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Will The DAO Become Ethereum's Mt Gox?

As concerns about The DAO grow, many in the Ethereum community are beginning to publicly worry about the impact of its potential failure.

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Bitcoin Prices Soar in May: Analyzing the Market's Second Best Month of 2016

CoinDesk breaks down the numbers to analyze bitcoin's price performance for the month of May, a period in which bitcoin appreciated nearly 20%.

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Why Russia’s CSD Believes Blockchain is a ‘Blue Ocean’ Opportunity

Russia's National Settlement Depository discusses why it believes the biggest blockchain opportunities have yet to be uncovered.

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Bitcoin Developers Meet in Zürich for High-Stakes Code Review

As the Bitcoin Core development team inches closer to scaling the bitcoin network, contributors recently met up in Switzerland to review code.

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Why the CFTC Bitfinex Enforcement Actually Benefits Bitcoin Exchanges

Chamber of Digital Commerce Kevin Batteh offers his take on the recent Bitfinex/CFTC settlement.

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From Seeds to Weed, Bitcoin Finds Home Where Commerce Goes Gray

Across the US, bitcoin ATMs are finding use among those who operate in the gray areas of commerce

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Making Sense of Blockchain Smart Contracts

In this op-ed, Ledger Labs head of operations Josh Stark takes a deep dive into the concept of smart contracts.

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Will Bitcoin's Block Rewards Halving Bring Crisis or Consistency?

With the bitcoin block reward halving approaching, differing opinions on what will happen have emerged among the world's mining community.

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Did China Drive Bitcoin's Price to 2016 Highs?

Bitcoin prices surged nearly 20% during the week ending 3rd June, rising to its highest point in 20 months. But what was the cause of the increase?

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Will Ethereum Beat Bitcoin to Mainstream Microtransactions?

Micropayments have long been one of the most anticipated use cases for bitcoin, but similar tech may be coming soon to Ethereum.

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