Cryptocurrency

Ether has climbed 5,700 percent since January, with Ethereum's market cap surging from $700 million to $45 billion. The token is the year's best performer among major cryptocurrencies. Mike Novogratz

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

Bitcoin's rally has analysts scrambling to revise forecasts. Ronnie Moas, head of Standpoint Research, bumped his 2018 price target to $14,000 from $11,000 in a Monday note to clients, citing five mon

Zimbabwe's cryptocurrency market is surging. On the very day Robert Mugabe resigned after 37 years in power, bitcoin's price on the country's main exchange, Golix, had reached $13,000—50 percent above

San Francisco-based Orchid Labs has unveiled the private alpha of its Orchid network, a blockchain system that enables internet access without censorship, restrictions, or surveillance. The network op

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

Rumors of a nationwide bitcoin mining ban in China have sent miners and pool operators scrambling to scope out alternatives. They're eyeing Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Russia, and the United States for r

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

Bitcoin carries a popular reputation for anonymity, one that doesn't survive scrutiny. The blockchain is public, and anyone motivated to do so can trace transactions if they connect wallet addresses t

Narrative, a recently launched venture, is leveraging digital currencies and blockchain systems to construct an alternative social network that compensates those who generate material, manage

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

The emergence of blockchain as a transformative technology extends far beyond cryptocurrency speculation—its applications are poised to reshape the gig economy. The freelance workforce has exploded ac

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

Pundi X announced November 14 that its point-of-sale terminals now connect to the NEM blockchain, allowing retailers across Southeast Asia to let customers buy and sell cryptocurrencies. The startup t

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

Singapore's financial regulator and MIT's media lab are joining forces to expand the city's blockchain talent and research capabilities. The Monetary Authority of Singapore announced the partnership a

Vitalik Buterin this week outlined an Ethereum that never materialized. The protocol's founding vision placed it atop Bitcoin, leveraging Bitcoin's security without operating as a separate blockchain.

A major energy sector consortium has assembled to develop and launch a blockchain platform for trading commodities. The group bringing BP, Royal Dutch Shell, and Statoil into a partnership also counts

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