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Tech

Bitcoin Mining Power Hits Fresh All-Time High

Bitcoin's hash rate reached record highs this week, amid rising prices and anticipation of the miner reward halving later this year.

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Markets

Bitcoin Eyes Price Breakout Amid US-Iran Tensions

Bitcoin is drawing bids amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty and could soon rise above key resistance at $7,580, confirming a short-term bullish breakout.

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Markets

We Still Don't Know Bitcoin's Real Volume

CoinDesk Research analyst Galen Moore unpacks the differences in reported trading volumes from three major data aggregators.

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Markets

Bitcoin Jumps 5%, Gaining With Gold, After US Kills Top Iranian Official

Bitcoin jumped the most in two weeks after a U.S. drone strike killed a top Iranian military commander, fueling speculation that heightened geopolitical turmoil might spur demand for the cryptocurrency in 2020.

Parade of military forces, along with photographs of Qasem Soleimani, Tehran, Iran, May 31, 2019. (Image via Shutterstock)

Finance

American Cancer Society Now Accepting Bitcoin Donations Through BitPay

“Our mission is urgent and in order to accomplish it, we need to engage donors where they are.”

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Tech

Hanukkah Reflections on My Year of Toying With Bitcoin

‘Tis the season for introspection. And this year, my thoughts are on bitcoin.

The author in India in 2016

Tech

'Multi-Part' Payments Could Bring Bigger Bitcoin Sums to Lightning Network

With its latest "major release," bitcoin tech startup Blockstream said its c-lightning software team is the first to release a working version of "multi-part payments."

Blockstream's Christian Decker at Construct 2019, image via CoinDesk archives

Markets

Bitcoin Price Set to Outshine Gold and Stocks by Big Margin in 2019

Despite the downtrend in the latter half of 2019, bitcoin is on track to significantly outperform gold and stocks.

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Tech

Blockstream's 'Watchtowers' Will Bring a New Justice System to the Lightning Network

Watchtowers, a semi-trusted payment channel sheriff, is designed to keep the peace among lightning nodes.

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Markets

GSR Partners With Canaan-Tied Startup to Offer Crypto Miners Derivatives

GSR and Interhash want to help crypto miners hedge their costs with a new series of derivatives products.

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