Bitcoinist Weekly News Re-Hash: Bitcoin Classic Gaining Steam

This past week saw a lot of hot news stories coming from the Bitcoin community and the organizations powering the growth of the ecosystem. Bitcoin Classic appeared in the news a few times throughout the week, reminding us that the block size debate is far from over. In terms of price, not much happened at the macro level. Hardly any change took place between the open and close of the week, with the price falling less than one percent in total. However, the day-to-day activity certainly gave traders a lot to be excited about, with a lot of big declines and welcome gains.
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Daily Bitcoin Price Action
February 22: $437.07 February 23: $437.96 February 24: $419 February 25: $419.92 February 26: $420.32 February 27: $431.46 February 28 Open: $424.81 February 28 Close: $436.65 Total Change: -0.10%
Weekly News Re-Hash: Bitcoin Core Gains Momentum
Our week began on Monday, February 22, 2015 with the bitcoin price at $437.07, holding on to the gains made in the previous week. Monday saw fairly calm market activity, the price hovering in the mid-to-high $430s. Bitcoin peaked at $440 in the evening, but quickly returned to that $430s range that characterized the day’s activity.

This post was published at Bitcoinist on 2016/02/29.