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Markets

Bitcoin Eyes Best January Close in 7 Years After 30% Price Increase

Bitcoin is eyeing its best January performance in seven years after crossing the all-important 200-day average hurdle overnight.

January 2019's price performance

Markets

Bitcoin Cracks $9,400 to Reach Nearly 3-Month High in 'Asia-Driven Rally'

Bitcoin has risen above a key area of resistance to reach its highest point in nearly 3 months.

BTC rises above $9,400

Markets

Bitcoin Rallies to Near $9,150 as Stocks Drop Over Coronavirus Fears

Bitcoin is rising in line with a broader uptrend that began well before the coronavirus scare began weighing on traditional markets. In the short term, though, a dip is looking likely.

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Markets

British Court Freezes $860,000 in Bitcoin Linked to Ransomware Payout

The victim firm in the ransomware attack had paid $950,000 in bitcoin to the perpetrator through an insurance company. Much of it ended up on Bitfinex.

PROPERTY VALUES: In a possible first, a U.K. high court has recognized bitcoin as property, ordering Bitfinex to freeze an account holding 96 BTC believed to have originated from a ransomware payment. (Image via pxl.store / Shutterstock)

Markets

Bitcoin Eyes $8.8K After Largely Erasing Last Week's Dip

Bitcoin's recent pullback looks to have ended. Now prices could challenge a crucial price hurdle near $8,800.

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Markets

Bitcoin's Halving Captures Growing Interest – Among Google Searchers

"Bitcoin halving" searches are surging on Google, according to a report from the Norwegian cryptocurrency analysis firm Arcane Research.

Source: Arcane Research

Policy

Notes From the WEF: Oil-Producing Nations Want Dollar Alternatives, Just Not Bitcoin

Middle Eastern elites at the World Economic Forum are highly skeptical of bitcoin, but there are whispers about its potential for cross-border settlements in the energy sector.

SOVEREIGNTY: At Davos, Iraqi President Barham Salih said it is his nation's right to have relations with its neighbors on its own terms. (Photo by Leigh Cuen for CoinDesk)

Markets

Continued Losses See Bitcoin Erase 40% of Recent Price Rally

Bitcoin's price pullback has gathered steam in the last 24 hours, erasing a major portion of the cryptocurrency's recent gains.

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Markets

BlockFi Adjusts Interest Rates to Lure Larger Crypto Deposits

BlockFi recently announced it would make changes to the interest they pay for bitcoin and ether deposits.

BlockFi CEO Zac Prince

Tech

Bitcoin's Privacy and Scaling Tech Upgrade 'Taproot' Just Took a Big Step Forward

A privacy and scalability upgrade that could turn out to be one of bitcoin's largest to date has passed a couple of milestones that were little noticed outside technical circles.

NO LEADERS: The proposed upgrade to bitcoin's code "is obviously conditional on getting community support," says developer Pieter Wuille. (Scaling Bitcoin)