Cryptocurrency

A U.S. consumer protection agency said XRP could reshape how banks handle cross-border money transfers and remittances, validating Ripple's push into mainstream finance. The Consumer Financial Protect

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 $220 million worth of bitcoin left centralized exchanges in the days after the May 11 halving event. Glassnode's analysis of exchange flows shows that 24,000 BTC moved to self-custody, conti

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

Bitfinex and Koine announced a partnership Wednesday linking the Seychelles-based exchange with the UK-regulated custody firm. Their joint service targets institutional investors who want protection a

Vitalik Buterin walked back comments he made at Consensus Distributed regarding an Ethereum 2.0 launch in July. At the virtual conference on Monday, CoinDesk's Michael J. Casey posed a question about

Binance’s Acquisition of an Indonesian exchange could help it to tap into a new market acquire new customers

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

Bitcoin crashed over the weekend, falling from around $9,800 to $8,100. The 15% decline wiped out $1,700 in value and triggered $260 million in liquidations on BitMEX. Analysts expect the cryptocurren

Coinstar wants to double its Bitcoin ATM footprint as usage climbs during the coronavirus outbreak. The coin-counting kiosk firm currently operates 3,500 Coinme-branded ATMs positioned in supermarket

Square's Cash App pulled in more Bitcoin revenue than fiat revenue during the first quarter of 2020, according to the company's shareholder letter released Wednesday. The app generated $528 million in

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

May 12 brings Bitcoin's fourth halving. When the event occurs, the supply of new coins entering circulation will drop by 50%. Simon Peters, an analyst at eToro, thinks the coming days will usher in fr

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

2019 proved to be a landmark year for CryptoKaiju, the physical-to-digital collectible project founded by Oliver Carding, who also helms MiningPool. What began as an experiment in blending tangible a