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A bitcoin ETF took another step closer to reality
December 21st, 2017
A bitcoin ETF took another step closer to reality after the NYSE filed with the SEC to list two funds tracking bitcoin futures. The NYSE wants to list the ProShares Bitcoin ETF and the ProShares Short Bitcoin ETF, two ...
Bitcoin plunges 18% after topping $11,000 in extremely volatile trading
November 30th, 2017
Bitcoin has gained, and plunged, well over $1,000 in less than 24 hours. The digital currency dropped more than 18 percent from a record high of $11,388.33 to $9,290.30 on Wednesday, according to CoinDesk. Bitcoin then attempted to recover ...
Bitcoin surged to yet another new record high; Cracks $9,600
November 27th, 2017
Bitcoin surged to yet another new record high on Monday, breaking a record set during the Thanksgiving weekend stateside. The cryptocurrency jumped to an all-time high of $9,682.10 hours after cracking the $9,400 level on Sunday, according to industry ...
Warning Signs About Another Giant Bitcoin Exchange
November 22nd, 2017
As the price of Bitcoin has soared, the virtual currency has edged toward the mainstream. Square, the fast-growing payments company run by the Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, has begun selling Bitcoins to ordinary consumers, and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ...
What is an Initial Coin Offering (ICO)?
November 2nd, 2017
Initial coin offerings have come out of nowhere in 2017 to become the talk of Silicon Valley and Wall Street. Programmers have raised over $3.2 billion this year by selling their own virtual currencies to investors. That is 3,000 ...
Bitcoin Is Paying Out Dividends Now — Just Not to Everyone
October 25th, 2017
On top of stupendous capital gains, investors in bitcoin are also getting a dividend — if they’re lucky. A split in the blockchain created a new offshoot in the form of bitcoin gold on Tuesday, with bitcoin holders receiving ...
Why is bitcoin splitting again and what is bitcoin gold?
October 24th, 2017
Bitcoin is forking for a second time to form a new cryptocurrency called bitcoin gold, but why is this happening so soon after bitcoin cash? The stir caused by the forking of bitcoin into two different cryptocurrencies caused quite ...
What the bitcoin cash is and is it worth anything?
August 3rd, 2017
Early yesterday morning bitcoin’s blockchain forked — meaning a separate cryptocurrency was created called bitcoin cash. The way a fork works is instead of creating a totally new cryptocurrency (and blockchain) starting at block 0, a fork just creates ...
Bitcoin’s New Currency Trades Above $200 on First Day
August 2nd, 2017
Bitcoin, the world’s most famous digital currency, split in two on Tuesday. So now there are two versions: The original one and a new type of online money called Bitcoin Cash, which is now being bought and sold at ...
Bitcoin Cash a pivotal moment for Bitcoin
August 1st, 2017
A new digital currency is about to be created as the bitcoin blockchain is forced to split in two Members of the bitcoin community unhappy with its direction are forcing the blockchain to split. This will create a new, ...
