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Lightning Co-Creator Releases Code for Bitcoin Scaling Concept

Co-author of the lightning network white paper Tadge Dryja has released new code for a proposed scaling solution he's been working on for a year.

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Long-Term Support Level May Struggle to Revive Bitcoin Price Rally

Bitcoin’s price pullback seems to have stalled near historically strong support, but a bounce, if any, could be shallow.

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Bitcoin Dips Below $8K as Price Sheds $700 in Two Hours

Bitcoin has once again fallen beneath $8,000 amid a sharp sell-off that saw prices drop to as low as $7,778 according to Coindesk data.

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Open Bets On CME's Bitcoin Futures Hit Record High

CME Bitcoin Futures have hit a record high in open interest at 5,190, up seven percent on the week prior, data from the CFTC shows.

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Encrypted Email Service Launches on Blockstack With Bitcoin Features

An Egyptian web firm is building Dmail on Blockstack to bring bitcoin-friendly privacy tech to the Middle East.

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Bitcoin Faces Price Pullback as Signs of Bull Exhaustion Emerge

Bitcoin could revisit sub-$8,000 levels in the short-term, as a longer-duration chart is flashing signs of bull exhaustion for the first time in 2019.

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Bitcoin's First Public Mining Pool Is Rebranding

The company behind Slush Pool, the first cryptocurrency mining pool to make its services publicly available, is rebranding.

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Can Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Power Payments in a Japanese Bar?

A bar in Japan is teaming up with a locally-based lightning startup to let customers pay using the experimental payments network.

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Maxwell, Wuille Co-Author Proposal for a Big Boost to Bitcoin's Bandwidth

A new paper outlines a proposed protocol that seeks to boost the bandwidth for bitcoin nodes.

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Bitcoin SV Was the Best Performing Crypto in May – And it Wasn't Close

The cryptocurrency markets saw rapid growth in May, with quite a few tokens – including bitcoin SV – outshining bitcoin.

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