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What's Next for Bitcoin Cash? Making Profitless Mining Profitable

Miners are currently mining bitcoin cash at a loss. CoinDesk looks at the reasons why, and what might happen if the tables turn.

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Bitcoin Bear Peter Schiff Doubles Down: Even at $4,000 It's Still a 'Bubble'

One of bitcoin's most notorious bears still isn't convinced bitcoin will work – even despite its record price run.

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Lightning Bank Ledgers? Bitfury and Ripple Demo New Twist on Bitcoin Tech

Bitcoin's much-anticipated Lightning Network is now compatible with seven payment networks, thanks to new code from Ripple and Bitfury.

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S&P 500 or Cryptocurrency: Just How Big Is Bitcoin's Price Explosion?

Bitcoin price gains are impressive. But when compared to traditional asset investment, how big is big? And are there downsides?

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What the Fork? Why Bitcoin Tech Changes Impact Price

With all the talk of "forks," the cryptocurrency industry can be an intimidating place for investors. But how do these software changes affect price?

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LedgerX and CBOE: The CFTC's Trojan Horse in an SEC Turf War

A look at how a new class of cryptocurrency-based financial products impacts the balance of power between U.S. regulators.

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Solving the Liquidity Challenge of Decentralized Exchanges

Entrepreneur Loi Luu discusses why he believes liquidity is a key challenge keeping decentralized exchanges from going from concept to production.

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Open Questions for Coinbase: Will Users Benefit from Its $100 Million Raise?

After securing $100 million in funding, CoinDesk looks at the key challenges facing the best capitalized US bitcoin and cryptocurrency startup.

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Ethereum + Lightning? Buterin and Poon Unveil 'Plasma' Scaling Plan

Vitalik Buterin and Jospeh Poon hope to fix ethereum's scaling problem with a Lightning Network-like system, Plasma, but does it have what it takes?

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Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Gets to Work at 90-Member 'Town Hall' Meeting

One of the world's largest blockchain consortiums is kicking off its next phase of development.

(CoinDesk archives)