Bitcoin: A Casual and Non-Technical Explanation of Concepts Behind the Currency

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What follows is a fairly simple and mostly true description of the way Bitcoin works using a couple of real-life examples but without using citations because I’m lazy and I don’t cite sources in...

Bitcoin Price Surges 20% Overnight as Volume of CBOE Futures Skyrockets

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The bitcoin price has surged by more than 20 percent overnight, triggered by the launch of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) bitcoin futures trading platform. According to cryptocurrency market data provider CryptoCompare, the bitcoin...

Could Bitcoin’s ‘Whales’ Manipulate the Market?

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Bitcoin has captured the public imagination this year — or at least, as its price skyrocketed, tapped into public greed. But bitcoin was built by a tight-knit community of technology buffs and entrepreneurs, and...

Bitcoin gambling rules to bet safely

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Since this website is not a gambler’s diary resource nor is it aimed at addicts, we preach safe boring betting strategies. We are here to make some coin, not to wreck our lives. So...

NiceHash CEO Confirms Bitcoin Theft Worth $78 Million

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Cryptocurrency mining marketplace NiceHash has confirmed that yesterday's hack resulted in the loss of over 4,700 BTC, an amount worth more than $78 million at press-time prices. In a video update streamed live on Facebook, CEO...

PwC’s Hong Kong Office Accepts Bitcoin Payment

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"Big Four" auditing and accountancy firm PwC has accepted its first ever payment in cryptocurrency. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, out today, the firm's Hong Kong office indicated that it accepted the payment...

Are Bitcoin Traders Planning for an ETF Approval?

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Traders seem to be already pricing in the US Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) upcoming ruling on the Winklevoss bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), according to most analysts polled by CoinDesk. Should the fund – sought by Tyler and...

Using Google Trends to Estimate Bitcoin’s User Growth

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Woo discusses bitcoin's overall growth as a technology, arguing that by using common search tools, insights can be gleaned about its adoption rate. Google Trends is a great tool for reporting search trends over time. As I...

What Bitcoin Traders Should Know About Technical Analysis

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While bitcoin traders have many tools they can use to evaluate the cryptocurrency market, one of the most tried-and-true methodologies is what's called technical analysis. Using this approach, traders can get a better sense...

Why Use a Blockchain?

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As the implications of the invention of have become understood, a certain hype has sprung up around blockchain technology. This is, perhaps, because it is so easy to imagine high-level use cases. But, the technology...