‘Ethereum Killers’

The move is expected to reduce Ethereum’s power consumption by 99.9%. While this is good news f…

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Square stock could rise by 25% as the Cash App is developer a 'must-own' fintech innovator, Jefferies says

The Cash App is a 'long-term winner' in the competitive digital-wallets space, said Jefferies in up…

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Bitcoin will double to $100,000 by early next year - and ether could hit as much as $35,000 in the long run, Standard Chartered says

"While potential returns may be greater for ETH than for BTC, risks are also higher," StanChart's c…

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A crypto exchange accidentally paid a $24 million fee for a $100,000 ethereum transaction - but the miner agreed to return it

Bitfinex paid $24 million in transaction fees in one of the biggest "fat-finger" errors in crypto h…

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Cardano says it has added smart contracts to its network after the alonzo upgrade - while its ada token runs into profit-taking

The alonzo upgrade that rolled out on Sunday will now offer smart contract capability, according to…

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Cardano's ada jumps to more than $3 for the first time after the network begins upgrades to deliver smart contracts

Ada's price has risen sharply in recent weeks as excitement has built around a major network upgrad…

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Bitcoin does not make payments anonymous — just really hard to trace

Even the most private of cryptocurrencies like Monero, DASH, and Verge are traceable to a cert…