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Bitcoin Price Eyes Move Above $13K as Dominance Rate Hits 2-Year High

Bitcoin’s break above a key price hurdle looks to have set the tone for a retest of recent highs above $13,800.

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Investor Fortress Will Buy Mt Gox Creditor Claims for $900 Per Bitcoin

Former Mt Gox customers can recoup $900 per bitcoin owed by selling their claims to Fortress Investment Group.

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KuCoin Launches Bitcoin Derivatives Trading With 20x Leverage

IDG-backed cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has just launched a crypto derivatives trading platform called KuMEX in public beta.

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Bitcoin Price Nears $12K After Rising $500 in Minutes

Bitcoin leaped into the green in the European trading hours, and is now looking to scale key resistance above $12,000.

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Electrum Wallet Is Adding Support for Bitcoin's Lightning Network

The popular wallet service Electrum is soon to add official support for bitcoin's lightning network, its founder has told CoinDesk.

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Bitcoin Price Drops 5% But Rebound Likely, Charts Suggest

Following a $1,000 overnight drop, bitcoin’s bulls now have target of $12,061 to mitigate bearish pressure.

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Twitter Study Finds US Posts Most on Bitcoin and Facebook's Libra

New research has found that the U.S. leads the world in the volume of tweets referencing bitcoin and Facebook's planned cryptocurrency.

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Scammer Taunts Couple Who Lost Thousands in Bitcoin Fraud

An Australian couple lost over AU$20,000 in a bitcoin scam, and were even taunted by the perpetrator over their losses.

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Bitcoin Eyes Independence Day Price Gains for Fifth Year Running

After clawing back 25 percent of recent losses, bitcoin looks set to close in the green on July 4 for the fifth consecutive year.

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Third Defendant Pleads Guilty in Fake ID-for-Bitcoin Case

A fake ID ring operated between June 2013 and February 2018 and may have netted over $4.7 million in bitcoin.

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