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The cryptocurrency market is on a roll today, as Bitcoin edges back over the $40,000 mark and ethereum’s ether is at an all-time high. Bitcoin is now trading slightly over $40,000 per single coin, up more than 16% in the last seven days alone. The digital currency is recovering from a market dip in late December/early…

As the year draws to a close, not only is the U.S. stock market approaching record highs, but a touted alternative to the existing financial system is also booming. Bitcoin is now trading over $29,000 per single coin, up more than 24% in the last seven days alone. It’s blown past its previous high of $20,000 and is…

The campaign website of President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign was hacked and then defaced for a period on Tuesday, but a spokesman said that there was no access to sensitive data. Tim Murtaugh, communications director for the campaign, wrote on Twitter, “Earlier this evening, the Trump campaign website was…

Facebook has revealed details of Libra, its cryptocurrency answer to Bitcoin, which the tech giant says is aimed at the estimated 1.7 billion people around the world who are “unbanked.” “Libra is a global, digitally native, reserve-backed cryptocurrency built on the foundation of blockchain technology,” the company…

Facebook is planning on rolling out its own cryptocurrency by the first quarter of 2020, a digital payments system that will be active in roughly a dozen countries, the BBC…