Bitcoin Cash

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Markets

Bitcoin Cash Is the Only Fork Underperforming Bitcoin This Year

Bitcoin cash has underperformed bitcoin by 18 percentage points this year while other forks have outperformed by at least 44 percentage points.

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Markets

Introducing the CoinDesk 20: The Assets That Matter Most in Crypto

Based on "real volume" from eight reputable exchanges, these 20 digital assets attract most of the sector's legitimate trading activity.

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Markets

Bitcoin's Forks Have Trounced Bitcoin This Year

Bitcoin has underperformed its three major fork currencies by as much as triple-digit percentage points so far this year.

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Markets

Top Cryptos Edge Up as Derivatives Data Suggests Newfound Risk Aversion Among Traders

Bitcoin and ether climbed modestly late Wednesday as lighter crypto derivatives volumes signaled uncharacteristic caution among the market’s traders.

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Tech

Bitcoin Cash Undergoes 'Halving' Event, Casting Shadow on Miner Profitability

Bitcoin Cash, the blockchain network that forked off Bitcoin in 2017, has just reduced its mining rewards by half, causing lots of miners to have nearly zero gross margin.

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Markets

Today's 'Halving' May Be Non-Event for Bitcoin Cash Prices

While some expect today's reward cut for BCH miners to belong-term bullish for prices, analysts suggest otherwise.

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Tech

Bitcoin Cash Approaches Milestone With First Halving Expected Wednesday

The event is a foreshadowing of the same process happening on a larger scale on the BTC blockchain next month.

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Markets

Bitcoin Follows Stock Markets Higher; How Long Will They Move in Lockstep?

Crypto prices climbed with traditional market indexes Monday as traders wondered if bitcoin will remain a follower or break out and blaze its own path.

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Finance

Mt. Gox Trustee May Sell Some Crypto Assets, Says Draft Repayment Plan

The trustee of the now-defunct bitcoin exchange intends to liquidate cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin and bitcoin cash as part of a draft rehabilitation plan.

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Markets

Investors Look to Gold, Crypto After Fed Goes on QE Buying Spree

Gold is up Monday and so are most cryptocurrencies, seemingly buoyed by the U.S. Federal Reserve's drastic action to thwart the coronavirus’ effects on markets and the economy.

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