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The Bitcoin Cash Timeline: What Will Happen When

Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash? Here's the step by step of what's likely about to happen to the bitcoin blockchain.

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Bitcoin Cash 101: What Users Need to Know Before the Fork

The bitcoin blockchain is expected to fork on Tuesday, but what does that mean for bitcoin users?

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New York City Staffer Sanctioned For Mining Bitcoins at Work

An employee of New York City's Department of Education has been disciplined after being caught mining bitcoins on his work computer.

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Public Company to Convert Bitcoin to Stock in First-of-Its-Kind Fundraise

Amid increasing interest in ICOs, the first-ever convertible bitcoin loan highlights another path for turning cryptocurrency into shares.

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Will Bitcoin Cash Impact the Bitcoin Price? Traders Split on Possible Fork

Bitcoin traders comment on the possible creation of two competing cryptocurrencies bearing similar names.

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Could SPV Support a Billion Bitcoin Users? Sizing up a Scaling Claim

A deep dive into claims that it's safe to remove bitcoin's block size limit and instead rely on existing "simplified payment verification" methods.

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Startups Brace for Bitcoin Cash Fork in Wave of Policy Updates

Industry startups face tricky decisions as a new cryptocurrency, Bitcoin Cash, moves to split off from the main bitcoin network next week.

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ViaBTC Claims Neutrality Ahead of Bitcoin Cash's Likely Launch

A controversial mining pool arguably at the center of bitcoin's upcoming Bitcoin Cash fork is opening up about its position and global perception.

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Bitcoin Investment Vehicle Adopts Open Strategy Ahead of Blockchain Fork

The provider of a bitcoin ETN has said that it will track what the market considers to be "bitcoin" following a possible network split next week.

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Bitcoin's 'Market Dominance' Climbs Above 50% For First Time Since May

Bitcoin's market capitalization relative to the rest of the cryptocurrency market has risen above 50% for the first time in two months.

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