Bitcoin plunged as the cancellation of a technology upgrade prompted some users to switch out of the cryptocurrency, spooking speculators who had profited from a more than 800% surge this
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Bitcoin has soared to a record after a technology upgrade that was threatening to disrupt the biggest cryptocurrency was called off, removing another concern for mainstream investors captivated by this year’s more-than-seven-fold
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The speculation around bitcoin is the “very definition of a bubble”, Credit Suisse Group CEO Tidjane Thiam said as the currency exceeded US$7 000 for the first time. “From what we can identify, the only reason today to buy or sell bitcoin
Bitcoin climbed past $7 000 for the first time, breaching another milestone less than one month after it tore through the $5 000 mark. Spot pricing for bitcoin climbed as much as 7.1% to a high of $7 045.46 before pulling back slightly
Bitcoin is changing hands at over R100 000 on some trading platforms as of Wednesday morning. The price touched a new all-time high of R103 999 on local platform Luno and was last quoted at R100 001. Local
Another day. Another record for bitcoin. The most widely used digital currency will now cost you about $6 125 apiece after blowing past the $5 000 and $6 000 price levels for the first time earlier this month. Bitcoin’s total value is
Jeff Garzik, one of a handful of key developers who helped build the underlying software for bitcoin that is known as blockchain, has seen its shortcomings firsthand. So he decided to create a better digital currency. He’s calling it metronome and
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Bitcoin soared to another milestone on Friday, as the digital currency breached US$6 000 for the first time to put its gain in 2017 to more than 500%. As bitcoin continues climbing, Twitter users are speculating that the rise could be driven