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Brandon Hill - Tue, Jan 30, 2018
The side effects of the recent price gouging on GPUs from AMD and NVIDIA is now filtering down to sites that use affiliate links to generate additional revenue. One retailer in particular, Newegg, is cutting off the Video Card category for...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jan 17, 2018
Hey cryptocurrency investors, are we having fun yet? Indeed, it was all smiles and laughter when Bitcoin, the most popular digital coin out there, skyrocketed in value and topped $17,000 just last week. But like every thrill ride, it is...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Jan 16, 2018
It helps to have nerves of steel when investing in cryptocurrencies, especially Bitcoin, which has seen some wild fluctuations over the year. Earlier this morning, for example, Bitcoin's value dived below the $12,000 mark, dropping 17...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Jan 15, 2018
After witnessing Bitcoin's explosive growth, everyone and their uncle is now getting into cryptocurrency mining, some for extra money and others in hopes of striking it rich. There are now more than a thousand cryptocurrencies out there...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Jan 11, 2018
Bitcoin's value dropped to below $13,000 earlier today, sliding around 14 percent after South Korea's government announced plans to ban cryptocurrency trading altogether. While perhaps a knee-jerk reaction and a temporary blip in the long...
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Shane McGlaun - Tue, Dec 26, 2017
To say bitcoin is volatile would be an understatement. It seems to either be surging or crashing with little signs of overall stability. This is the reason that Valve recently stopped accepting bitcoin as a method of payment. Last week was...
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Shane McGlaun - Fri, Dec 22, 2017
With the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies booming, everyone is looking to make some money off the craze. One of the biggest players that is looking to get into the cryptocurrency craze is Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Word is that...
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Paul Lilly - Thu, Dec 07, 2017
Will the Bitcoin bubble ever burst? If so, when? Those are the questions that continue to elude investors and analysts alike, as each time Bitcoin's value rises to a new high, it seems like the end is in sight. But instead of ramming into...
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Shane McGlaun - Thu, Dec 07, 2017
Valve's love affair with Bitcoin is going through a rough patch even though the cryptocurrency was trading at $10,000 in late September and even higher today. Valve announced that as of December 6 it had decided to stop supporting Bitcoin...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Nov 30, 2017
All eyes are on Bitcoin these days, mainly because of its meteoric rise in valuation. Just a day ago, with Bitcoin's price easily surpassing the $10,000 threshold and hopefully bullying its way into mainstream acceptance, there were...
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Brandon Hill - Tue, Nov 28, 2017
Christmas is coming early for long-term investors in Bitcoin. The red-hot cryptocurrency has skyrocketed during 2017, most recently crossing the $9,000 threshold on Sunday. At the time, we opined that Bitcoin could be well on its way...
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Brandon Hill - Sun, Nov 26, 2017
If you've been following cryptocurrency news over the past few months, then you know that Bitcoin has been on an incredible winning streak. On August 26th, Bitcoin was at $4,300. Three months later, Bitcoin's price has more than...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Nov 17, 2017
Every few weeks we talk about Bitcoin hitting another record high, and today is no different. Earlier this month, Bitcoin hit a new high of $7,500, sending its market cap soaring above $120 billion.
But things got a bit interesting when...
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Shane McGlaun - Sun, Nov 12, 2017
Bitcoin mining is a very common practice today with the price of the cryptocurrency soaring to over $7,000 earlier this month before settling back down in the $6,000 range. With prices soaring more and more people are getting into mining...
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Brandon Hill - Sun, Nov 05, 2017
It was just a few weeks ago when we were last talking about the massive gains that Bitcoin has made during 2017. Today, Bitcoin is still shooting skyward, sitting pretty at a record $7,555, despite China's apprehension towards the...
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Brandon Hill - Sat, Oct 21, 2017
Bitcoin has been on an enviable winning streak this year, and reached a new intraday high earlier today. Bitcoin hit a record high of $6,183.98 at around 10:30 AM EST this morning, which comes just after the cryptocurrency pushed through...
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Brandon Hill - Mon, Sep 18, 2017
What is a blockchain? When considering cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum, it's best to first understand the underlying technology and framework that makes their existence possible. At its core, a blockchain is a what is described as a "shared ledger" technology that is used to record...
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Shane McGlaun - Sun, Sep 17, 2017
Udpate, 9/17/17: It turns out the actual cryptocurrency being mined by TPB is actually Monero. As such this article has been updated.
The Pirate Bay made its name as the site to go to if you want to download pirated applications, games...
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Paul Lilly - Fri, Sep 15, 2017
Bitcoin is living up to its billing as a volatile currency. It was a big deal last month when Bitcoin first flirted with a $2,900 valuation. Just a couple of weeks later, it jumped past the $4,000 mark, setting yet another new high in the...
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Brandon Hill - Thu, Sep 14, 2017
Just a day after JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon unleashed a fury of attacks on Bitcoin (and cryptocurrencies in general), another salvo is incoming. It was reported last week by Caixin that China was contemplating shutting down...
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Brandon Hill - Wed, Sep 13, 2017
There has been a run on cryptocurrencies in the past year or so, especially when it comes to Bitcoin and Ethereum. The latter has especially been popular, with enthusiasts quickly gobbling up high-performance NVIDIA and AMD GPUs to bolster...
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Shane McGlaun - Sat, Sep 09, 2017
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Equifax was hacked surfaced and 143 million Americans have potentially had their personal information stolen. What many have been wondering is what exactly do the hackers plan to do...
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