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$1,210: Bitcoin Price Hits New All-Time High
March 1st, 2017
Bitcoin is showing no sign of dropping below its all-time highs. After trading above $1,000 for more than two weeks, the bitcoin price has now provided what analysts believe is ample evidence the digital currency’s price has established a floor ...
Bitcoin is getting closer to its all-time high
February 23rd, 2017
Bitcoin is getting closer to a record high. Early buying on Thursday has the cryptocurrency up 2.2%, or $24.16, to $1153.47 a coin, and on track for its 10th straight day of gains. Its all-time high of $1,161.88 was set ...
Danish police first to use bitcoin to jail drug traffickers
February 23rd, 2017
Danish police have become the first in the world to hunt down internet drug traffickers by analysing their bitcoin transactions. Kim Aarenstrup, the head of the Danish police’s cyber crime unit NC3, told Berlingske that police had built a ...
Bitcoin prices touch fresh 3-year high
February 22nd, 2017
The price of a single bitcoin leapt to its highest level in more than three years on Tuesday, as traders bought up coins in anticipation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ruling on a proposed bitcoin exchange-traded fund. One ...
China’s bitcoin traders are finding new ways to trade
February 21st, 2017
China’s central bank has stepped up oversight of bitcoin exchanges this year, leading major trading platforms to impose halts on withdrawals and other checks to appease the regulator. But Chinese traders aren’t playing along—they are apparently flocking to peer-to-peer ...
How China Influences Bitcoin Price, Explained
February 17th, 2017
1.Why has Bitcoin price become volatile again? The short answer to that question is China. On Feb. 9, 2017, Bitcoin price has plunged by more than 9%. The fall took place after an extended period of growth: Bitcoin value ...
The world’s first Bitcoin bank opened in Austria
February 16th, 2017
The Austrian capital Vienna has its first ‘Bitcoin bank’, located on the popular Mariahilfer Strasse shopping street. Customers can exchange cash for Bitcoin, and find out information about the digital currency. In January Bitcoin saw its value top $1,000 ...
Bitcoin dives below $1,000
February 14th, 2017
Bitcoin dives below $1,000. Overnight selling has pushed the cryptocurrency down 1.10%, or $11, to $989 a coin, and below the psychologically important level for the first time since February 3 as sellers remain in control following the decision ...
Two of China’s Biggest Bitcoin Exchanges Stop Bitcoin Withdrawals
February 10th, 2017
Two of China’s most widely used bitcoin exchanges have announced that they will suspend bitcoin and litecoin withdrawals for one month effective immediately. Yuan recharge, withdrawals and other services will not be affected, the exchanges said. In public posts ...
Bitcoin price falls on news of coming from China
February 9th, 2017
Bitcoin price falls as Chinese authorities meet with exchanges Bitcoin traders are once again fearful of a crackdown in one of the digital currency’s largest markets Bitcoin prices retreated Wednesday following reports that China’s central bank is holding a ...