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Fidelity Brings Bitcoin Tracking to Traditional Investor Portfolios
Fidelity users can now track their bitcoin and cryptocurrency investments alongside more traditional assets.
Announced today, the company's R&D and innovation unit, Fidelity Labs, is...
It’s Official: Segregated Witness Will Activate on Bitcoin
Segregated Witness (SegWit) has reached its lock-in threshold.
The long-debated scaling upgrade reached the necessary threshold to "lock in" today at block 479,707 with 100%...
WannaCry On the Move? Bitcoin Crime Evolves in a Multi-Blockchain World
First there was the theft – then the coins stood still.
For the past 10 weeks, three bitcoin address containing more than $140,000-worth of the...
Major Japanese Retail Chain Marui Now Accepts Bitcoin Payments
Major Japanese retail store chain Marui has signed a partnership agreement with Bitcoin exchange Bitflyer that will enable it to accept Bitcoin payments in stores starting August 7. With this...
Single Trader with Enormous Bankroll is Manipulating Bitcoin Price, But to What End?
Rumors are swirling about a trader with nearly unlimited funds who is manipulating the Bitcoin markets. This trader, nicknamed "Spoofy," received his nom de guerre...
Troubled BTC-e Exchange Claims Control of Databases and Bitcoin Wallets
A forum account tied to the cryptocurrency exchange BTC-e has issued a new statement, claiming to be in control of databases and bitcoin wallets...