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Bitcoin has become an environmental, as well as financial, disaster

We should be celebrating bitcoin's downfall. What began as an interesting experiment now consumes enough electricity to power 4 million US homes

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Bitcoin's price is plummeting – will the cryptocurrency survive?

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Venezuela’s cryptocurrency is about much more than its economic crisis

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Why the end of cash could cause a new data disaster

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How to think about... The blockchain

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Venezuela launches its own cryptocurrency backed by oil

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Why big pharma might pay cryptocurrency for your DNA

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Bitcoin tumbles as regulators start clamping down on trading

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Dark web users are easy to unmask through their bitcoin use

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Dark web users are easy to unmask through their bitcoin use

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Cryptocurrency hack makes off with $500 million

Hackers broke into Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck and made off with $534 million-worth of a currency known as NEM

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Bitcoin's utopia has failed as big players hold all the power

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You may be making cryptocurrency for hackers without realising

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A new bitcoin Ponzi scheme or scam pops up almost every day

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Feedback: Look to the stars for your bitcoin horoscope

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