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Bitcoin mining uses enormous amounts of electricity to race through the millions of calculations needed to verify a transaction and get paid for the work. The cost of electricity is no small expense.
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There is a new culprit in the greenhouse gas wars. Bitcoin and other blockchain activities use enough energy that they are a threat to lowering energy consumption.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday said that a new currency will next month replace the wildly inflated bolívar. But what does that mean?
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China takes measures to help its economy in the face of a trade war, friction between the United States and China could hurt Apple's sales, and other important business headlines.
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Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has filed with the U.S. Federal Election Commission to form a political action committee. As Congress and regulators try to figure out how to regulate cryptos,...
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Brookings Institution Fellow Eswar Prasad testified last week on digital currencies and central banks before a U.S. House subcommittee on monetary policy and trade.
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Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell told Congress on Wednesday that what he concerns him most about cryptocurrencies is that inexperienced investors may get fleeced.
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IBM has partnered with a cryptocurrency startup seeking to usher in a real-time domestic and international payment system.
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The state of Texas has just halted a network of cryptocurrency firms from doing business in the state, accusing the firms of registration violations and fraudulent claims.
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Loup Ventures analyst Doug Clinton examines the good and bad sides of a security token offering.
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Sophisticated thieves are stealing more money from cryptocurrency exchanges than ever before and there are a rising number of ways to launder that money.
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The SEC has charged two men alleged to have profited from illegal sales of stock of a company claiming to have a blockchain-related business.
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The meteoric rise of bitcoin prices in the second half of 2017 ended abruptly with the introduction of futures contracts in mid-December. That was predictable according to U.S. and Japanese...
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Bitcoin ATMs are popping up across the United States, mostly in low-income neighborhoods. Is this a benefit for low-income residents who don't have bank accounts or something else?
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Bellwether cryptocurrency bitcoin closed trading Thursday at less than $6,000 for the first time since mid-November of last year.
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