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 Meet Bitcoin Gold - the second split from Bitcoin this yearAnalysis What Bitcoin's second hard fork means for the cryptocurrency By Dale Walker Published Analysis
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 Pirate Bay ropes visitors' PCs into mining cryptocurrencyNews Piracy site borrows users' CPU to mine Monero coins By Rene Millman Published News
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 Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash: what happens now?Analysis What Bitcoin's civil war means for the future of cryptocurrency By Dale Walker Published Analysis
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 Blockchain upgrade helps avert split in BitcoinNews A software revamp will help address transaction limitations in the cryptocurrency By Dale Walker Published News
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 Bitcoin smashes $1,000-mark at turn of New YearNews Digital currency’s value rises 125% in 12 months By Joe Curtis Published News
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 Bitcoin users will lose 36% of assets after hackNews Bitcoin dealing platform Hong Kong-based Bitfinex said it will give customers a BFX token equal to their losses instead By Nicole Kobie Published News
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 Bitcoin value rises to $500 in 20-month highNews Cryptocurrency begins to regain value, leading to auction of 24,518 confiscated bitcoins By Aaron Lee Published News
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 Craig Wright fails to prove he's Bitcoin creatorNews The Australian entrepreneur backed out of a promise to transfer currency using a key only accessible by the founder By Clare Hopping Published News
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 Police raid the home of alleged Bitcoin founderNews Wired and Gizmodo claim Australian cryptologist could be Satoshi Nakamoto By Joe Curtis Published News
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 EU promises crackdown on Bitcoin following Paris attacksNews The plans are part of an EU-wide initiative to more carefully regulate non-banking payment methods By Clare Hopping Published News
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 Bitcoin ruled tax-free in Europe – here's how to buy themIn-depth The European Court of Justice has ruled that bitcoins can be exchanged tax-free By Thomas McMullan Published In-depth
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 Bitcoin legally exempt from VAT, rules EU Court of JusticeNews Decision means EU will treat digital currency the same as traditional cash By Caroline Preece Published News