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CoinDesk Launches Chinese Yuan Bitcoin Price Index
Look out for the new CNY index in the upper right-hand corner of the CoinDesk homepage.
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Price of Iceland's Auroracoin Falls 50% Against Bitcoin After Airdrop
CoinDesk reviews the ups and downs of auroracoin's official launch, and what they mean for country-based digital currencies.
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BTC Price Declines Following False Report of Bitcoin Ban in China
A false report published by Sina Weibo was responsible for bitcoin's sharp price decline across top Chinese exchanges today.
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Litecoin Tops $20 As Traders Await Addition to China's Huobi Exchange
Prices for second most popular digital currency litecoin surged today, in anticipation of Chinese exchange Huobi officially trading it.
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Bitfinex Now Included in the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index
CoinDesk has added Hong Kong-based exchange Bitfinex to the Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) as of 16:00 GMT today.
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Economist Nouriel Roubini Slams Bitcoin, Calls it a ‘Ponzi Game’
The US economist has published a spate of heavily critical tweets aimed at bitcoin and its advocates.
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Bitcoin vs Argentine Peso: Which is Worse Off?
Although bitcoin can be volatile when exchanges go down, that doesn't include devaluations commanded from a central authority.
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Bitcoin Prices Rise 15% to Reach Post Mt. Gox Crisis High
Bitcoin prices were the highest observed since the resignation of Mt. Gox CEO from the Bitcoin Foundation on Monday.
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BTC-e Cuts Withdrawal Fees in Customer Satisfaction Bid
The notoriously secretive exchange is gaining traction as a market leader following Mt. Gox's closure.
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Bitcoin Price Resilient as Antonopoulos, Andreessen Weigh in on Mt. Gox Debacle
While Andreas Antonopoulos is pessimistic on Mt. Gox, others see the light for bitcoin as a whole.
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