Cryptocurrency

At the Money20/20 Asia gathering this week, Monaco Technology—a Switzerland-based digital assets firm—unveiled its forthcoming Monaco Credit and Monaco Auto Invest offerings. These new tools complemen

Coincheck distributed ¥46.6 billion to 260,000 customers today after completing refunds for the hack that struck the Tokyo exchange in late January. The payout returned 88.549 yen ($0.83) per XEM toke

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

BitCar.io is letting investors buy their way to exotic car ownership through a revamped token structure. The blockchain platform operates a two-tier system: buyers purchase BITCAR tokens, which they t

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

Bitcoin Core 0.16.0 arrived in late February. The development team has spent months refining and stress-testing new features for this software client, which Satoshi Nakamoto originally wrote. Prices s

Blockchain technology is finding new applications in healthcare supply chains through an emerging collaboration. Sweetbridge, a non-profit focused on leveraging blockchain technology to transf

IPCHAIN Database wants to solve a real problem for creators. When someone invents something, makes art, or discovers an idea, they need a way to prove they own it. Right now, that's hard. Misuse of 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

NTT Security's threat research team identified a growing menace in the form of cryptocurrency mining malware that has infected machines over the past three years. The company monitors 40 percent of gl

Groves Medical Group in the UK will become the first medical practice in Britain to accept cryptocurrency payments from patients. The practice, which serves 30,000 patients at four locations, has part

A London firm called Always Efficient LLP has become entangled in an investigation into laundering bitcoin stolen from Mt Gox, the Tokyo exchange that collapsed in 2014. According to BBC Radio 4, the

The financial technology landscape in South Korea continues to evolve rapidly as established figures from the cryptocurrency sector pivot toward blockchain-based ventures. Daesik Kim, who previously l

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 Bank of England's governor, Mark Carney, called for tighter regulation of the cryptocurrency industry this week. Speaking at Edinburgh University's first Scottish Economics Conference via vide

South Korea has become a focal point for rapid expansion by aelf, a blockchain-based computing platform. The company unveiled three major developments Thursday: the launch of its ELF token on trading

Bitcoin Core developers Pieter Wuille and Greg Maxwell, along with other researchers, released a paper this week introducing a protocol for zero-knowledge proofs called \"Bulletproofs: Short Proofs for

An anonymous, decentralized movement called Faythe is mounting a lobbying campaign across all 28 EU member countries to prevent cryptocurrency and blockchain from facing outright bans or heavy-handed