Bitcoin and cryptocurrency markets were again shaken Thursday as the Japanese government launched a new crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges. Japan has been at the forefront of ...

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Chinese bitcoin exchange BTCC Technology Ltd. has been acquired by an unnamed Hong Kong-based blockchain investment fund. The move will allow the company to expand ...

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The debate over the future of cryptocurrencies continued Thursday with a group meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, decrying a bubble. Yet at ...

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Israel looks set to be the latest country to crack down on bitcoin. The country’s financial regulator said Monday it would move to ban companies ...

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Sir Isaac Newton was the first to coin the phrase “what goes up must come down” in relation to gravity, but now it seems bitcoin ...

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Vietnam is the latest country to restrict the use of cryptocurrencies, as the communist country’s central bank decreed that virtual currencies will be prohibited as a method ...

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Bitcoin surged to a new record high of $6,306.58 in trading Sunday after rumors emerged that China may be reconsidering its ban on the trading ...

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Bitcoin hit new record highs over the weekend as both Australia and South Korea consider new regulations for the cryptocurrency sector. Following a rapid rise ...

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North Korea latest act of maleficence doesn’t involve nuclear weapons but something still deeply concerning to the cyrptocurrency community: bitcoin hacking. The rogue state is alleged ...

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The price of bitcoin has plummeted after BTC China, more commonly known as BTCC and world’s oldest exchange, announced Thursday that it will cease trading ...

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The price of bitcoin settled in late trading Monday after the launch of Bitcoin Cash, an alternative to bitcoin supported by a small number of bitcoin ...

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China looks set to impose strict regulations on bitcoin as the country’s central bank circulates new guidelines that would require exchanges to identify clients and ...

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