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With bitcoin approaching the $10 000 mark and Coinbase, the bitcoin exchange, boasting more accounts than brokerage Charles Schwab, some preemptive consolation and advice are in order for people who stand to lose lots of money in

Bitcoin is showing no signs of slowing down, blowing past $9 000 less than a week after topping $8 000 and now quickly closing in on five big figures. The price of the largest cryptocurrency by market value is soaring as it gains greater

Should central banks embrace cryptocurrencies, or even pioneer their own? In a nutshell, no. Crypto assets are an unusual innovation, still in flux and often poorly understood. Trying to centralise them in a bureaucracy is exactly

The bitcoin bulls are charging. A day after hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz said the cryptocurrency will end the year at $10 000, Fundstrat’s Thomas Lee doubled his price target to $11 500 by the middle of 2018 – a 40% gain

Bitcoin topped $8 000 for the first time, as investors set aside technology concerns that had derailed its advance earlier this month. Bitcoin rose 4.8% to $8 071.05 as of 10.17pm South African time on Sunday. It’s now up more

Bitcoin has picked up right where it left off, hitting another record high to close in on US$8 000 just days after a plunge of as much as 29% tested the confidence of advocates of the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin climbed as much as 1.3% to touch

Bitcoin climbed as much as 10% on Zimbabwe’s Golix exchange on Wednesday after the country’s armed forces seized power. The price of the cryptocurrency in the Southern African nation jumped as high as US$13 499, almost