The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

The overall cryptocurrency market remains in its monthly lows but showing signs of finding support.

It may have seemed unthinkable four years ago, but crypto tokens might be coming to R3's Corda.

Announced on June 25, 2018, Andreessen Horowitz is launching a $300 million fund dedicated to cryptocurrency-related ventures.

A new cryptocurrency exchange from South Korea has leaked critical information about 19 users on its platform, which could put some $620,000 worth of a cryptocurrency at risk.

No, it's not the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, it's a private key the cryptocurrency's creator entrusted to several bitcoin developers that activates the protocol's so-called "Alert system," once used to flash a text warning to those running the software in case something happened that could impact the security of their funds.

The State Service for Special Communication and Information Protection of Ukraine has said that it is not planning to regulate cryptocurrency mining, news portal cryptorussia.

A Singapore-based IT security company offers a potential blockchain-based solution to help protect individual crypto users and block the use of stolen cryptocurrencies on crypto wallets and exchanges.

An official for the U.S. Secret Service called on Congress to weigh potential legislative actions on cryptocurrencies that boast privacy-enhancing features last week.

"If people pay to hold the tokens for financial gain, then arguably they should be treated as a security and come under the same rigorous documentation requirements and regulation as other securities offered to investors for a return."

The tenth largest cryptocurrency TRON with a market capitalization of $2.7 billion has activated its mainnet following a migration to its independent public blockchain, according to a blog post published June 25.Styled "Independence Day" by the TRON Foundation, June 25 is marked as the move to TRON's mainnet, the beta version of which was launched on May 31 and is a part of a transition away from the Ethereum blockchain.

TRON's "Independence Day" is in full swing and the token migration concluded Sunday evening.

Todd Gordon, founder of TradingAnalysis.com, believes that the short-term pain is still not yet over, but he expects Bitcoin to rally above $10,000 by 2019.Brian Kelly, founder and CEO of BKCM LLC, told CNBC that Bitcoin is 'not dead' and urged the investors to look at the long-term prospects of the cryptocurrencies while investing.

Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has hired Katie Haun as its first female general investing partner to run the company's newly formed $300 million cryptocurrency fund, according to an announcement published June 25.Haun, who is also a director on the board of Coinbase, served as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice for ten years, where she focused on digital assets and cryptocurrency startups.

Cointelegraph had the opportunity to speak to ConsenSys' Ajit Tripathi at BlockShow Europe 2018 about his experience leaving Wall Street for the crypto world, what new ConsenSys projects he's most excited about, and why crypto regulation changes from country to country.

Consumers lost $532 million to cryptocurrency-related scams in the first two months of 2018, an official for the Federal Trade Commission said Monday.

Crypto markets are seeing a tentative recovery today, June 25, as data from Coin360 shows, after yesterday saw leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin hit its lowest level yet this year.

Silicon Valley investment powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz has launched a new $300 million fund focused on cryptocurrencies.

2.Sometimes, because they're being paid to.

Why? Because the block hash assigned to block #528249 is 00000000000000000021e800c1e8df51b22c1588e5a624bea17e9faa34b2dc4a, and, according to calculations, it is very unlikely for a miner to compute this hash.

Japan's Minister of Finance thinks that it is doubtful the public would accept a change in the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions, Cointelegraph Japan reports today, June 25.

Tron, the $3 billion decentralized internet project, may have gone live today, but its full "Independence" from the ethereum blockchain isn't yet complete.

Huobi, the world's fourth largest crypto exchange by daily trade volumes, has appointed a CEO for its newly created "Strategic partner" trading platform in the U.S., according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph June 25.

Pharmaceuticals giant Merck is seeking a patent for a way to use blockchain in order to track goods as they move through the supply chain.

Fast forward to 2018, Thailand seems to be shooting into the crypto era with innovative volition.

Stablecoin Tether, which is allegedly backed 1:1 by the US dollar, has issued 250 million more tokens today, June 25, according to data from Omni Explorer.

Spain's securities markets watchdog and a group of financial institutions including Banco Santander have completed a blockchain pilot aimed at testing the tech for registering stock warrant issuances.

The two vice-presidents of Japan's self-regulatory cryptocurrency exchange body have resigned after their exchanges received regulatory warnings, Cointelegraph Japan reports June 25.

Eight major European financial entities have announced they will work together on a blockchain tech project for recording the issuance of financial warrants, Spanish news outlet el Economista reports today, June 25.

Post-release of Bitcoin's Lightning Network, developers find innovative ways to create dApps on Bitcoin without increasing the strain of Bitcoin's transaction layer.

A research group linked to China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released its latest evaluation of blockchain networks - with perhaps surprising results.