Chain splits under a Bitcoin monetary standard

The recent bitcoin chain split got me thinking again about bitcoin-as-money, specifically as a unit of account . If bitcoin were to serve as...

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Bitcoin Cash Mining Difficulty Drops Significantly - Speeding Up The Chain

Jamie Redman On Sunday, August 20, the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network dropped its mining difficulty another notch down to 7 percent of BTC’s dif...

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World’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange Bitflyer Expands into US Market

Kevin Helms Bitflyer, Japan ’s and the world’s largest bitcoin exchange by volume, has announced its expansion into the US market this fall....

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Bitcoin Cash Flips Mining Profitability

Jamie Redman Bitcoin Cash (BCH) markets have been extremely bullish over the past two days after hovering in the $300 range for a solid week...

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Venezuelan Bitcoin Mining Continues Despite Government Crackdown

Samuel Haig The Atlantic has reported that Venezuelan bitcoin mining continues despite government efforts to crack down on miners. Venezuel...

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Goldman Sachs Technical Analyst Predicts Bitcoin’s ‘Top’ Is $4800

Jamie Redman During the overnight of August 14, the price of bitcoin hit an all-time high of $4,400 across global exchanges. Two months ago,...

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Russia Discusses Starting Cryptocurrency Mining With Its 20+ Gigawatt Surplus

Kevin Helms Russia ’s First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov has revealed that discussions are underway regarding the creation of governm...

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Two U.S. Senators Submit a Bill to Investigate Digital Currencies

By Jamie Redman  Following the recent ransomware fiasco and multiple traders from a variety of U.S. states arrested for bitcoin related mone...

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Why is a one pound coin worth more than four pennies?

The new 12-sided pound coin released earlier this year The UK's recently-introduced one pound coin is made of 8.75 grams of metal, 76% ...

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Cryptobuyer Installs First Bitcoin ATMs in Latin American Commercial Bank

By Samuel Haig  Major Latin American cryptocurrency and digital assets company, Cryptobuyer, has installed two bitcoin ATMs on the premises ...

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Bitpay to Launch Bitcoin Wallet App for Windows Phone Market

By Samuel Haig  Bitcoin payment processor Bitpay Inc. has announced that it will be making its bitcoin wallet app available to Windows Phone...

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FBI Requests New Funding To Investigate Use Of Virtual Currencies

By Jamie Redman On June 21 the acting director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, gave a speech to U.S. bureaucrats requesting a new budget for the ...

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Analyst: Like Amazon, Bitcoin Offers a Lucrative Multi-Decade Investment Opportunity

By Kevin Helms  A financial analyst looked closely at the spikes in Amazon’s stock price and bitcoin recently. While detailing similarities ...

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Bitinka Announces Expansion of Bitcoin-Based Payment-App Services Across Latin America

By Samuel Haig  Bitinka, a platform that allows users from 9 South American nations to purchase and sell bitcoins, has announced significant...

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Top German Banker Warns Cryptocurrencies Could Precipitate a Financial Crisis

Sterlin Lujan  A top German banker, Jens Weidmann, commented Wednesday that digital currencies like bitcoin could cause a financial catastro...

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