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Traders Plan for Correction as Crypto Market Falls Below $100 Billion
As a boom in the cryptocurrency market shows signs of slowing, traders are taking defensive measures and hedging their bets.

Litecoin is Giving New Life to Bitcoin's Most Experimental Tech
An upgrade to the litecoin codebase is inspiring new strategies from blockchain developers seeking eventually to build on bitcoin.

Sorting Hat Time? MimbleWimble Weighs Own Blockchain Launch
As the MimbleWimble project moves forward, the team is considering whether to leave the bitcoin blockchain behind in order to advance its ideas.

Market Boom: The 10 Largest Cryptocurrencies Are All Up Today
Bitcoin isn't the only cryptocurrency on the rise today – across the digital asset economy many tradeable tokens posted outsized gains.

Litecoin's Emerging Scaling Debate Explained
Litecoin is now playing a role in bitcoin's scaling debate. Here's our easy overview of the developing situation and why it matters.

'User-Generated Currency': Bitcoin and the YouTube of Money
Why the ability of blockchain technologies to create many currencies could create a 'long tail' of new commerce opportunities.

The Dark Days of Dogecoin: How Scammers and Bandits Brought Down Crypto's Friendliest Currency
CoinDesk's Bailey Reutzel examines the darker side of dogecoin, chronicling the scams that almost killed the iconic project.

Litecoin Moves Within 5% of its SegWit Activation Threshold
The litecoin network appears to be on the cusp of enacting a technical upgrade that would boost the capacity of its network.

Space & Time: How BitTorrent's Creator is Attacking Bitcoin Waste
Bitcoin's 'proof of work' validation mechanism burns a huge amount of energy, but this novel solution from developer Bram Cohen aims to change that.

The Market Cap of All Crypto Assets is Up $4 Billion Since Friday
Bitcoin markets aren’t the only ones on the rise in the wake of the SEC’s exchange-trade fund listing decision.

