James Gray

Bitcoin Cash ABC's price rocketed 62% in the past day, climbing from $12.27 to $19.97 as the project released a new client focused on stability fixes. The rebound offered holders a reprieve after the

Law enforcement caught a California man attempting one of the more dramatic getaways in recent financial crime history. Matthew Piercey, accused of orchestrating a massive investment scam, tried to es

Grayscale Investments has crossed an unprecedented $10.4 billion in digital asset holdings, marking the first time the institutional crypto fund manager has reached this significant threshold. The mil

Ethereum bounced 4.5% over the past day and trades around $465. Bulls pushing higher could breach a resistance zone at $485, with the next barrier around $530. On the hourly chart, ETH trades inside

Bitcoin closed the week at $15,975 after a volatile stretch that saw the price reach $16,494 before tumbling to $14,824 and recovering as sellers defended the $16K level. The resulting candle ranks as

BitFlyer ranks among the world's top 20 crypto exchanges when measured by liquidity, traffic and trading volume. The Tokyo-based platform opened in 2014 and now maintains offices across three continen

Market technicians watching Dash report a pullback of 5% as selling pressure interrupted the token's recent momentum. The cryptocurrency surged to $105 before encountering stiff resistance, with bears

Bitcoin Cash trades at $254, down less than 1 percent, as the cryptocurrency faces technical headwinds before the November 15 hard fork. It sits below the 20-day exponential moving average of $257, wh

Breaking through a key milestone yesterday, DAI from MakerDAO hit a $1 billion market valuation for the first time in its history, according to CoinGecko data. The stablecoin had largely lingered unde

The SEC's enforcement arm collected $4.68 billion in penalties and seized funds during 2020. Stephanie Avakian, the Enforcement Division director, announced the milestone: \"The Commission obtained jud

Uniswap hit a new threshold this week, becoming the first decentralized exchange to hold $3 billion in total value locked. The milestone arrives as the broader DeFi sector pushes past $12.98 billion i

2020 may well become a defining moment in cryptocurrency's journey—not necessarily for global events, but for how digital assets weathered the initial shock of a worldwide economic crisis. We sat down

Decentralized finance has reached a significant inflection point, with cumulative capital locked across protocols now standing at $12.7 billion. This represents substantial momentum from the $10.99 bi

Bitcoin climbed to $15,968 in the past 24 hours, breaking above $15,000 as traders repositioned ahead of the 2020 US presidential election outcome. Even as Donald Trump alleged voter fraud in key batt

Ripple's XRP token gained 6.5% over the past 24 hours, climbing above the $0.25 mark as major altcoins attempt to recover from dismal weeks. The token traded near $0.251 at the time of writing, but fa

Spanning from the 2018 market collapse through the 2020 health crisis, the blockchain sector has endured roughly $2.8 billion in cumulative losses. A 35% contraction in overall market revenues charact

Bitcoin broke through $14,000 this week as traders watched the US election results, marking another step toward its all-time high. The price action has dominated headlines over the past two weeks. Mi

Hong Kong's financial regulator moved to tighten its grip on cryptocurrency exchanges Tuesday, announcing that all platforms operating in the city will now face mandatory oversight. Ashley Alder, chi

The Reserve Bank of Australia will test how central bank digital currencies might work in wholesale financial markets. The RBA announced today it's partnering with Commonwealth, National Australia Ban

XRP, built by Ripple for international payments, has spent eight years without reaching the adoption levels it was designed for. The company will hit its tenth anniversary in 2022, and the road has be

ChainLink faces a sharp pullback if Bitcoin cannot hold support at $13,000. Should the major cryptocurrency breach that level, analysts expect LINK/USD to dip below $10. Traders are defending LINK at

A massive heist struck Harvest Finance's operations this week, with attackers siphoning $34 million in digital assets. The protocol is now offering a $1 million bounty to anyone capable of identifying

Bitcoin Cash bounced sharply off key support levels and climbed to $280 before momentum faded and prices retreated to settle near $266. While BCH found footing, Bitcoin suffered a sharp decline from h

Mastercard's leader Ajay Banga has staked out a clear position in the digital currency debate, throwing his weight behind central bank digital currencies rather than decentralized cryptocurrencies. Th

The KP3R token, native to Andre Cronje's new Keep3r Network, surged from $10 to over $180 within hours of launch — a surge of about 2,000% that brought degen traders and speculators into the offering.

Polkadot's token fell from $4.80 to lows of $4.25 as selling pressure dominated the market. DOT trades below established support and weakens across shorter timeframes. The broader cryptocurrency sello

Bitcoin's transaction fees have surged, with average costs now in double figures. Glassnode, a crypto data aggregator, released figures showing that fees represent 22.25% of Bitcoin miners' income, wi

At the Bund Summit in Shanghai, Alibaba Group's co-founder Jack Ma expressed optimism about the transformative potential of digital currencies in reshaping the global economy. The tech pioneer, who st

Bitcoin held steady near $13,000 as the network's hash rate plummeted from 151.09 EH/s on October 24 to 132.9 EH/s by October 26. China's Sichuan province is exiting its wet season, and miners are le

Ethereum dropped 3.3% over the past 48 hours, but the technical setup suggests bulls have regained their footing. The token bounced off $382 support and now trades above $390, a level that matters for

Cashaa, a London-based fintech company, is opening physical cryptocurrency branches across India. The company partnered with United Multistate Credit Cooperative Society to launch UNICAS, a crypto-foc

The United Arab Emirates is advancing its 2021 blockchain roadmap, with a heavyweight commodity player stepping into the digital arena. Al Khaleej Sugar, the globe's preeminent sugar refinery, has unv

Decentralized finance faced another setback today as hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Harvest Finance, siphoning more than $24 million from the yield farming platform. The breach triggered an imme

XRP reached $0.263 in intraday trading on October 23, breaking above an ascending triangle that had held prices down since mid-August, when the token dropped from $0.33. The breakout gave buyers momen

PayPal announced it will let customers buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency, a move that sent Bitcoin above $13,000 for the first time since July. The payment company confirmed it will support Bitcoin,

Brad Garlinghouse, Ripple's chief executive, said in a Bloomberg interview this week that Japan stands as his company's most likely destination if it departs the United States. The San Francisco firm

Bitcoin's average transaction value has soared above $150,000, a staggering ascent from the $25,000 figure recorded in July. The climb amounts to 500% growth across four months. On October 20, the me

In response to regulatory scrutiny, BitMEX has expedited rollout of its identity verification requirements. The derivatives trading platform stated it will now demand customer authentication by Novemb

Tezos token XTZ trades near $2.13, a recovery from yesterday's lows around $2.04, though the token remains 5% lower over the past 24 hours. Technical patterns hint at a potential 20% bounce toward $2.

Cryptocurrencies have drawn fire from policymakers across the globe, yet blockchain technology itself has managed to escape much of that criticism. Bruno Le Maire, who oversees France's finances, exem

New Zealand's central bank continues to study state-issued digital currencies but has no immediate plans for one. Christian Hawkesby, an assistant governor at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, told att

Filecoin's mainnet went live last week after three years since its $205 million initial coin offering. The network's launch triggered a sharp rally, with FIL tokens hitting $80 on many exchanges and r

Nearly all 39.5 million votes backing Uniswap's governance proposal came from three addresses. About 700,000 votes opposed it. The approvals of Dharma and Gauntlet give those teams the majority on any

The global marketing head at Coinbase has left the company following its new apolitical stance

Chain.info, a blockchain data service platform, demonstrates that a total of five exchanges have custody of an overwhelming 10% of BTC’s circulating supply These leading centralised exchanges heading

Wealth inequality has reached extremes that demand attention. About 2,000 people carry billionaire status while four out of five humans subsist on under $10 a day. Worse still, nearly half a billion m

XRP has climbed over the past seven days, touching $0.26 before momentum evaporated in the last 24 hours. The token trades around $0.255, up about 5% from a week prior. Over the past hour, XRP hasn't

The Ethereum team launched Zinken on October 12, the final testnet before moving Ethereum 2.0 to its permanent blockchain. The test ran without major issues and confirmed the genesis process would wor

Ripple's chief technology officer David Schwartz revealed he sold 40,000 Ether for $1 each back in 2012. He announced the detail on Twitter on October 11, explaining that he and his wife developed the

Seventy-five crypto exchanges have shut down through the first three quarters of 2020, a pace exceeding prior years. These closures stemmed from multiple causes: security breaches, fraud schemes, volu

A debate erupted on crypto Twitter over whether decentralized finance can ever shed its reliance on central infrastructure. The core premise of DeFi sits on a simple idea: remove the gatekeepers who

Chris Larsen, Ripple's executive chairman, warned at the LA Blockchain Summit that unfavorable US regulations could force his San Francisco-based firm to relocate. He told the audience the company is

Ripple's Chris Larsen signaled on Tuesday that the company may need to relocate away from the US in search of friendlier regulatory ground. Speaking at the LA Blockchain Summit, the executive chairman

XRP surged 6.38% over the past 24 hours to reach $0.25, up from $0.235 the previous day. The move puts Ripple's token among the stronger performers in the top 10 this week, a shift from its struggles

PwC's new Global Crypto Tax Report 2020 shows that tax authorities treat cryptocurrency as a legitimate asset class now. The report documents how governments across the world have begun establishing r

CipherTrace has revealed that 56% of crypto exchanges fail know-your-customer requirements. The firm examined more than 800 platforms—including centralized exchanges, decentralized operations, and aut

House lawmakers have advanced a pair of blockchain-focused measures that now move toward Senate consideration as part of broader efforts to modernize America's payment infrastructure. The Consumer Saf

A gaming multiverse initiative associated with prominent DeFi developer Andre Cronje and Yearn Finance became the latest victim of a cryptocurrency exploit, resulting in losses totaling $15 million. T

ADA rocketed 10.64% higher in the past 24 hours, reaching $0.105 as Cardano bounced back from weakness across the broader cryptocurrency market last week. The token holds the ninth position by market

Recent months have seen a surge in breaches targeting digital asset platforms, with Bybit's Ben Zhou noting that the sector's security challenges are no longer surprising. The latest reminder came whe

The American public appears hesitant about adopting digital currency from central banks, despite longstanding frustrations with traditional finance. Just days ago, the Federal Reserve unveiled researc

Bitcoin dominates the crypto market despite 436 offshoots branching from its original code. CoinMarketCap lists more than 7,000 cryptocurrencies operating across a $325 billion market. Data from Map o

Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, opened for UK customers after receiving approval from the Financial Conduct Authority. The FCA issued the platform an

A Chainalysis study documented a surge in cryptocurrency trading across Africa, prompting scrutiny from financial regulators across the continent. The research placed Africa second in peer-to-peer cr

South Korea's largest crypto exchange heads to auction. Bithumb, which commands more than half the country's digital asset trading, attracted multiple bidders after its owners decided to put it on the

The Bermuda Stock Exchange will list the first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund available to the public. On September 18, the BSX announced the product, the Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index ETF. The exchange w

The integration will enable transfer of funds into a bitFlyer user’s account by linking their PayPal

Ethereum trades at $386 following a 7% surge in the past 24 hours, up 3% today as it tests the $400 level that has proved difficult for buyers all week. The cryptocurrency had climbed near $500 before

Ethereum processed 1.4 million transactions on September 17, surpassing a peak from early January 2018. The network handled between 1.238 and 1.256 million daily transactions during January 3-11 of th

Tether's market cap has climbed from $4 billion at the start of 2020 to $15 billion today, a near fourfold jump. The stablecoin now ranks third among cryptocurrencies, having surpassed Ripple's XRP.

FinCEN is preparing to overhaul its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing rules. The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced plans to revise its AML and CTF regulations to

BitPay, the world's largest Bitcoin payment service provider, has moved its entire workforce remote. The shift came after the COVID-19 pandemic forced companies across industries to abandon offices in

Bitcoin climbed toward $11,000, reaching $10,950 after an intraday high of $10,840 the previous day. Bitcoin's strength pushed its dominance in the overall cryptocurrency market to 61.24%, up from 59.

The Bahamas will launch a digital currency nationwide next month, according to announcements from the country's central bank. If the rollout proceeds as planned, the nation will become among the first

Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis has published new research indicating that Eastern Europe surpasses all other regions when measuring both ransomware proliferation and darknet marketplace preva

Two Swiss universities have launched the Ticino Blockchain Technologies Association to coordinate blockchain research and support companies operating in the sector. The University of Applied Sciences

Christine Lagarde, the European Central Bank's president and former International Monetary Fund chief, said Europeans are adopting digital payments faster as the coronavirus pandemic makes them the sa

Across Africa, a growing number of individuals and business enterprises are turning to cryptocurrency as a solution for circumventing steep transaction fees and the economic unpredictability that acco

Two blockchain bills advanced through a House committee yesterday, moving them toward floor votes. The Committee on Energy and Commerce approved the Digital Taxonomy Act and the American COMPETE Act d

Recent research from CipherTrace reveals a troubling blind spot in how the global banking system monitors digital asset flows. While banks have reported 134,500 questionable crypto-related transaction

Chainalysis, a prominent cryptocurrency analytics firm, has unveiled new research examining how different nations are embracing digital assets. The findings reveal an unexpected hierarchy in global

Windows-based cryptocurrency holders face a new threat following a security alert from Microsoft. The technology company's security division identified malware dubbed Anubis that specifically targets

SushiSwap bounced back Sunday after hitting $1.17, gaining 30 percent for the day alone. The DeFi token staged its recovery during Asian trading hours, pushing the price to $2.77 after a 109 percent s

Coinbase added Celo to its main platform, capping a week of momentum for the token. The cryptocurrency reached $4.55 in less than two hours, a 32 percent jump from $3.44. The exchange said it now all

ConsenSys released a mobile version of MetaMask, its Ethereum wallet, bringing the crypto tool to Android and iOS after years of operating as a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. Mobile users h

Hackers breached Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter account to solicit cryptocurrency donations, the latest in a series of high-profile account takeovers. They used his platform to request followe

ChainLink hit $17 on Tuesday before retreating to $15.50, down 4.15% over the previous day. The token had climbed 3% to those $17 highs on Monday, but momentum stalled. Technical analysis suggests the

Cryptocurrency users prefer to transact transparently rather than use privacy coins and their shielding features

Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla faced a serious ransomware attack in early August. A 27-year-old Russian national named Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov approached a Nevada factory employee with an unusual off

Atupri Health Insurance now accepts Bitcoin and Ethereum as payment methods for premiums. The Swiss health insurer partnered with Bitcoin Suisse, a Zurich-based crypto financial services firm, to roll

Polkadot's DOT token surrendered most of this month's gains. The price fell 16% from $6.79, trading around $5.60 by Friday, August 28. The pullback caps a five-day rally that had sent DOT into the top

Bitcoin climbed in the year's opening weeks, but a sharp correction arrived in late February when COVID-19 swept through Europe and North America. The decline that followed spread through March and in

Celo's native token vaulted past $4.49 on Thursday after Coinbase disclosed plans to add the asset for trading. The CELO/USD pair climbed 55% within hours of the announcement, while CELO/BTC gained mo

Coinbase Pro announced support for Celo (CELO), and the token jumped 55%. CELO reached $4.45 before retreating to $4, breaking past its previous all-time high above $2.70. This move far outpaces the p

Starbucks rolled out a blockchain-powered tracking system yesterday that lets customers see where their coffee originated. Using a code on packaged bags, US shoppers can view details about the farms t

Chris Obdam runs Betty Blocks, a startup building tools to let developers create applications without writing code. The vision: building software as easily as you'd construct something from Lego block

Cosmos's native asset ATOM has surged past prior highs, commanding $7.75 in trading activity during Monday's mid-session window—a jump exceeding 10%. Frequently characterized as the \"internet of block

Ethereum climbed 4% in the past day and could soon clear $410, but most altcoins traded sideways. The weekend and early part of the week brought few surprises. Bitcoin, after powering higher last wee

XRP's regulatory limbo has spawned multiple lawsuits against Ripple. The company cannot move forward without U.S. regulators clarifying whether the token qualifies as a security. U.S. Congressman Tom

The founder and president of Barstool Sports has drawn criticism for publicly supporting speculative crypto trading tactics and tokens with smaller market capitalizations. Dave Portnoy, who leads Bar

A picturesque Caribbean island has become an increasingly attractive destination for cryptocurrency professionals and firms seeking citizenship and legal residency. The trend reflects growing interest

After days of consolidation near $390, Ethereum broke above a downward trendline and surged to $431. If bulls hold these gains, the target is $500. Pentoshi, lead technical analyst at Blockfyre, expe

Germany is moving to overhaul its approach to financial instruments through legislation that would leverage blockchain technology. Initiated by the Ministry of Finance and the Federal Ministry of Just

Three tokens posted gains on August 14. XRP advanced 6.3%, climbing to $0.297 and maintaining its position as the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. Cardano gained 3.5% while Algorand led the

UpBit, the South Korean crypto exchange that has struggled in its home market, won full operating licenses from Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission. The exchange received four separate licen

Blockchain technology could support the banking industry to improve customer verification efficiency HashCash disclosed in a recent release that it will be collaborating with a UAE based globa

RecycleGo, a blockchain startup, has partnered with DeepDive Technology Group to track plastic bottles from factory to recycling facility. The system assigns each bottle a digital identity, allowing c

Bitcoin and gold both sank on August 12. The cryptocurrency dropped 4.4% to just above $11,000, dragged down by traders closing out profitable positions, while gold fell 5% to $1,901 per ounce. For go

Cyprus has positioned itself as a crypto-friendly nation, with companies like LegionPay offering the infrastructure that businesses need to accept bitcoin payments. The platform helps merchants proces

Cosmos took a hard tumble today, shedding 8% as sellers overwhelmed the rally that had captured momentum over the weekend. The token had rocketed 20% during those two days, crossing $5.88 and ranking

Poland sees a rise in new crypto scams impersonating government agencies, warns on sending cryptos to unknown persons

KB Kookmin, one of South Korea's largest banks, entered the crypto custody market through a new partnership. Policy shifts in the country made the deal possible, bringing together Hashed, a blockchain

Authorities in Dresden have impounded digital assets worth approximately €25 million (roughly $29.7 million USD) tied to the shuttered movie2k.to platform. The Dresden General Prosecutor's Office, alo

The oracle-focused digital asset Band Protocol delivered an impressive rally, climbing by almost 47% in a matter of minutes during trading Wednesday. Early Thursday morning, the token established itse

Huobi, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is launching a new unit to back projects and companies building decentralized finance products. The division, called Huobi Labs, will handle

Premium wine depends on precise conditions at every stage, and tracking this information matters to both producers and consumers. Tencent and Changy, one of China's most prominent winemakers, are deve

Bitcoin jumped to $12,108 over the weekend before sellers wiped out $1,500 in hours. Bulls failed to push through $12,000, a level untested since July 2017 when the cryptocurrency reached its quarterl

The surge in value has placed demand on the Bitcoin network, with average transaction fees hitting levels seen in May...

Officials launched Dubai's blockchain-based identity verification system after announcing it in the second quarter. The UAE Central Bank built the platform and brought on more than 120 companies and n

The pandemic-driven economic crisis has underscored digital assets' superior stability relative to conventional financial markets. Simultaneously, the sector has witnessed explosive growth in decentra

Cameron Winklevoss, co-founder of Gemini, believes Bitcoin's next bull run will be unlike 2017. He explained his thinking in a tweet: \"The next Bitcoin bull run will be dramatically different. Today,

Huawei filed a patent application for blockchain ledger storage technology earlier this year, with the announcement coming in mid-July through the Tianyancha database. The filing marks the latest move

Santander and Ripple launched One Pay FX this week, a mobile app that lets users send money across borders on the blockchain. The system promises to fix what's broken in traditional international wiri

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance set out to create standards for permissioned versions of Ethereum. After several years of operation, its influence on how corporations approach blockchain has become c

More than 31.86 million Ethereum addresses hold positions in profit following the token's climb above $300. This surpasses the number of Bitcoin addresses with balances. Data from Into the Block's Hi

Australia's approach to blockchain regulation faces fundamental challenges that could limit the sector's potential contribution to the economy. The New South Wales Treasury has released findings indic

Bitcoin broke above $10,000 this week, pushing toward $11,400, and traders began pulling money out of decentralized finance tokens that had surged on hype just weeks earlier. The top cryptocurrencies

eToro, the cryptocurrency and multi-asset platform serving over 13 million users, unveiled improvements to eToroX, its crypto exchange, on July 23. The new features serve professional and institutiona

Italian banks adopted blockchain to settle transactions. The Italian Banking Association (ABI) integrated R3's Corda blockchain platform across the sector under the name Spunta, designed to accelerate

Bitcoin reached $10,333 on Monday and momentum remained strong. At the time of writing, the currency was trading near $10,280, up more than 6% on the day. The jump ended weeks of failed attempts to b

Bitcoin broke past $10,000 this week and traders watch for resistance around $10,500. A break there could send the coin toward $11,000 to $12,000. Bitcoin gained more than 13% over the seven days. Eth

WeMade, the South Korean studio behind the Legend of Mir videogame trilogy, has started developing a blockchain version of the franchise. Founded in 2000, the company established a subsidiary called W

Visa is integrating cryptocurrency into its payment network, tapping crypto transactions across 61 million merchants. The system will handle 25 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Rippl

China's largest blockchain infrastructure provider has unveiled a rebranded ecosystem aimed at enterprise adoption. Ant Group, the Alibaba subsidiary that pioneered commercialized blockchain deploymen

Binance added THORChain to its exchange this morning, and the RUNE token jumped 25%. The price had surged before the announcement, drawing attention from traders watching for patterns. THORChain oper

Tezos sits at $3.05 with a 1.4% decline over the past day. Ontology has sunk 6% in the same period and now trades at $0.69. Neither token found support Thursday, and both face pressure heading into th

Augur's native token REP has pulled back 7% over the last day, settling near $23 after a recent surge carried it to $25.30—the highest point in the past year. The token stands as among the day's weake

Ethereum's transaction fees have climbed to 100 Gwei, the equivalent of 0.00000010 ETH, causing alarm among the network's founders and prominent users. The surge stems from the rapid growth of DeFi an

Born in 2017, the Delta application emerged at a pivotal moment in digital asset history. Founder and chief executive Nicolas Van Hoorde recognized a fundamental challenge: investors juggling position

Bearish pressure continues to weigh on Litecoin as the digital asset trades below the crucial $45 threshold. Meanwhile, blockchain analytics indicate that previously dormant coins have seen movement s

VeChain and NEO ranked among the day's biggest gainers, both climbing more than 6% over the past 24 hours as the broader cryptocurrency market recovered from recent weakness. Bitcoin's price increase

Bitcoin advanced 1.5% to break above $9,320, putting bulls in position to test resistance at $9,500 for the first time in weeks. The pair stood at $9,342 as of writing, having reached an intraday peak

Bitcoin remained above $9,000, confined to a narrow range. The cryptocurrency lost $90 in the past 24 hours, sitting at $9,092, a 0.33% decline from the previous session. After a quiet Asian trading s

Six blockchain companies made the World Economic Forum's annual list of 100 Technology Pioneers. The WEF designates a hundred firms each year. This cohort includes Chainlink, Elliptic, Lightning Labs

Bitcoin has stalled near $9,100 over the past five days, moving sideways as the weekend approaches. Most alternative coins trade lower this morning, though Stellar and Algorand climb. VeChain fell 4.

CloudCoin has created a cloud-based digital currency that it believes offers lots of benefits over blockchain technology

Valdis Dombrovskis, the EU's Executive Vice-President, used a speech at the Digital Finance Outreach 2020 Closing conference to lay out the bloc's approach to regulating digital assets. The European C

Nuggets, a startup founded by CEO Alastair Johnson, is rolling out a blockchain-based biometric system designed to solve a growing problem in parcel delivery: how to confirm someone received a package

Two tokens led the market higher this week. While Bitcoin couldn't crack new ground, Chainlink and Tezos gathered momentum as prices surged. Chainlink dominated. The token shot up 40% to reach $8.40,

Tuur Demeester flipped his position on Ethereum this month. For years the Bitcoin advocate had dismissed the smart contract platform, but a tweet from July 8 signaled a change: \"I agree with @PeterLBr

Sri Lanka's central bank has narrowed down its list of developers for a proof-of-concept blockchain-based KYC system. The central bank announced last year that it would incorporate blockchain into ban

Dubai property developers are now accepting Bitcoin. Firas Al Msaddi, CEO of fam Properties, said buyers could use cryptocurrency the same way they'd use cash or a bank loan to purchase real estate. B

Smaller cryptocurrencies outpaced Bitcoin over the past few days, capturing trader interest despite Bitcoin hovering around $9,500. Dogecoin rocketed more than 50% on July 8 alone. Chainlink and Carda

Decentralized finance is gaining traction in the mainstream conversation about cryptocurrency's future, according to coverage from the Australian Times that explores how blockchain technology has matu

China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security added \"blockchain technician/operator\" to its official job classifications this month, alongside eight other new positions. The classification r

Bitcoin holds ground above $9,200. Two metrics suggest a move toward $12,000 is coming. The cryptocurrency has held this region for two months, establishing it as a floor. Sellers can push the price

Bitcoin Cash bounced higher this week, signaling traders believe the worst for the pair may have passed. The move started Saturday, when BCH/USD gained 3%, climbing from $219 to $226. A pullback on Su

David Sønstebø, the founder of IOTA, argues that neither Bitcoin nor Ethereum achieves true decentralization. He designed IOTA to solve the fundamental problems he saw in earlier blockchain systems.

Bitcoin fell to $8,980 this week as sellers pushed into a trading range that has held since May. Buyers keep defending the $9,000 support level. Rallies above $10,500, where a triple top now marks the

Public Mint launched its blockchain platform this week after two years of development. The network allows banks to create their own digital currencies without relying on stablecoins or third parties.

The US Senate Banking Committee held a second hearing yesterday on the mechanics of creating a blockchain-based US dollar. The discussion centered on what would need to happen for a digital currency

Bitcoin's monthly close is shaping up to fall short of a crucial support level, a reversal that runs counter to underlying metrics suggesting traders aren't panicking despite the price action. Through

XRP looks ready for a monthly close in the red, extending a decline that kicked off in January 2018. The token has marked lower highs and lower lows for over 900 consecutive days. With XRP up 0.58% at

Today's expiration of roughly 114,000 Bitcoin options contracts across multiple trading venues—worth approximately $1.06 billion in aggregate—will likely shape market sentiment in the coming sessions.

LibertyX, based in Boston, has opened up Bitcoin purchases across 20,000 U.S. retail locations, marking what it calls the nation's largest network of Bitcoin ATMs. The company made the announcement on

Traders pushed OmiseGo up 9% over 24 hours, lifting the Ethereum-based token above $1.60 and past most major altcoins. The rally built on gains from the token's integration with Tether earlier in the

Power Ledger released a report showing that blockchain could enable neighborhoods to trade rooftop solar energy. The company conducted a trial in Fremantle, Western Australia from December 2018 throug

Wednesday's trading session proved energizing for Nano, which climbed 11% over the prior 24 hours. The cryptocurrency's intraday movement was dramatic—a 15% spike in early action eventually retreated

Chain metrics suggest long-term holders are positioning Bitcoin as insurance against broader financial instability. More than three-fifths of all Bitcoin has remained stationary for a full year or lon

Bitcoin's mining difficulty jumped 14.95% in its adjustment this week, reaching 15.78 trillion and marking the biggest change in difficulty since early 2018. The shift brings the network's difficulty

Mauritius has taken a significant step in the cryptocurrency sector by establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for security token trading. The island nation's Financial Services Commission u

A blockchain-based government contracting system will go live in Colombia this year, developed through a partnership between the World Economic Forum, Colombia's Inspector General, and the Inter-Ameri

The economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak has starkly illuminated the mismatch between educational systems and what labor markets actually require of workers. In response, the American Co

Ethermine, one of Ethereum's largest mining pools, found itself holding a 10,000 ETH transaction fee worth $2.6 million after someone submitted the payment as part of a series of unusual transactions

China's central bank digital currency began pilot testing in select regions earlier this year. The rollout marks a milestone: the first major economy to deploy a state-backed digital currency at natio

The Binance CEO highlighted the responsibility of crypto exchanges to drive adoption and to collaborate with governments

Chainlink's impressive rebound from its March lows of $1.70 has positioned the oracle network token among the market's most compelling performers. The asset recently touched $4.48, marking substantial

Coinbase's announcement that it would evaluate 18 cryptocurrencies for listing sent prices surging across the altcoin market on June 11. Multiple tokens jumped more than 10% in the wake of the news.

Authorities in Guangdong province have frozen more than 4,000 bank accounts connected to over-the-counter cryptocurrency merchants, marking an escalation in China's crackdown on financial crimes. The

EOS fell below $2.7537 this week, unable to clear the $2.83 resistance blocking its path. Since Sunday, the token gained less than 1%, reversing last week's 5% jump to $2.814. On a weekly basis, EOS s

Bitcoin trades above $9,700 this week, but the path to $10,500 remains unclear. Prices stopped short of $9,900 over the weekend in a sideways move that investors have come to expect. By the second wee

Ethereum trades at an inflection point. After consolidating between $230 and $248 last week, the cryptocurrency stands ready to move higher. Traders target $280 if buying pressure persists at current

Cardano's price surged about 60% over the past week, placing it 10th on CoinMarketCap. Charles Hoskinson, who co-founded the project, announced this week that the Shelley upgrade would launch in early

The Oil and Gas Blockchain Consortium wrapped up testing on blockchain software for waterflow payments in oil fields. The system compressed timelines from 90 to 120 days down to under a week a

Finance Minister, Tara Aso, might not approve legislation to reduce tax on cryptocurrency-based income to a flat 20%

Ethereum and XRP moved in opposite directions over the final week of May, with Ethereum surging while Ripple struggled to gain ground. ETH climbed above $204 for the first time in two weeks as buyers

Vodafone and Energy Web announced a partnership to connect billions of power assets to the grid using blockchain and IoT technology. The telecom giant will deploy SIM-centric technology alongside IoT

Miner selling has climbed six-fold since the May 11 halving, while exchange reserves hit their lowest point in over 18 months. Mining pools have dumped 7,426 bitcoins in the past five days, marking a

Chainlink, Tezos, and Cardano are climbing more than 5% today. The three tokens are outpacing Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, and Litecoin, which have all posted smaller gains in the past 2

Tuur Demeester, founder of Adamant Capital, believes Bitcoin has touched bottom somewhere between $3,000 and $4,000. He sees no problem with prices climbing to $50,000 or $100,000. Bitcoin crashed to

FTX has unveiled a groundbreaking derivatives offering centered on Bitcoin's mining difficulty. Dubbed Hash Rate Futures, this quarterly-settling product grants market participants exposure to shifts

More than 16,900 former users of the shuttered QuadrigaCX platform have submitted claims seeking compensation from what remains of the trading venue's assets, according to court-appointed overseer Ern

Antpool mined block 630,000 on May 11 at 19:23 UTC, triggering Bitcoin's third halving. The event cut block rewards in half, from 12.5 bitcoins to 6.25, a mechanism hard-coded into the Bitcoin protoco

ErisX, the derivatives platform backed by TD Ameritrade, became the first regulated US exchange to offer Ether futures contracts on May 11. The launch builds on the company's December introduction of

Bitcoin fell 15% on Saturday and forced liquidations across BitMEX. The exchange shut down over $260 million in long positions, with May 10 marking the worst day: $295 million liquidated in a single d

Just days following Telegram's recent indication that it would bring its blockchain initiative online by April 2021, the community surrounding the project has taken matters into its own hands. Free TO

The investing app, Ember has managed to raise $700,000 in crowdfunding and has done so while adhering to regulations put forward by the SEC

Telegram has instructed American investors in its blockchain venture to secure immediate refunds, reacting to a regulatory collision with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The messaging co

Ripple co-founder Jed McCaleb dumped over 54 million XRP in April. Wallet analysis tied to McCaleb shows he moved 54,215,405 tokens to exchanges during the month, averaging 1.8 million tokens each day

Venezuela's Petro, launched in 2018 to combat runaway inflation, has collapsed under its own contradictions. The government claims the token trades at $80, yet it fetches as little as $8 on the open m

People still use cash and plastic for most purchases. That might change. Bitcoin comes with advantages that other payment methods lack. Before Bitcoin, no decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency sys

Facebook announced Libra. Corporate interest in blockchain surged. On August 20, Spark Blockchain and Microsoft's NERD Center hosted a career fair in Boston that drew over 300 developers and job seeke

PodMiners opens a private token sale starting September 1, accepting investors until September 20. The fundraiser distributes 10 million POMT tokens from a 100 million token pool across multiple phase

Bull Bitcoin CEO Francis Pouliot spent years running a Bitcoin kiosk at The Bitcoin Embassy in Montreal during Bitcoin's scaling debate. Those conversations gave him access to something most Bitcoin o

North Carolina-based Fluree has closed a $4.7 million seed round, marking a significant milestone for the data management platform that marries blockchain technology with graph database capabi

People cannot mine cryptocurrency without significant barriers. Entry to the space requires custom hardware, technical knowledge, and substantial upfront investment. CryptoTab, built by blockchain dev

Blocko, the South Korean blockchain company with Samsung backing, has rolled out Aergo Enterprise, marking the end of its Coinstack private blockchain. The company is offering a migration program to m

PayPal has invested in Cambridge Blockchain's Series A funding round, marking the payments giant's first venture into blockchain startups. Cambridge Blockchain develops digital identity management sof

Bamboo Capital Partners, the government of Togo, and Moeda unveiled Bloc, a new investment fund Monday at the African CEO Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. The fund targets EUR 100 million for blockchain and t

eToro, the social trading and multi-asset brokerage firm, bought Firmo, a smart contract infrastructure provider. The company did not disclose the purchase price. Yoni Assia, eToro's co-founder and C

In a bid to turn its blockchain industry into “a global leader,” Australia will be developing a national blockchain roadmap and allocating AU$100,000 (US$71,000) to domestic blockchain startups to inc

Ethereum activated its Constantinople upgrade yesterday, Feb. 28, bringing the network to block 7,280,000. The activation came after developers spent a month wrestling with security flaws uncovered in

Tencent's WeBank has agreed to work with Macao's government science and technology fund on smart city development. The partnership with the Macao Science and Technology Development Fund covers infrast

Bitcoin's core pitch includes decentralization and anonymity. That framing glosses over a hard reality: the blockchain is public. Anyone can trace every transaction: where funds moved, who sent them,

An eToro analysis reveals a striking generational divide in financial trust. Roughly 45% of millennial day traders possess greater confidence in digital assets than traditional American equities. The

A Swiss-headquartered digital asset payment handler known as PayBear has undergone a transformation, changing its name to Savvy while unveiling a pair of new offerings designed to broaden its reach be

Digital asset marketplace OpenSea has inked a deal with game publisher So Couch Studios to integrate marketplace infrastructure directly into Ember Sword, the company's blockchain-powered fantasy role

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has set up a regional office in China to support its members there. The EEA started in 2017 and promotes Ethereum-based blockchain technology for business use worldwi

MyEtherWallet unveiled the fifth generation of its open-source platform, crafted to deliver straightforward and accessible user interactions. Powering the refresh are integrations with Changelly, Bity

Crypto Twitter is where the community assembles. The platform functions as the central hub for anyone involved in cryptocurrency. Follower counts climb from nothing to tens of thousands in months. Peo

Singapore-headquartered Bitsdaq has unveiled its new cryptocurrency exchange, engineered on Bittrex's infrastructure to serve the booming Asian digital asset trading market. The launch comes after rem

Hong Kong-based Bitspark, a fintech platform specializing in cryptocurrency-powered money movement, has unveiled what industry observers are calling a groundbreaking development: the first stablec

The department of public expenditure and reform and the department of finance are running a blockchain hackathon this week. BlockAthon Ireland takes place January 25-27 at the Innovation Academy in Du

MyCrypto, the open-source blockchain interface focused on streamlining cryptocurrency transactions, has taken control of Ambo, a wallet developer targeting accessible crypto investment. The deal is in

A new report from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company argues that blockchain, Internet-of-Things sensors, and advanced food-sensing technologies could help fix a broken food system. The n

John McAfee said Tuesday that the IRS is chasing him over his use of cryptocurrencies, and he's running his 2020 presidential campaign from his yacht to stay ahead of federal authorities. \"I am being

The notion of a bitcoin mining death spiral has circulated through crypto circles for quite some time. The premise goes like this: a wave of miners stops operations when they can no longer turn a prof

Monerium, a blockchain startup based in Reykjavik, closed a $2 million seed funding round led by the Nordic VC fund and Crowberry Capital. ConsenSys and Hof Holdings also participated in the round. F

Blockchain Exchange Alliance controls 38.7% of Bithumb, one of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchanges. The Singapore-based holding company raised $100.295 million in an equity crowdfunding rou

Crypto futures exchange Coin Futures and Lending Exchange (CoinFLEX) will introduce stablecoin-to-stablecoin futures contract, offering Tether (USDT) against Circle’s USD Coin (USDC), the company said

On Thursday, BitTorrent Inc. announced intentions to roll out a blockchain-based token designed to enhance download speeds for its users. The digital asset, branded as BTT, will be minted by the Singa

InnovaMinex wants to solve a puzzle that has plagued precious metals buyers for decades: where does your gold come from? Precious metals like gold and silver are paradoxes. They're scarce enough to h

Huobi Pool, the mining operation within Huobi Group, plans to open an exchange dedicated to EOS trades in the first quarter of 2019. Users will be able to swap EOS for other cryptocurrencies on the ne

Tim Cook took to the stage in October to argue that the United States needed new federal rules protecting consumer privacy. He spoke against what he called the \"data industrial complex.\" Cook's rhetor

Nucleus Vision unveiled nCash Pay on Wednesday, a merchant-focused payment platform that lets online businesses accept transactions in the company's native nCash token. The system connects to existing

Privacy coins face a persistent hurdle: they trade off speed for secrecy, or usability for security. Zcoin thinks it has cracked the problem. The project released an academic paper outlining Lelantus,

eToro, a social trading platform, of late launched the findings of a survey which covered a wide array of questions concerning interest in cryptocurrency. eToro commissioned independent market researc

Switzerland's regulators should tweak current statutes rather than draft new ones to accommodate the blockchain sector, the Swiss government said. A report released by the Federal Council on December

eToro is expanding into football with a cryptocurrency education campaign. The investment platform launched eToro FC this week—a community for Premier League fans interested in learning about cryptoas

still blockchain use is still in its infancy in the automotive industry, a handful of companies are pioneering its adoption, believing that the technology will radically transform the sector. as per a

Tobelet, a Singapore company, has announced a partnership with DeepBrainChain to power DataXchain, its marketplace for trading data. The platform establishes commercial value for digital assets—images

Malaysia's Securities Commission completed a pilot program testing whether blockchain technology could run unlisted and over-the-counter markets. Datuk Syed Zaid Albar, the SC's chairman, presented th

BitGo, the Goldman Sachs-backed custodian service for cryptocurrency, has joined the Universal Protocol Alliance. The company announced the move yesterday. The Universal Protocol Alliance works to bu

iFinTech Solutions, a fintech company based in Tunis, has signed a partnership with the Islamic Corporation for the Development of Private Sector to develop blockchain solutions for Islamic banks worl

Bitcasino.io, the world's first licensed bitcoin casino, has launched a rebuilt website centered on speed and player control. The platform loads in two seconds—eight times faster than rival bitcoin g

Momentum is building around digital ballot systems after Zug residents demonstrated enthusiasm for blockchain-based voting. A collaborative report from the municipality, Hochschule Luzern's Blockchain

A joint study from Mumsnet and eToro challenges a persistent misconception about women and investment. The survey polled 1,025 female Mumsnet users between July 11 and July 30. Women show more financi

Blue Helix secured $15 million in funding from Huobi Global, OKCoin, Genesis Capital, Node Capital, City Holdings, and Yintai Investment. The company operates BHEX Exchange, a decentralized platform f

ConsenSys Labs has led a $2.1 million seed round for AZTEC, an Ethereum protocol developer based in London. AZTEC builds tools for private transactions on the Ethereum blockchain while keeping user ac

Bitcoin Cash forks into two competing chains today as mining operations align behind incompatible network upgrades. The BitcoinABC and BitcoinSV proposals represent distinct visions for how the blockc

KuCoin, the Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange, has raised $20 million in Series A funding from IDG Capital, Matrix Partners, and Neo Global Capital. KuCoin operates as a spot-trading platform w

BTC-Alpha integrated Revain's review platform into its exchange interface. Traders can now see community ratings and reviews for projects without leaving BTC-Alpha's site. Revain built a customizable

CryptoSlots is expanding its gaming catalog with the launch of Trip to Japan, a new 5X4 slot experience packed with mechanics designed to trigger substantial payouts. The platform, which debuted jus

At the 2018 Web Summit, several major blockchain firms are seizing the opportunity to distribute complimentary crypto to thousands of attendees. The conference has assembled prominent speakers such as

A rap song called Prathet Ku Mee (Which is My Country) has accumulated 25 million views on YouTube since its release. Thai rappers recorded the track with sharp lyrics aimed at government corruption,

A British blockchain platform designed to assist small and established companies in accessing capital has pledged to implement rigorous ethical standards governing its token launch. Investx operates a

Tapatalk, a startup whose mobile app aggregates forum discussions from across the internet, is launching a blockchain platform to overhaul how online communities operate. The project, called TAPx, lau

PegaSys, the protocol engineering team at ConsenSys, has announced the release of Pantheon, an open source Ethereum client developed under the Apache 2.0 license and written in Java.

Blockchain identity startup Civic has joined a partnership previously formed between crypto cybersecurity company...

Bitcoin's volatility has dropped below that of the stock market over the past month. eToro's daily newsletter and Bitcoin Magazine first reported the comparison. The comparison emerged during a striki

Blockchain.com and Ledger have unveiled a joint hardware wallet initiative dubbed Blockchain Lockbox, marking a significant collaboration between the two cryptocurrency security firms. The device repr

Edge, a Californian startup formerly known as Airbitz, has released a major version update to the Edge Wallet, expanding users’ ability to buy, sell and trade cryptocurrencies, and enhancing user priv

Minds, Inc., a crypto social network, has raised US$6 million in a Series A investment from Medici Ventures, the wholly-owned blockchain subsidiary of Overstock.com.

The government of Gibraltar has revealed the launch of a new advisory group focused on creating education courses covering new technologies such as blockchain. The New Technologies in Education (NTiE)

Gibraltar's financial regulator has officially awarded a complete blockchain technology license to Coinfloor, a Bitcoin trading platform headquartered in London that launched operations in 201

TEMCO, a Bitcoin-based supply chain platform, announced a partnership with BLOCKCHAIN i on October 16th. The collaboration gives TEMCO access to the accelerator's investors and advisors. Andre Kim, B

Tether's dollar peg broke this week. The stablecoin fell to $0.966, a three-cent gap from where it should trade. For most assets this means nothing. For a coin designed to equal one dollar, it's a war

Pundi X, an Indonesian maker of point-of-sale terminals, has unveiled a blockchain-based smartphone alongside a new operating system and communication protocol. The XPhone handles calls, messages, and

Switzerland's financial regulator has taken a historic step in the crypto sector. The Financial Market Supervisory Authority, known as FINMA, authorized Crypto Fund AG, a subsidiary of Crypto Finance

Circle, a Boston-based digital assets company, is buying SeedInvest, an equity crowdfunding platform based in New York. Founded in 2012, SeedInvest has connected thousands of startups with more than 2

BitMEX, a leading derivatives exchange for bitcoin trading, announced the appointment of Angelina Kwan to the role of chief operating officer. The veteran regulator will be stationed in Hong Kong and

Two of the world's largest blockchain consortia, Hyperledger and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, announced Monday they will work together to drive blockchain adoption across industries. They have ac

DrumG Technologies, a blockchain startup started by R3’s former head of global business development Tim Grant, has raised US$6.5 million in a Series A funding round from Ethereum development studio Co

Several major players from the gaming and blockchain sectors have come together to establish a unified front for digital innovation. The Blockchain Game Alliance—unveiled this week at the Blockchain G

Kraken began trading in Cardano and Quantum on Friday, bringing its total cryptocurrencies to 19. The two join Bitcoin, Ether, EOS, Stellar Lumens, Litecoin, Tether, Monero, Dash, Ether Classic, Dogec

Digital advertising has serious problems. Online, we find information, connect with people, share ideas. Advertisements influence which products we buy and which services we use. But advertising, whil

At the forefront of automotive-blockchain convergence stands Curio Capital AG, a Swiss startup unveiling its vision for the sector's blockchain future. On September 25th, 2018, the company wil

Caspian, a startup focused on institutional cryptocurrency trading, has partnered with Coinbase to bring its order management and portfolio tools to Coinbase Prime, the company's platform for professi

A study from the University of Queensland suggests the longstanding suspicion that Tether manipulates Bitcoin prices may not hold water. Dr. Wang Chun Wei, an academic at the university's business sc

Lobstr, a Stellar-based wallet that started in March 2015, announced a new custody platform for retail investors. The wallet company partnered with DigitalBits, a blockchain startup, to build XDB Labs

notwithstanding the cryptocurrency topic seems to have firmly entrenched in headlines all across the world, the process of working in this market (especially for professional traders from traditional

The sentencing of Joshua Homero Garza marks the conclusion of one of cryptocurrency's most prominent fraud cases. The former GAW Miners chief executive received a prison term of 21 months alongside a

The Securities and Exchange Commission shut down trading this weekend in two products from XBT Provider, a Swedish company owned by CoinShares. The firm has operated Bitcoin and Ether investment produ

Cryptofacil, a new startup based in Uruguay, announced it would build the largest cryptocurrency exchange for Latin America and the Caribbean. The platform taps Bittrex's trading infrastructure, offer

Bitcoin Cash won't disappear completely. The possibility edges toward impossible. Paycoin—the scheme constructed by convicted felon Josh Garza—still trades on exchanges in 2018. It offered 500% compou

Pundi X Labs, the Indonesian maker of cryptocurrency-compatible point-of-sale systems, has announced a retail partnership bringing 1,000 of its XPOS terminals to Brazil through BitCapital, a local fin

Elastos and Bitmain announced a merged mining partnership allowing Bitcoin and ELA tokens to be mined together, with Bitcoin serving as the parent chain and Elastos' ELA as the auxiliary chain. Miners

Trend Micro's security researchers documented a surge in cryptojacking attacks during the first seven months of 2018, catching unauthorized mining at rates around 1000 percent above what the company o

Orbs, the blockchain startup that raised $118 million in an ICO this past June, opened its first office outside Israel in Seoul on Wednesday. The company signed a partnership agreement with Ground X,

Wirex Ltd., a cryptocurrency services provider, has been granted an e-money license by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), opening up a much broader market and allowing the company to offer se

IDCG formed International Digital Currency Markets (IDCM) after identifying fundamental flaws in both centralized and decentralized exchange models. Neither approach fully addressed the core trade-off

Augur, a decentralized prediction market platform, captured attention from serious blockchain developers since its launch. Jeremy Gardner and Joey Krug built something with staying power across market

Second-layer Bitcoin development has produced tangible results. Lightning and Liquid, the two main approaches to processing transactions off-chain, have both shown meaningful progress in recent months

The Intercontinental Exchange, owner of the New York Stock Exchange, has established Bakkt, a regulated ecosystem for digital asset transactions. The venture pairs Microsoft, Boston Consulting Group,

The EOS token, the cryptocurrency token of the EOSIO open source blockchain protocol, has been added into cryptocurrency trading platform Poloniex.

In a significant move to bolster its European presence, blockchain payments and identity platform Nuggets has recruited Kevin Jenkins, a seasoned executive from the traditional financial services worl

Philadelphia sports lore wraps around Lincoln Financial Field's basement, stories ranging from holding cells designed for unruly fans to secret tunnels for evacuating players during crowd chaos. The S

Skrill, the Paysafe Group's digital wallet and payment platform, is now selling cryptocurrencies. Starting Wednesday, users in more than 30 countries can buy and sell Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ether, and

Abra's founder and chief executive Bill Barhydt remains bullish on Bitcoin, envisioning valuations exceeding $50,000 in the years ahead. Despite turbulent market conditions throughout the first half o

Digital ledger technology's computational demands rival the electricity consumption of entire nations—Peru, Israel, Portugal stand as comparable benchmarks. Bitminer Factory, headquartered in Italy, i

Blockstream has released new details about Liquid, its sidechain platform for exchanges and institutional traders. The company has spent years developing second-layer technologies to help Bitcoin scal

Every year, donors around the world contribute billions to charity, yet many have no way to track what happens with their donations after they give them. The lack of transparency has eroded confidence

Line Corporation, the Japanese internet company operating Asia's most popular messaging app, launched its cryptocurrency exchange platform, Bitbox, today. The Singapore-based Line Tech Plus runs the e

Galaxy Digital, the cryptocurrency merchant bank spearheaded by prominent bull Mike Novogratz, has joined forces with Caspian—a comprehensive platform for crypto trading operations and risk oversight.

Professional tennis player Gaël Monfils has become an unlikely champion for cryptocurrency trading. The 31-year-old Frenchman, nicknamed \"Sliderman\" for his theatrical on-court antics, recently emerge

Europe's stance on blockchain technology sets it apart from global peers, reflecting a fundamentally different philosophy. Data from Ipsos demonstrates that European populations hold more bullish view

China's government is chasing blockchain technology while crushing cryptocurrencies. A new report from Abacus, 500 Startups, and the South China Morning Post documents the contradiction. Six major ci

Status, an Ethereum-based mobile operating system, is partnering with OmiseGO, a platform focused on financial inclusion and interoperability across blockchains. The teams will integrate Status's plat

Craig Wright, the Australian entrepreneur who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, escalated that assertion this week after a confrontation with Bitcoin developer Peter Todd. In a series of tweets, Wright a

Bitcoin bounced back within days of headlines declaring it dead. Major outlets had called the bubble burst, but the market turned course last week. Bitcoin now trades around $6,500, climbing from late

Virtual World Arcade, a virtual reality studio based in California, is bringing two of its games to Yumerium, a blockchain gaming platform developed by Subdream Labs. The partnership represents a sign

Designed to tackle the scalability and interoperability challenges plaguing blockchain technology, Aion has positioned itself at the forefront of cross-chain communication. The project made headlines

Spencer Bogart of Blockchain Capital appeared on CNBC's Fast Money Monday, offering his perspective on bitcoin's positioning within the broader digital asset ecosystem. Throughout the segment, Bogart

The Bank for International Settlements unveiled an examination of cryptocurrencies this past weekend, included within their 2018 Annual Economic Report. Their stated goal was to get past promotional c

Across Brussels, eleven competitive squads converged Friday to participate in a grueling 48-hour development marathon as part of the 2018 EU Blockathon Challenge. Orchestrated collaboratively by the E

Japan’s largest Bitcoin exchange has announced that it is suspending its account creation for...

PayCoiner, a London payment processor, handles cryptocurrency transactions for merchants. The platform lets store owners choose which currencies to accept, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin

Shopin's ICO faced a crisis this month when the investment syndicate handling a major portion of funds got breached. The hack affected hundreds of participants who had pooled money through the syndica

Switzerland built its name as a banking and finance powerhouse generations before blockchain existed. That history of pragmatism and financial sophistication positioned the country well as cryptocurre

As of late as last September, the People’s Bank of China revealed an immediate ban on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) — a method employed by blockchain startups to fund development — and cryptocurrency

Decenturion wants to build the first sovereign state governed through blockchain and direct democracy. The project launched at Consensus 2018 with founders who chose to remain anonymous, following Bit

William Hinman leads the Division of Corporate Finance at the SEC. Last week, he drew a line at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit: Ether is not a security. The declaration marked the clearest regu

The Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) has revealed that it is accepting donations in cryptocurrency, which will go toward its projects of advancing press freedom. Yesterday, it was revealed that M

Grassroots Economics said Monday it will move its community currency work onto a blockchain using the open-source Bancor Protocol. The non-profit builds community currency programs across Africa and w

Cryptocurrency investing continues gaining traction among retail and institutional players alike. Yet for those holding digital assets and seeking to grow their positions, the challenge remains: how d

Crypto token trading platform ItBit has received approval from the NYDFS to offer trading and custody services for ETH, LTC, XLM, and BCH.

Since the Mt. Gox collapse, trading venues have represented one of cryptocurrency's greatest vulnerabilities. You might wonder: if Bitcoin operates on a blockchain, why do so many enthusias

Seeking healthcare beyond borders has become increasingly common among patients frustrated with long waits, limited options, or astronomical costs in their home countries. Across the developed world,

“The whole thing was going haywire, even the brakes failed. Very scary.” stated a driver after an automotive security company hacked his vehicle in a controlled environment. With more than 125 million

eToro attributed bitcoin's near-$1,000 slide yesterday to market correction rather than the CoinRail hack. Analysts at the exchange see the Korean platform's breach as a sideshow. The exchange handles

Streamity is preparing to launch its main service in the coming weeks. The team has released an alpha version for testing ahead of the official debut. StreamDesk, the centerpiece, functions as a dece

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that it is setting up an office in Japan...

Huobi operates from Singapore with offices spanning Hong Kong, the United States, Korea, and Japan. The company is moving its headquarters to Hainan, China, where it was founded in 2013. As China move

People need work that energizes them. Research shows job satisfaction improves health, creativity, and long-term wellbeing. Job candidates today want more than paychecks. They search for positions tha

SBI Holdings has announced the launch of VCTRADE, the first cryptocurrency exchange owned by...

Since Bitcoin's creation, digital assets have experienced wild price swings that have fundamentally shifted how investors view them—less as a tool for everyday transactions and more as speculative hol

The Supreme Court struck down a 26-year federal ban on sports betting last week, clearing the way for states to set their own rules. Nevada has been the sole state with legal sports betting for 26 yea

A breach at Taylor, the emerging cryptocurrency trading platform startup, resulted in the disappearance of roughly 2,500 ether tokens—valued at approximately $1.5 million—plus 7% of Taylor's own TAY t

Revolut is adding Ripple and Bitcoin Cash to its payment app. The London fintech company announced the expansion today, building on the crypto offerings it already provides to customers. The company

When Riccardo Spagni entered cryptocurrency, he asked what everyone asked: Would digital money overturn finance? Bitcoin answered that. The protocol worked. Transactions settled without banks. Value m

Ubex hit its soft cap for its token sale within the first day of the offering. The project launched on May 21, 2018, with the sale running through August 13. The raise surpassed 4,000 ETH in that open

Brickschain and ULedger have announced a partnership to bring blockchain technology into construction management. The initiative aims to reduce costs and delays while improving how teams track propert

Coinigy, a cloud-based cryptocurrency trading platform, has announced the launch of Coinigy Mobile, a...

Consensus 2018 hosted a regulatory panel featuring Bittrex Chief Security Officer Kiran Raj alongside Robert A. Cohen from the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), James McDonald from the Commodity F

A tax collector in Florida has revealed now that his office will begin accepting bitcoin and bitcoin cash through payment processor BitPay starting this summer, making it the first U.S. government age

Chinese consumers handle nearly 62 percent of the world's mobile transactions. Yet most Android users there cannot install a cryptocurrency wallet that would let them buy things with bitcoin. That cha

Finch Capital invested 5 million euros in Brickblock, a fintech platform that converts physical assets into blockchain-based tokens. The investment brings total capital raised by the Gibraltar-headqua

Intercontinental Exchange is building a digital platform for bitcoin trading, according to sources briefed on the project. The move from ICE—which owns the New York Stock Exchange—arrives weeks after

The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving toward approval of a Bitcoin ETF, reversing years of rejections and withdrawn applications. A shift in momentum began when futures exchanges launched r

INGOT Group is rolling out INGOT Coin, a blockchain ecosystem intended to bridge the gap between traditional finance and cryptocurrency markets. Six linked components form the system: an IC Wallet, IC

Wirex, the cryptocurrency payment platform, rolled out Litecoin support on its debit card service. The company launched a new LTC wallet that lets users buy Litecoin through bank transfers or credit a

William Hinman, who directs the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance, testified Thursday before the House Capital Markets, Securities, and Investments Subcommittee. The members had gathered to examin

Institutional demand continues to provide support for digital assets even as the Mt Gox bankruptcy administrator prepares to move additional holdings. The trustee overseeing the defunct exchange's aff

A consortium of gold and diamond industry leaders and IBM are launching the TrustChain...

Dan Morehead runs Pantera Capital, a blockchain investment fund. During a Bloomberg Television interview yesterday, he called bitcoin \"a screaming buy right now.\" He also predicted the crypto market c

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During a Wednesday appearance on CNBC's Squawk Box, Nasdaq's chief executive Adena Friedman signaled openness to the cryptocurrency sector. \"Over time, we'd absolutely look at becoming a crypto exchan

On April 24th, 2018, a DNS hijacking attack redirected MyEtherWallet.com traffic for roughly 120 minutes, resulting in the theft of approximately 215 ether from unsuspecting users. The breach unfolded

British consumer expert Martin Lewis is suing Facebook for defamation, accusing the company of failing to stop scammers from using his image and name in advertisements. Lewis, who founded MoneySavingE

Bitcoin has tumbled from its December 2017 highs, and traders blame multiple culprits: the Mt Gox liquidation, regulatory pressure mounting from Washington, and U.S. tax season. Some observers say th

E.M. Rogers presented the Diffusion of Innovation Theory in 1962, a framework mapping five stages of how technologies and ideas achieve acceptance. The model applies broadly to all major disruptive in

Wikileaks announced plans for a global boycott of Coinbase on April 21, accusing the exchange of operating outside crypto's core values. The California-based platform had blocked WikiLeaksShop, the me

Kraken has refused to comply with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's information request. The San Francisco exchange received a letter from Schneiderman's office on Tuesday, joining 12 othe

Singapore startup Aelf announced on Monday that its token ELF has been listed on...

Institutional finance's entry into cryptocurrency caught many by surprise. Yet those versed in innovation adoption patterns recognized it as inevitable—the predictable march of a disruptive technology

Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, published a blog post this week endorsing cryptocurrency's potential to reshape the financial system. She wrote that digital as

Blackmoon Financial Group launched its investment platform this week, bringing blockchain-based funds into the traditional asset management world. The startup, founded in 2014, built a system that all

Coinbase announced the acquisition of Earn.com for $120 million this week. Balaji Srinivasan, Earn's founder, becomes Coinbase's first CTO as part of the deal. The purchase includes cash, Coinbase sto

Zilliqa's ZIL token jumped 33% following the release of the public testnet for the Zilliqa blockchain. The token moved to 0.06 USD per coin with a market cap of 439 million dollars, making it the 41st

Bitcoin appears headed for a 15% gain this week. Ninety-six of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market value are in the black. Increased trading volumes reflected growing investor confidence. The rally

MyBucks, a consumer lending platform listed on the Frankfurt exchange, and Naga Group, a German fintech company, have joined forces to integrate Naga's digital asset wallet into MyBucks' suite of clie

Bitfinex announced 12 new token listings on April 7th, expanding the range of digital assets available for trading on the Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange. The new listings include Aion, Raiden

As 2017 wound down, the cryptocurrency world buzzed with predictions that the coming months would spawn numerous Bitcoin imitations. The strong performance of Bitcoin Cash inspired observers to antici

Three factoring exchanges in India launched a blockchain network this week, creating a shared platform to combat fraud in receivables financing. The Reserve Bank of India had licensed RXIL, A.TReDS, a

Andromeda Group, a prominent investor in the digital assets space, has expanded its investment portfolio by backing Qurrex, an upcoming hybrid cryptocurrency exchange launching via ICO. The venture, w

Bitmain has launched the Antminer E3, marking the first time a major hardware manufacturer has brought an ASIC miner to the Ethash algorithm. The company confirmed what had been circulating in rumors

Manchester hosts CoinFestUK April 5-7 at the Conference Centre. The conference returns for its second year. Thursday's schedule runs from 10:30 to 21:15. Bitcoin consultant Theo Goodman speaks on \"Cr

Monex, Japan’s number three online brokerage, is seeking to take over Coincheck, the cryptocurrency...

Digital currency exchanges in Australia must register with AUSTRAC starting today. The country's financial intelligence agency laid out the requirements in a new page published today, bringing digital

Payment processor BitPay has announced the completion of its Series B financing, securing $40 million in new capital. The investment pushes the company's total fundraising to $70 million since its 201

Energi Mine is testing a blockchain-based rewards system with the Energy Managers Association and Network Rail. The trial will pay employees in EnergiToken (ETK) for cutting their energy use, taking l

Havas, a global heavyweight in marketing and communications, has stepped into the blockchain domain. The Paris-headquartered organization announced Havas Blockchain, a comprehensive offering designed

AUSTIN, Texas — Algebraix.io, a firm developing a permission-centric marketplace for personal information that empowers individuals to earn revenue from their own data, will conduct its ALX token sale

Stolen gift cards, hacked login credentials, copyrighted books, and email and password lists are available for purchase on Bitify. Open the site and browse—these aren't hidden on some darknet successo

Bitcoin's Lightning Network just entered a new phase. In the span of a few weeks, the three main development teams released updates that signal the technology is moving beyond theory. Lightning Labs p

Global peer-to-peer payment and cryptocurrency investment service Circle has hired Naeem Ishaq, a former...

eToro closed a $100 million funding round to accelerate global expansion and blockchain technology development. China Minsheng Financial led the investment, joined by SBI Group, Korea Investment Partn

Regulators are moving fast on cryptocurrency. Hackers and fraudulent projects have drained $9 million a day from the crypto space, and government officials have signaled they will no longer tolerate t

Bitcoin has had a difficult start to the year, and according to strategists at......

Stellar said this week it will layer the Lightning Network into its payment system, becoming one of the first platforms to embrace the emerging scaling technology. The announcement came days after Lig

Prosecutors conducted a three-day raid on three cryptocurrency exchanges in Seoul this week as part of an embezzlement investigation. They suspect executives and staff withdrew customer deposits and u

The House Financial Services Committee's Capital Markets, Securities, and Investments Subcommittee held its first cryptocurrency hearing on March 14. The official session on \"Examining Cryptocurrencie

Payza, the London-based payment platform, now allows its 13 million users to spend Dash at 100,000 e-commerce retailers and exchange the cryptocurrency into 25 national currencies. Dash becomes the se

Giza Device, a cryptocurrency startup, has vanished following what authorities and investors believe to be a coordinated fraud scheme involving a phony initial coin offering. The company collected rou

India's hesitation toward digital currencies remains a defining feature of its regulatory landscape. As policymakers grapple with whether outright prohibition makes sense, Shaktikanta Das—who previous

South Korea's biggest cryptocurrency exchange is moving into the food and beverage sector. Bithumb announced a plan to deploy digital currency payment kiosks at restaurants and cafes across the countr

In the push to apply blockchain solutions across industries, a new Australian venture is tackling one of the world's most persistent sectors: adult entertainment. Intimate, a startup that launched in

Fixy Network, a Hong Kong-based startup building a decentralized cryptocurrency marketplace, plans to launch its initial coin offering in May 2018. The company targets a persistent problem in crypto

Blockchain attracts mostly men. Women represent about 4 to 6 percent of crypto investors. Yet women are building throughout the industry, and some believe they'll lead it forward. International Women

North Korea pulled in over $200 million through cryptocurrency transactions last year, allowing the country to sidestep international sanctions against its nuclear weapons program, according to U.S. i

The sixteen digital currency exchanges licensed by the Japanese government have announced that they will be cooperating...

When Shapeshift came online a few years back, it solved a real problem. Traders could swap coins instantly without creating accounts at traditional exchanges or surrendering personal data. The service

The Marshall Islands has become the newest nation to pursue a digital currency initiative. The planned cryptocurrency, referred to as \"the sovereign\" (SOV), is designed to operate as official currency

TrustedHealth opens its ICO presale on March 20. The blockchain-based platform connects patients with specialized medical care across borders through a digital ecosystem designed to unite doctors and

Sharpay is a sharing button for websites. Users click once and their content spreads to multiple social networks. They earn cryptocurrency for shares and for visits that result from their links. Websi

ChronoBank and Dbrain announced a partnership to build an employee evaluation system for short-term decentralized hiring. ChronoBank operates a blockchain-based labor marketplace where workers find jo

Paymentsense surveyed 504 small and medium-sized businesses across the U.K. and Ireland about their views on cryptocurrency payments. The results show that more than a third—35 percent—expect digital

In 2017, initial coin offerings (ICOs) became a landmark showcase as they entered the mainstream. as per fintech analytics provider Autonomous NEXT, ICOs raised $4.2 billion in 2017, eclipsing the $22

Bitstamp, a leading European cryptocurrency trading platform, has integrated Onfido's verification technology to accelerate customer onboarding. The partnership addresses a critical bottleneck that em

Manchester brings CoinFestUK back for another year this April, with MiningPool as its main media partner. The conference started in 2013 when bitcoin advocate Andrew Wagner held the first gathering

BitPesa, a blockchain-based settlement system connecting African and European markets, has moved to consolidate its position through the acquisition of TransferZero, a payments processor based in Madr

Ethereum lead developer Vitalik Buterin has announced that a blind, traceable ring-signature system has been added to Ethereum, making anonymity possible.

BitFlyer and Huobi.pro have just welcomed Lisk's LSK token to their platforms, marking another milestone for the blockchain platform as it barrels toward a major transformation scheduled for mid-month

UNICEF unveiled Game Chaingers this month, a blockchain fundraising experiment asking gamers to mine ethereum for Syrian children. The agency estimates nine million children in Syria face losing aid a

China's authorities are tightening their grip on cryptocurrency trading. The People's Bank of China announced plans to block access to crypto-related websites using the country's firewall, the same sy

Major credit card issuers and financial service providers Citigroup, Discover, JPMorgan Chase, and Bank...

CryptoFind App by GRAFT Blockchain discovers nearby venues that accept cryptocurrencies as payment. Basically,...

The team behind CarFix, a Russian auto repair startup, is launching into a new market: blockchain technology for vehicles. VLBToken, their Estonian-based venture, is building an Ethereum platform that

Line Corporation, a leading Internet company in Japan and the operator of the country’s...

The renewable energy sector meets cryptocurrency mining in a new partnership between MyBit, a decentralized open-source platform, and Alpine Mining, a firm focused on sustainable digital asset extract

Mercury Cash, a US-based cryptocurrency exchange, has added Dash to its offerings alongside Ethereum. The integration allows users to purchase and sell Dash using debit or credit cards. Mercury Cash

Japanese bitcoin exchange BitFlyer has announced its launch into Europe after being granted a...

OriginTrail has closed its token sale after hitting the hard cap of $22.5 million. The blockchain startup is building infrastructure for supply chain data sharing. The company is creating blockchain

Cryptocurrency Dash has announced three new business partnerships with GoCoin, Strike Social and Piiko...

For three years, Bitcoin developers proposed raising the network's block size limit through hard forks. None won consensus. The appeal was simple: more block space would lower transaction fees and inc

eBay, Amazon, and AliExpress control how global commerce works online. These companies set the rules and control the pricing. When consumers buy from foreign merchants, they pay bank fees and eat the

ZED Network, a Canadian startup, plans to build a blockchain-based payments platform designed to cut costs and speed up remittance transfers. The service will run on the Stellar network and accept Bit

A team of computer scientists from Cornell University examined whether the bitcoin and Ethereum networks were truly decentralized. Emin Gun Sirer, Robbert van Renesse, and Adem Efe Gencer analyzed the

The blockchain-based funding platform Debitum Network recently concluded its initial token sale and captured top honors at the d10e ICO Pitch Competition, securing victories in both the professional j

Baidu unveiled Baidu Trust, a blockchain-as-a-service platform for companies. The platform handles digital currency, payments, settlements, ticketing, bank credit management, insurance, and financial

The digital asset sector experienced extraordinary growth throughout 2017. Bitcoin's value surged past 1,300%, while Ethereum's appreciation reached 8,600%. By December's close, total cryptocurrency m

A blockchain-based venture tackling agriculture is making its mark as the first major project of its kind to marry farming innovation with Ethereum's smart contract infrastructure. The ATFS initiative

The e-Chat platform, which has previously conducted multiple successful token offerings, is launching another capital raise today that will continue through mid-February. The new presale introduces a

Bankex researchers announced test results this month from Plasma, a second-layer scaling solution for Ethereum developed earlier this year by co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Lightning co-author Joseph

South Korea's government pushed back against speculation about banning cryptocurrency trading, moving to address concerns raised by Prime Minister Lee Nak-Yeon about the sector's explosive growth. Le

eToro, a European social trading and multi-asset brokerage company, will support CoinDash in the development and implementation of new crypto trading and portfolio management products. eToro is CoinDa

Jamie Dimon runs JPMorgan, the world's largest bank with a market cap over $367 billion. For the past year, he has opposed bitcoin—calling it a fraud and a money laundering tool. Ari Paul sees the pa

Telcoin, an Asian startup, is pursuing agreements with telecommunications carriers worldwide to let their subscribers send money, pay for things, and receive aid using blockchain-backed tokens. The co

Mark Cuban, a prominent billionaire entrepreneur and investor, has indicated that the imminent bitcoin futures listings on two major exchanges represent a constructive development for digital assets.

The SEC's Cyber Unit filed its first case, charging PlexCorps and two executives with fraud. Dominic Lacroix and Sabrina Paradis-Royer marketed a digital token to thousands of investors in the United

Bitcoin and Ethereum reached new all-time highs, prompting some prominent investors to make bold predictions. Mike Novogratz, a hedge fund manager, has argued both cryptocurrencies could triple in val

Malaysia's securities regulator is investigating how blockchain infrastructure might improve unlisted share trading. Through its Alliance for Fintech program (aFINity), the Securities Commission has i

Cryptocurrency's collective market capitalization has surpassed a historic $305.3 billion milestone, breaking through the $300 billion ceiling for the first time. The benchmark was recorded on Monday

Hyundai's IoT division is launching a token offering alongside Hdac Technology, marking Hyundai's entry into the token market as an early corporate adopter. Dae-Sun Chung founded Hdac Technology this

Theta Labs, a startup backed by YouTube co-founder Steven Chen, is building a video network that pays people for sharing bandwidth. The platform uses blockchain technology and a native cryptocurrency

Bitcoin's 1 megabyte block size constrains capacity for small payments. With mempools in the range of 50 million to 100 million bytes, settling a $1 transaction on the main chain becomes unfeasible. T

Trading platforms are adding Bitcoin Cash to their services. eToro and Bitstamp both announced support for the cryptocurrency. eToro has begun accepting purchases, while Bitstamp plans to launch tradi

The recently launched CryptoCribs platform, built atop the Ethereum blockchain, is fundamentally reshaping how travelers reserve accommodations by accepting digital assets like Bitcoin and Ether. Sinc

Dutch financial regulators warned investors this week that initial coin offerings create conditions ripe for fraud. The Netherlands Authority for Financial Markets released its warning as the ICO mark

Sean's Outpost has won a three-year legal battle to keep Satoshi Forest open. In October, Judge Thomas Dannheisser overturned Escambia County's permit denial, ruling that the county had cited regulati

Ethereum's network now handles twice as many daily transactions as bitcoin, processing more than 520,000 transactions per day on average. Developers at the Ethereum Foundation and the open-source comm

Dash's network infrastructure received a substantial upgrade this week as the team unveiled version 12.2 of its Core software. The new release delivers multiple enhancements, technical improvements, a

Oracles Network, a California-based company, launched cross-blockchain bridges that move assets between Ethereum-compatible networks including Ethereum Classic, Oracles Network itself, and Ethereum.

Colu, an Israeli blockchain startup building hyperlocal digital currencies, is pushing a $50 million token sale. The company has already pocketed $12 million in venture funding from backers like Digit

Status wrapped up a $100 million financing round based on sales of SNT tokens. The decentralized browser project, equipped with messaging and cryptocurrency wallet features on Ethereum, promoted Nabil

CharityStars, the online fundraising platform where users bid on exclusive experiences and merchandise, now accepts bitcoin and ethereum donations. Cryptocurrency donors can participate on the platfor

Energi Mine launched a blockchain platform today to reshape the global energy market, which exceeds $2 trillion. The company says the current system is broken: energy companies profit when they sell m

Peer-to-peer marketplaces for cryptocurrency transactions are starting to gain meaningful adoption across the broader sector. LocalEthereum, a newly launched P2P platform for buying and selling ether,

BMCHAIN is testing token adoption in Russia. The project raised $1,564,897 through its ICO, and Business Molodost, which helped launch it, accepts BMT as payment for courses at discounts reaching 50%.

Dash, which ranks as the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market value, debuts on Qryptos (a cryptocurrency-only trading platform) and Quoinex (a crypto-fiat exchange), both operating as subsidiaries o

Hackers breached Hanatour, South Korea's largest travel agency, this month and stole the personal data of more than one million customers. The information included names, phone numbers, social securit

Imec-DistriNet researcher Mathy Vanhoef uncovered critical flaws in WPA2 this past week, exposing vulnerabilities that affect the encryption protecting all contemporary Wi-Fi networks. His findings re

Circle bought Trigger Finance, a platform that lets retail investors set custom rules for trading and receiving alerts. The acquisition moves the Trigger team to Circle's new headquarters in New York,

Last week, the SEC's Investor Advisory Committee convened to discuss blockchain technology and blockchain systems in securities markets. Throughout the meeting, committee members and industry

XBT Provider announced two Ethereum exchange-traded notes on Nasdaq Stockholm on October 11th, bringing a new path for European investors to access cryptocurrency exposure. The two instruments, Ether

France's financial regulator is advancing rules for token-based fundraising, its leadership confirmed this month. Robert Ophele, head of the AMF (Autorite des marches financiers), revealed to Challeng

Vladimir Putin told Russian financial officials on Tuesday that cryptocurrencies need regulation, though he cautioned against imposing excessive restrictions. Putin held the meeting in Sochi with Elv

Eleven financial institutions and five technology companies working with Singapore's central bank have completed three software prototypes for decentralized payment and settlement on blockchain networ

Goldman Sachs is examining the possibility of establishing a dedicated cryptocurrency trading desk, marking a potential watershed moment for institutional finance's embrace of digital assets. The Wall

Wirex, a London-headquartered company providing personal banking and financial services to bitcoin users, has...

Pundi X Labs, an Isle of Man startup, wants to sell cryptocurrencies across Southeast Asia the way convenience stores sell soda—through machines that take cash and cards and spit out digital coins. T

The landscape of decentralized cryptocurrency trading has been littered with failed experiments, yet Bisq (previously known as Bitsquare) endures. More than a year into operation, the project's team i

India's government is developing its own digital currency. The central government has started discussing the proposal with a committee of officials, according to unnamed sources cited by the Business

Propy, a blockchain-based startup developing a decentralized property registry and global real estate marketplace, has concluded a token sale generating US$15 million in capital from more than 6,500 p

Nations around the world are witnessing an influx in refugee numbers. still, whereas countless individuals are keen to re-establish themselves in a new country it’s often easier stated than done. For

A Copenhagen-based company called Media Sifter is pursuing an ambitious vision: harness blockchain technology and collective intelligence to rebuild how people consume news. The startup plans

Tether and Ethfinex plan to release the Tether ERC20 token on Ethereum starting September 18. The token converts US dollars into a tradeable form on the Ethereum blockchain, letting users move dollars

A blockchain-based venture aims to overhaul the $7.6 trillion global travel marketplace, challenging the duopoly of Expedia and Priceline, which together command 95% of U.S. bookings. Winding Tree pro

Ripple opened a new office in Mumbai as it expands into the world's largest destination for remittances. The company appointed Navin Gupta as country manager, drawing on his two decades of experience

Toronto-headquartered Polymath is constructing infrastructure designed to make it simpler and more cost-effective for financial institutions to create and distribute tokenized securities. Slated to go

Since bitcoin's creation in 2009, economists have questioned where it derives value. Peter Schiff remains among the skeptics. In Venezuela, however, the debate seems beside the point. Bitcoin function

Three members of Congress are moving to shield bitcoin and other digital currencies from federal regulation, according to reporting by the Daily Caller and the Hill. The lawmakers are also investigati

A 2015 report from Magister Advisors, a London-based mergers and acquisitions firm focused on technology, projected that bitcoin could become the world's sixth-largest reserve currency by 2030. Bitco

Bitcoin broke past $4,000 this week, a milestone that seemed impossible to investors who watched the currency collapse after Mt. Gox in early 2014. For years, the asset looked doomed. Back then, bitco

Transaction costs have plunged dramatically in recent months following SegWit activation and SegWit2x discussions. Major wallet platforms including Blockchain.com, the second-largest non-custodial wal

Decentralized applications and sidechain platform Lisk has raised over 4,600 BTC and announced a new partnership with Microsoft.

Ethereum-powered real estate platform Propy has inked an agreement to collaborate with Ukraine's government on launching blockchain-based systems for property transactions and ownership documentation.

Falcon Private Bank will expand its cryptocurrency offerings on August 22, adding Ether, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash to its platform. Last month, the Swiss bank became the first private bank in the cou

Bitcoin broke through $4,300 on August 14, marking another record high. The surge came during a week that saw tensions between Washington and Pyongyang intensify, institutional money flowing into cryp

REAL, a Singapore startup, launches its Ethereum-backed real estate platform in November. The platform grants investors access to global property deals, cuts the friction from traditional investing, a

Three Japanese venture capital firms have pledged US$9 million in investment in COMSA, an Initial...

A consortium of major banks has completed development of a blockchain application designed to overhaul trade financing. The eleven institutions—Bangkok Bank, BBVA, BNP Paribas, HSBC, ING, Mizu

investFeed unveiled a new platform for cryptocurrency traders. CEO Ronald Chernesky described it as \"a combination of Facebook, cryptocurrency and the Bloomberg Terminal.\" The New York startup, found

A team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign took first place at this year's IC3-Ethereum Crypto Boot Camp. The winning project, KEVM, is a framework that produces the first complete, ex

Bitcoin's proof-of-work architecture creates permanence through its mining consensus system, and the immutability this generates has proven valuable far beyond finance—supporting applications in ident

Major Wall Street players are increasingly embracing Bitcoin, and the metrics backing this shift are becoming difficult to dismiss. According to Bank of America's latest analysis, the cryptocurrency h

BitClave, a Silicon Valley startup, is targeting the $550 billion global advertising market with a blockchain-based search engine that gives users control over their own data. Founder Alex Bessonov ra

Four participants debated the block size question and mining centralization at the State of Digital Money conference in Los Angeles. Paul Puey, who runs Airbitz, Tone Vays working in derivatives, Ryan

Charles Hoskinson, one of ethereum's original architects, has become vocal about the dangers lurking in the initial coin offering boom. He told Bloomberg that the sector is experiencing an \"over-token

Federal prosecutors and law enforcement agencies announced the takedown of AlphaBay and Hansa Market during a Department of Justice press conference. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney Ge

Kik's chief executive Ted Livingston spent June at the San Francisco Bitcoin Meetup discussing the company's new cryptocurrency initiative. Kin will operate within the Kik messaging platform, with 5 p

Fintech companies have chased a particular milestone for years: an application that lets anyone anywhere send money directly to another person's smartphone with a single action. Bill Barhydt, CEO of t

Over the past several months, Ethereum's prominence has surged alongside growing investor fascination with initial coin offerings. Yet numerous observers argue that Bitcoin should not adopt the sophis

The Open ANX Foundation, based in Hong Kong, announced openANX on Thursday, a new trading platform that combines centralized and decentralized exchange features on the Ethereum blockchain. The open-so

During a recent appearance on The Crypto Show, Daniel Krawisz—a former backend engineer with Mycelium—outlined his concerns about the wallet company's token sale conducted the previous year. The crowd

Colu, the Tel Aviv-based startup that builds blockchain-backed local currencies, opened a second digital pound in the UK in June 2017. The Local Pound, East London, follows the Liverpool version launc

Bitcoin developers and miners are fighting over how to expand the network, and the summer of 2017 has crystallized two competing paths forward: BIP 148 and SegWit2x. Both proposals would activate Segr

Bancor's fundraising push has shattered records, accumulating $153 million through a token sale that captured remarkable investor attention. The Swiss-backed initiative collected 396,000 ether in a re

EthLend wants to unlock global lending through Ethereum, and it's recruiting the community to help build it. Borrowing costs swing wildly around the world. A homeowner in Europe might lock in a mortg

eToro revealed the Blockchain Wallet this week at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. The platform, in pilot phase, lets users store and trade multiple cryptocurrencies within a single wallet. The brok

Bitcoin's anonymous design obscures who is using it and for what purpose. Virgilio Lizardo Jr., vice president of international affairs at Bitbank Group, has observed China's market closely. Bitbank G

The landscape for blockchain startup funding has undergone a dramatic transformation. Where traditional venture capital investments have slowed their pace, initial coin offerings—a novel fundraising m

Ether has rallied 76 percent over the past month, bringing its gains since January to 1,000 percent. The surge follows announcements this week from Chinese entities exploring Ethereum applications. A

Blockstream's chief technical officer and Bitcoin Core maintainer Greg Maxwell recently took the stage at Coinbase's San Francisco office to address the obstacles standing in the way of rolling out st

Aragon, a Spanish venture building tools on Ethereum, wants to make setting up and running organizations simpler. The platform handles the mechanics most companies need: shareholder registers, voting

Bitcoin's resilience against network divisions is far stronger than Ethereum's has proven to be, according to Andreas Antonopoulos, author of the technical guide Mastering Bitcoin. Speaking at this ye

The Royal Mint and CME Group have started live testing of Royal Mint Gold (RMG), a blockchain-based product that lets traders buy and sell physical gold with lower costs and greater convenience. Insti

Bitmaintech Israel has launched ConnectBTC, a Bitcoin mining pool positioned as \"the new home for miners.\" The move marks the first public offering from Bitmain's Israeli research center, the company'

Growing concerns about product authenticity throughout global commerce have made many businesses and consumers eager for solutions that can verify where goods originate and how they move through distr

TumbleBit is a second-layer payment system for bitcoin that draws headlines for privacy improvements, but the technology reaches beyond that single feature. The protocol could expand bitcoin's reach t

An ambitious initiative to establish a virtual reality ecosystem powered by blockchain technology has unveiled a new testing phase while transitioning into what organizers call their Bronze Age peri

The SEC's rejection of a bitcoin ETF grabbed headlines, but the bigger story has been unfolding in the altcoin market. The Bitcoin Dominance Index, which tracks bitcoin's share of the overall cryptocu

South Korea's Gyeonggi-do province tested blockchain technology in a voting system for local development projects. Nine thousand residents cast votes through both online and offline channels on initia

Kraken bought Cryptowatch, a charting and trading platform popular with digital currency traders. The San Francisco exchange has pursued acquisitions as a path to expand globally, broaden its service

Jonas Schnelli presented to Bitcoin Meetup Switzerland on the upcoming Bitcoin Core 0.14 release. The update skips flashy new features but packs optimization work that most software companies avoid. F

Bitcoin changes now come through soft forks, the method standardized in BIP 9. Soft forks maintain backward compatibility with older software. Nodes still running previous versions can continue operat

Vitalik Buterin sat down with the Epicenter podcast to discuss The DAO. The conversation centered on what was an investment fund with no barriers to entry. Investors contributed over $100 million wort

Ethereum's creation of a frictionless token deployment system has turbocharged the ICO market over the past few months, spawning 15 new coin offerings built on the network. Developers can launch token

JAAK, a London blockchain startup tackling media and entertainment rights, has landed a spot in Techstars Music, the investment group's first dedicated music accelerator. Eleven companies will go thro

BABB App Ltd., the London fintech company, plans to soft launch its blockchain banking platform in the second quarter. The firm has applied for a full banking license and wants to enter the Financial

For years, observers have identified the Lightning Network as among Bitcoin's most promising scaling mechanisms. The technology functions by enabling participants to exchange digitally-signed Bitcoin

Bitmain operates with two co-leaders. Jihan Wu has dominated the company's public profile over the years, but Micree Zhan—the engineering-focused half of the partnership—remains less visible outside C

Since Bitcoin hit the scene, numerous contenders have emerged promising enhanced anonymity protections. Yet among the parade of privacy-focused cryptocurrencies, only Monero has attracted genuine end-