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Bitcoin and Blockchain: The Tangled History of Two Tech Buzzwords

The word "blockchain" isn't used in the bitcoin white paper, the document that started it all. So, how did the term take off as a buzzword?

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About That Orange B... The History of Bitcoin’s Logos

Can a logo symbolize the ethos of a project? An industry? An entire movement? Bitcoin's might have come close.

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Bloq Labs' Titan Aims to Simplify Crypto Farming

Titan is a one-step crypto miner management system from Bloq Labs.

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Bitcoin Suffers Biggest Intraday Price Drop for Over a Year

Amid extremely overbought conditions, bitcoin has fallen by $1,700 on Friday – its biggest intraday price drop since January 2018.

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Bitcoin Faces Price Correction Toward $7.6K, Technical Charts Suggest

Bitcoin is facing a price correction to well below $8,000, as exhaustion leaves the bulls unable to hold onto fresh 10-month highs hit earlier today.

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Just 376 Individuals Hold 33% of All Ether Cryptocurrency: Chainalysis

A third of all ether is owned by just 376 whales, blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis says. Yet that number is down from some previous years.

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Can Bitcoin Win the Digital Payments 'Gauge War'?

Bitcoin could learn a lesson from the railways, says Simon Johnson: For the customer, it’s just about getting from A to B fastest and cheapest.

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Blockstream Launches Security Token Platform on Bitcoin Sidechain

Blockstream, the bitcoin-focused startup, is creating a new security token platform on its Liquid sidechain network.

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Bitcoin Price Rally Stalls As Ether, XRP Shine

With bitcoin's rally showing signs of exhaustion above $8,000, investors have started pouring money into relatively cheap alternatives.

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Bitcoin in Space? It Helps Connection Woes, Says Blockstream's Adam Back

Beaming bitcoin from satellites might sound far-fetched, but there are serious use cases, according to Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream.

Blockstream CEO Adam Back at Consensus 2019. (CoinDesk archives)