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Bitcoin's very happy 2016

by Reema Khrais
Dec 28, 2016
The digital currency outperformed nearly every other investment asset.
Behold a pile of bitcoins.
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Bitcoin's unhackable. Bitcoin banks? Not so.

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Aug 3, 2016
Theft of tens of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin leaves it with a black eye.
 sticker on the window of a local pub indicates the acceptance of Bitcoins for payment.
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Bitcoin's blockchain technology may be its real legacy

by Nova Safo
May 2, 2016
Hundreds — if not thousands — of companies are looking at new applications.
In an age of encryption, one of the major innovations of Bitcoin is their block-chain technology, which allows for total transparency.
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Secretary of the Future

A model for higher education where all learning counts

by Amy Scott
Apr 19, 2016
The technology behind bitcoin could help create a new way to measure education.
The technology behind digital currencies could power new education credentials.
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"Bitcoin Boulevard" no longer booming

by Marketplace Contributor
Jan 8, 2016
When businesses in a Cleveland suburb began accepting bitcoin, the response was huge
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Companies look to alternative to bitcoin technology

by Molly Wood
Dec 18, 2015
Bitcoin system could serve as trading ground for financial securities in the years to come.
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Unmasking the mysterious creator of Bitcoin

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 9, 2015
Gizmodo and Wired identify Australian Craig Wright as the real Satoshi Nakamoto.
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Who owns the most bitcoin?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 22, 2015
The U.S. Marshals Service is auctioning off more bitcoin seized from Silk Road.
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Regulation may be coming for Bitcoin

by Mark Garrison
Sep 18, 2015
An American financial regulator has its eyes on the virtual currency Bitcoin.
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Greeks in crisis

Bitcoin offers no easy escape for Greece

by Ben Johnson and James Perla
Jul 2, 2015
Expecting Bitcoin to fix Greece is like trying to run Netflix on the Internet of 1995.
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