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SegWit2x backers cancel plans for bitcoin hard fork

Advocates for a bitcoin hard fork have now decided to cancel plans for the so-called SegWit2x fork. The bitcoin blockchain was supposed to split into two blockchains in roughly 8 days. But it looks li

Bitcoin just passed $5,000

This morning bitcoin shot past $5,000, and is now hovering around $5,300 -- up nearly 10 percent from yesterday. It's the first time the cryptocurrency has confidently shot past $5,000. Some exchanges