Markets Weekly: Bitcoin's New Year Starts With a Crash
Bitcoin's price crashed over the New Year weekend, losing $51 over two days. Why?
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Jan 5, 2015 at 12:49 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Mining Pools Attack When Threatened, Study Finds
Researchers have investigated the conditions under which bitcoin mining pools will attack one another or co-exist peacefully.
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Jan 2, 2015 at 10:05 p.m. UTC
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BitMEX to Launch Bitcoin 'Fear' Index
Bitcoin's answer to the VIX 'fear index' will soon arrive in the form of a volatility index published by derivatives exchange BitMEX.
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Dec 31, 2014 at 3:16 p.m. UTC
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Venture Capital Funding for Bitcoin Startups Triples in 2014
The amount of funding for bitcoin startups tripled in 2014 compared to the previous year, taking total funds raised to over $410m.
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Dec 31, 2014 at 10:21 a.m. UTC
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Markets Weekly: 2014 Closes on Bearish Note for Bitcoin
The bitcoin price has plunged into the low-$300s in December, as a bearish month closes out 2014.
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Dec 29, 2014 at 12:36 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Price 2014: A Year in Review
Bitcoin's price has been buffeted by a mix of factors, both negative and positive, in 2014. See our interactive chart to the year's highs and lows.
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Dec 27, 2014 at 9:45 a.m. UTC
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6 Charts That Show Massive Bitcoin ATM Growth in 2014
As 2014 draws to a close, CoinDesk examines the various trends in the growing bitcoin ATM ecosystem.
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Dec 26, 2014 at 11:16 a.m. UTC
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Dispute Breaks Out Over Title of 'First Regulated Bitcoin Hedge Fund'
Since July, GABI has been widely acknowledged as the first regulated bitcoin hedge fund. Now a challenger has emerged to dispute this.
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Dec 20, 2014 at 5:15 p.m. UTC
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CFTC Chairman: We Have Oversight of Bitcoin Derivatives
Bitcoin derivatives fall under the remit of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the body's chairman has claimed.
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Dec 11, 2014 at 1:51 p.m. UTC
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Uncertainty Builds as Alpha Technology Misses Another Shipping Deadline
Alpha Technology, which took deposits for its litecoin ASIC miners in January, has been investigated by Manchester police.
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Dec 10, 2014 at 8:30 p.m. UTC
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