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Finance

How the Bitcoin Blockchain Is Being Used to Safeguard Nuclear Power Stations

Buenos Aires-based Nuclearis is using the Bitcoin-powered RSK blockchain as an immutable anchor for keeping tabs on critical documents.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Over $11.7K; Uniswap Passes $500M in Daily Volume

Bitcoin’s price jumped to $11,784 while the top decentralized exchange crossed a half-billion dollars in daily trading volume.

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Markets

Huobi Futures to Launch Options Trading This Week, Joining Throng Challenging Deribit

Huobi Futures will offer bitcoin options starting Tuesday, aiming to meet demand from traders for ways to hedge against risks in crypto markets.

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Markets

First Mover: Huobi Takes On OKEx in Futures, Opening New Front in ‘Chinese’ Rivalry

Huobi is taking on OKEx in the business of bitcoin futures trading, opening a new front in the ongoing rivalry between the two Chinese-led exchanges.

Terracotta warriors, Lintong County, China

Markets

US Stocks Closing on Bigger August Gain Than Bitcoin

While bitcoin is eyeing an August gain for the first time in three years, the cryptocurrency is still lagging U.S. stocks over the month.

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Policy

Someone Just Lost $16M in Bitcoin by Using a Malicious Install of the Electrum Wallet

An Electrum wallet user claims to have lost a fortune in bitcoin after installing an older version of the software from a malicious source.

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Markets

The Case for $500,000 Bitcoin

The Winklevoss brothers make an argument that, in the long run, bitcoin is the only good safe haven.

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Markets

The End of an Era? Why Bitcoin and MMT Won the Week

Fed Chair Jerome Powell tried to make it seem like the end of an era, but didn’t inspire confidence in the central bank’s ability to lead in the era that comes next.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Climbs to $11.5K With Record Amount in DeFi

Bitcoin made gains Friday, both in price and what's locked in DeFi.

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Markets

Fed Chair Powell's Flexible Inflation Views Were Already Priced In

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell did not raise many eyebrows Thursday morning when he announced the U.S. central bank would encourage some periods of inflation above its 2% target in certain circumstances to boost the long-term economy.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will preside over this week's FOMC meeting.