The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

The Moscow Exchange is planning to share information about initial coin offerings, CEO Alexander Afanasiev told Reuters Friday.

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has been found not guilty of tax evasion, but now faces a massive tax bill, according to reports.

Data from Chainalysis shows that the amount of Bitcoin owned by long-term investors is now almost equalled by short-term speculators, according to Financial Times report June 8.

Robert Sluymer of Fundstrat Global Advisors spoke to CNBC Thursday, June 7, about his view that Bitcoin is set up for a price breakout in the near future.

One of the industry's leading voices, Jamie Dimon, once famously described Bitcoin as a "Fraud," and other institutions acted like it was.

The blockchain lead at Mizuho Financial Group has revealed he is leaving the firm, according to an internal email obtained by CoinDesk.

Chinese search engine Baidu has created a blockchain-based game called "Du Yuzhou" where users will receive "Elements" to build their own planets while using blockchain features, Coindesk reports Friday, June 8.

While last year R3 had implied that the company had a larger goal of raising $200 mln in funding, R3 told Fortune that the figure came from a now-cancelled plan to sell a stake in a research subsidiary.

Payments giant Mastercard is exploring the use of public blockchains in securely verifying payment cards at the point of sale, public documents show.

A report from Russian Analytic Credit Rating Agency released Thursday, June 7, states that cryptocurrency is not yet usable as a means of payment.

Alipay's operator Ant International has entered into "Definitive agreements" with investors to secure $14 bln in a Series C equity financing round.

In the week leading up to the launch of the EOS mainnet, an ethical hacker has confirmed eight vulnerabilities in the blockchain's code.

Bitcoin has been squeezed into an increasingly narrow range for more than two weeks and is now experiencing volatility not seen for eight months.

Bitmain, one of the earliest manufacturers to bring Bitcoin mining chips to market is now in competition with some of the world's largest chipmakers.

Users of Parity Ethereum were warned to update after a "Critical" consensus issue was discovered - one that could potentially corrupt up to 30% of the world's second most successful blockchain.

Chinese search giant Baidu revealed on Friday that it is launching a blockchain gaming app, just days after it revealed a proprietary platform called SuperChain.

Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Republic, a crowdequity platform that can help ICO issuers manage token sales that was spun out of AngelList, has raised $12 million in commitments for a token presale.

Quebec has issued a moratorium on new cryptocurrency mining operations in a bid to give officials time to develop new restrictions and potentially increase energy costs, Reuters reported Thursday.

Ant Financial, the payment affiliate of Chinese internet giant Alibaba, announced on Friday it has raised $14 billion in a Series C round funding, which will be used to further develop new technologies such as blockchain.

At least five cryptocurrencies have recently been hit with an attack that used to be more theoretical than actual, all in the last month.

"Decentralized cloud" company Dfinity announced its token distribution plans last week, and revealed in a statement that it will give away 35 million Swiss francs worth of its DFN tokens to "Hundreds of thousands" of community members.

PotCoin is reportedly in discussions with representatives of Dennis Rodman to sponsor his trip to the US-North Korea summit in Singapore next week, the Washington Post reported June 7.

German insurance group Allianz and Deutsche Bank have partnered with Berlin-based car exchange Auto1 to offer auto financing using blockchain technology, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reported today, June 7.

Major Canadian electricity provider Hydro-Québec will temporarily stop processing requests from cryptocurrency miners in order for the company to fulfil its obligations to supply energy to the entire province, according to a press release published June 7.Hydro-Québec is experiencing "Unprecedented" demand from blockchain companies, which reportedly exceeds the electric utility's short and medium-term capacity.

Based in Vancouver, Canada, Stably is a venture-capital backed startup that is on a mission to bring stability to the volatile cryptocurrency market.

The Bank of Thailand is considering issuing its own cryptocurrency, the bank's governor revealed in a speech June 5.In his keynote on Thai economic development at Nomura Investment Forum Asia in Singapore, BoT governor Veerathai Santiprabhob spoke of a new project in which the central bank and other Thai banks join forces to develop a "New way of conducting interbank settlement" using a central bank-issued digital currency.

Blockchain technology incubator Binance Labs gave an "Ask me Anything" session on Reddit June 6, devoted to investments in crypto and blockchain projects.

The Colombian Senate held a debate on cryptocurrencies and blockchain "As mechanisms to modernize the digital economy" on Wednesday, according to a Senate press release published today, June 7.The Third Committee of the Senate was convened by the senator of Colombia's Green Alliance party, Antonio Navarro Wolff, with participants including the Colombian central bank, the Ministry of Finance, the ICT Ministry, and Colombia's Financial Superintendent.

Asked if Russia will have its own cryptocurrency one day, Putin said he doesn't see such an outcome as possible because cryptocurrencies "By definition are beyond the national borders."

The financial watchdog of Poland has recently affirmed that cryptocurrency trading is completely legal in the country, according to an official announcement published on its website June 6.In its recent move, the Polish Financial Oversight Commission sought to clarify the status of cryptocurrencies and crypto trading, "Recognizing the emerging legal doubts related to the functioning of exchanges and exchange offices."