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<p>PARIS, FRANCE - FEBRUARY 16: In this photo illustration, a visual representation of digital cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethernum, Dash, Monero and Litecoin is displayed on February 16, 2018 in Paris, France. Digital cryptocurrencies have seen unprecedented growth in 2017, despite remaining extremely volatile. (Photo Illustration by Chesnot/Getty Images)</p>

$1.2 billion in cryptocurrency has been stolen since 2017, says report

"Put the Bitcoin in the bag and nobody gets hurt."

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<p>The Justice Department and the CFTC are reportedly taking a close look at bitcoin.</p>

US investigating bitcoin price manipulation as cryptocurrency runs wild

Spoofing is reportedly at the center of the Justice Department probe.

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Blockchain helps us take green power into our own hands

Forget bitcoin. Blockchain could help us earn a different kind of digital currency -- with solar energy.

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Bitcoin explained by AI will melt your brain

Hello, I have watched this video and I will never be the same again.

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Jack Dorsey says the internet will have its own currency one day

At a blockchain conference in New York, the CEO of Twitter and Square stays bullish on digital money.

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<p>Veridium Labs, with help from IBM, has launched a blockchain network designed to track how companies or other entities buy and sell carbon credits.&nbsp;</p>

Blockchain alliance aims to track carbon credits to fight climate change

IBM is helping with the effort to make it easier to use programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Australian government to spend $700K on that new 'blockchain' thing

Maybe you can build an economy on mining after all...

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<p>Bill Gates said he'd short Bitcoin if he could.</p>

Bill Gates would bet against bitcoin

Microsoft founder Bill Gates isn't feeling particularly confident about the cryptocurrency.

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Oscar Mayer bacoin cryptocurrency is way tastier than bitcoin

Meat the only cryptocurrency that really lets you bring home the bacon. But watch out for pigpockets and ham-burglars.

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Someone wrote a kids' book to explain bitcoin and blockchain

Welcome to 2018 and a children's book that teaches us how to find our place in the world... using the blockchain.

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Iceland 'bitcoin heist' suspect flees on plane... with prime minister

It's a small country after all. Iceland issues international arrest warrant for the suspected mastermind of the "Big Bitcoin Heist."

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NY attorney general asks bitcoin exchanges to explain themselves

A new fact-finding inquiry seeks to discover how the exchanges work and what they're doing to fight bots, money laundering and market manipulation.

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