Cryptocurrency

Approximately 240 million individuals globally struggle with alcohol dependency, according to research published in the journal Addiction, while the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reports th

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

Institutional acceptance has emerged as a critical factor in determining whether digital currencies can transition from niche speculation to mainstream financial instruments. The academic world has be

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

Everipedia, a wiki platform and online encyclopedia, closed a $30 million funding round from Galaxy Digital's EOS.IO Ecosystem Fund, the Distributed Network Advisors Fund, and other backers. The compa

In Northampton, United Kingdom, Bitto Exchange has unveiled preparations for its initial coin offering. The platform, which bills itself as a hybrid trading ecosystem with diversified earning opportun

Baroness Michelle Mone and Doug Barrowman launched EQUI, a new investment platform built on the ethereum blockchain. The platform runs on the EQUItoken and aims to reshape venture capital by letting o

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

Vitalik Buterin, who co-founded Ethereum, pushed back against Bitcoin developers claiming he created the network primarily as a pre-mining mechanism to benefit its founders. The debate echoes an earl

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

Job.com will rebuild its job platform on blockchain technology. The 60-million-user service plans to cut out recruitment middlemen. Spring 2018 marks the target launch window. The last major change i

Channeling significant resources into broader decentralization infrastructure, Status—the Ethereum-powered mobile operating system—has committed $5 million to Matrix, the open-source messaging protoco

South Korea's finance minister Kim Dong-yeon ruled out any cryptocurrency trading ban Wednesday, moving to settle market jitters that have persisted despite repeated government statements. \"There is

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

South Korea's e-commerce landscape is shifting as WeMakePrice, one of the nation's most prominent shopping platforms, moves to embrace digital assets. The Seoul-based retailer announced plans to accep

Revain released version 0.4 of its blockchain-based review dashboard on Monday, marking the platform's first major update of 2018. The service now includes data for 20 initial projects, expanding from

Coinbase's Brian Armstrong praised CryptoCribs, an Ethereum-based housing rental service, in a tweet this week, calling it \"impressive execution\" and saying he wanted to try the platform. His endorsem

Crypto markets swung wildly through 2017. Bitcoin climbed to historic heights. The entire cryptocurrency market reached $800 billion in total value. By year's end, those gains had vanished, leaving in