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Bitcoin cash is surging as other cryptocurrencies fall

The bitcoin offshoot climbed more than 13% on Wednesday.

  • The spike came as Overstock.com, one of the first retailers to accept cryptocurrency payments, mixed up bitcoin cash with bitcoin —
  • Bitcoin cash is currently the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, according to OnChainFX, with a total value of $45.8 billion. It trails just
  • Almost every cryptocurrency took a hit this week when coinmarketcap.com, one of the most popular data sites for cryptocurrency prices,
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