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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Late last year, the value of a single bitcoin hit $9,143, climbing nearly six points in just 24 hours for a market cap north of $152 billion. dollar, to help bitcoin reach its record highs. Even when it was flying high, bitcoin had its share of detractors.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Is there an alternative, profound French phrase or two that can describe what investors have seen this week with bitcoin? Bitcoin is quickly headed toward fresh three-year highs after jumping up over $100 in value since last week’s tracker. 23) morning, bitcoin had broken $1,150 in value, reaching a high of $1,153.04.

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MAY 29, 2020

Bitcoin : not worth much – except what someone else is willing to pay for it. Goldman Sachs’ withering assessment of bitcoin this week may be enough to take some wind out of the sails of those who have been looking for the marquee name in crypto to find its way into mainstream commerce.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 13, 2024

Every four years, the crypto world gears itself up for what has historically been a very exciting time in the industry: the Bitcoin (BTC) halving. For those outside of the crypto world, the Bitcoin halving may seem like a strange idea: why half how quickly you can get something when it is in such high demand? Miners now get 6.25

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The market capitalization of bitcoin, the leading cryptocurrency, declined to under $100 billion for the first time since October of 2017 amid a steep sell-off in digital tokens Wednesday (November 14). According to a report in CNBC citing Coinmarketcap.com, the market cap of bitcoin was at $98,194,458,586 overnight.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2017

This past week proved once again that it’s tough to be a bitcoin fan. In another blow to bitcoin legitimacy, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has denied the second bitcoin-based ETF bid up for consideration in the month of March — the Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.’s Well, as long-term as bitcoin value can be.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Bitcoin has been riding a bit of a rollercoaster in the past few weeks since hitting an all-time high of more than $4,800 per digital coin on Aug. To continue the rollercoaster analogy, the cryptocurrency’s value has been on a steep climb all year, and it stands to reason that bitcoin’s skyrocketing value must eventually slow and reverse.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2017

Given the past few days, it seems like 2017 could be a banner year for bitcoin. Bitcoin broke past $1,000 in value on its first day of trading in 2017. At the time of writing, the price of bitcoin sat at $1,027.05. These figures are the highest bitcoin has been since its $1,216.70 Gox collapsed.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2019

Bitcoin, that marquee name in cryptocurrency, has seen its price swell by roughly that 60 percent number through the last few weeks, to about $8,000. Bitcoin got a huge jump on Monday (May 13), up 25 percent on the day, though there was no news specific to the cryptocurrency. Or to make one wonder why. As that happens, miners get 12.5

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MARCH 3, 2017

Bitcoin’s market cap is currently well over $20 billion as value rose well over $200 in the past two weeks. At the time of writing, bitcoin was worth $1,270.86, up 3.32 As bitcoin rose, TechCrunch noted that the value of 1 BTC had actually surpassed the value of an ounce of gold — the go-to alternative asset.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2017

31), every Bitcoin will be worth approximately$6,125, according to reports from Bloomberg. In total, Bitcoin is worth more than $100 billion, Bloomberg reported, meaning more than half of cryptocurrency is comprised of Bitcoin. As of today (Oct. percent growth during the same period.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Bitcoin is briskly getting close to the peaks that brought about a crypto madness and concluded with a dramatic market downfall nearly three years prior, Bloomberg reported. Digital currency enthusiasts have been witnessing bitcoin rise all year, and a number of them are targeting the December 2017 high of nearly $20,000.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2017

Bitcoin prices suffered further losses this past week. As the reality of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejection sunk in, concern among investors has grown amid signs of an impending hard fork — a “great schism” of bitcoin, if you will. At the time of writing, one bitcoin was worth $1,039.93, up 0.24

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

One year after bitcoin topped $19,400, the popular cryptocurrency rallied on Monday (December 17) and broke through the $3,400 level, CNBC reported. The price of bitcoin was $3,500.69 On another note, ethereum has overtaken bitcoin cash when it comes to trading prices of the cryptocurrencies, Cryptovest reported. as of 9:06 p.m.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

The alternative crypto inspired by a dog meme now has a $2 billion market cap, as noted by Business Insider and other sources. As reported yesterday, Israel’s central bank said that it would not view cryptocurrencies — bitcoin et al — as currency. based in Hong Kong – whose shares were up 900 percent last year.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

Some users of the Cash App, which is owned by payments company Square, can now deposit bitcoin, according to reports. Users could previously buy, sell and transfer bitcoin through the app, which is available on both Android and iOS, but now some users can deposit it as well. Square brought in about $65.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2018

Bitcoin dropped 14 percent Tuesday, hitting its lowest point in a month and trading at below $12,000 a unit as concerns are popping up that a regulatory crackdown is imminent in several nations worldwide. All in all, the price of bitcoin is down about 40 percent from its mid-December high of around $20,000 per unit.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Scan the headlines over the past few weeks and cryptos, well beyond the marquee bitcoin, are making inroads into mainstream consumer and business activities. Square bought $50 million of bitcoin. PayPal is opening its network to allow consumers to shop using cryptocurrency. The mechanics and clumsiness of it all have not helped.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

But with the market cap of Ethereum only slightly below that of Ripple — combined with the weak volume of XRP — it is likely that Ethereum will regain its position as the second-most valuable cryptocurrency soon. Ripple (XRP) has overtaken Ethereum within the last 24 hours, with a 7 percent surge in price for a market valuation of $24.28

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

You’ve probably read a lot about bitcoin lately, as its value has been running a seemingly infinite victory lap this week and throughout 2017. But there’s more to bitcoin than stocks and price per coin. 182% | Increase in bitcoin value in 2017. 32| Countries where Coinbase, the world’s largest bitcoin company, has operations.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

In the last few weeks, three separate bitcoin exchanges have reported a halt on processing transactions in dollars — the result of global banks pulling out of high-risk areas. Global banks have long been wary of even indirect interactions with bitcoin exchanges — particularly in the case they could be held liable if something goes wrong.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

It has been another wild ride of a week for bitcoin in the wake of the SEC ruling. At the tail end of last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission ruled the proposed Winklevoss bitcoin ETF a no-go by nixing a proposed rule change that would have led to the fund being listed on the Bats BZX Exchange. The reason?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

More bad news for bitcoin: The cryptocurrecy fell below $8,000 this past weekend, dropping about 25 percent so far this month. According to The Street , bitcoin has now fallen about 60 percent from the all-time high of more than $19,000 the crypto hit in December. By 2022, Lee believed bitcoin prices could get to $125,000. “It

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2017

Bitcoin’s (BTC) riding high once again as the third week of April rolls to a close. At the time of writing, one bitcoin was worth $1,249.19, up 1.81 The estimated market cap of bitcoin was pegged at just over $20.4 EST, bitcoin had traded for $1,299.00 percent from Wednesday’s (April 19) close.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2018

Shares of Square have risen almost 50 percent, adding about $8 billion in market value, since the company launched bitcoin trading last year for its Cash App customers. Square’s founder and chief executive, Jack Dorsey, helped to enable merchants to accept bitcoin as a payment method back in 2014. Didn’t see much.

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The Fintech Times

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In a move to offer accredited investors the ability to capitalise on Bitcoin’s long-term growth while ensuring capital preservation, the National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) has launched a new Bitcoin-linked investment product, developed in partnership with digital asset financial services firm ARP Digital.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

A beacon of hope has emerged for bitcoin just in time for spring — and it’s brought up prices with it. In a major move toward bitcoin legitimacy, Japan recognized bitcoin as a legal payment method on April 1. At the time of writing, one bitcoin was worth $1,176.70, up $42.82 And no, it wasn’t an April Fool’s joke.).

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2017

“What goes up must come down” is, unfortunately, the most appropriate proverb to open this week’s bitcoin tracker. It all started when the price of bitcoin dropped by some $70 on Tuesday (March 7) for no readily apparent reason. Bitcoin would appear to recover, then sink further.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

Bitcoin’s growing just about as fast as we can write about it — as are a number of other cryptocurrencies, for that matter. It only took just over one day for the bitcoin price to break the record it set earlier this week. On Thursday (May 11) of this week, bitcoin saw values break above $1,800 for the first time in history.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2016

In a buying spree that began on Friday (May 27) and carried on through the four days since, Chinese investors managed to push the price of bitcoin up by 16 percent. As of the time this story was written, the price of an individual bitcoin was pushing $550. All in, bitcoin has added $1.2

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2016

While plenty of government officials aren’t ready to jump to support bitcoin as a legitimate payment option, there is one small town in Switzerland that has caught the bitcoin bug. It will, however, place a cap on bitcoin payments at 200 francs (around $206) and can be used for public utility payments.

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Payments Source

APRIL 23, 2019

Today: Sony's new ride sharing app; bitcoin advances for debit and e-commerce; eBay may invest in Paytm Mall; Washington Caps add Alipay. The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web.

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Ikajo

JANUARY 22, 2022

Why should sellers look for bitcoin payment gateways? Cryptocurrencies, along with bitcoin, functionalize too long to ignore them. Statista shares that bitcoin’s market capitalization formed 53% of the total cryptocurrencies’ market cap in 2019. It’s by searching for the bitcoin merchant services.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2017

While still volatile, and trying to shake the seedier side of its reputation, digital currency bitcoin has come a long way in a few short years. A few days ago, a move was made that could work to grow bitcoin’s financial legitimacy. Bitcoin’s current estimated market cap is over $14.5 On Friday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The platform now supports trading through eight pairs, including Ethereum, bitcoin, Tether, USD Coin, NEO, TrueUSD, Paxos Standard Token and KuCoin Shares. The exchange will reportedly open withdrawals for the digital currency on Wednesday (Dec.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

12) that bitcoin has entered the “mania” phase, with some people taking out mortgages just to purchase the cryptocurrency. In an interview with CNBC , Borg said that bitcoin shares are on the “mania curve” and that there has to be a leveling off at some point. Gold is scarce; bitcoin is actually fixed,” he said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

Bitcoin’s value keeps breaking through ceilings again and again. Wednesday night into Thursday morning, trading saw bitcoin fly by another milestone: $1,500. Wednesday night into Thursday morning, trading saw bitcoin fly by another milestone: $1,500. The digital currency’s market cap sat at just over $25.4

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