The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

India is weighing up whether to impose goods and service tax on cryptocurrency trades, a report suggests.

The privacy and security-focused coin Verge has been subject to yet another 51% attack, seeing a price of XVG drop 15% over the past 24 hours.

India is working on proposals to make cryptocurrency transactions subject to goods and services tax, sources told Bloomberg May 23.

Crypto markets are seeing significant losses across the board, with all top ten coins by market cap in the red, as Coin360 data shows.

Prosecutors in China have charged a final four suspects of almost 100 that were said to be involved in an alleged $2 billion cryptocurrency pyramid scheme.

Democratic congressional candidate Brian Forde has been targeted by anti-crypto political advertising for accepting Bitcoin donations to his campaign, VICE reported Tuesday, May 22.

At press time, most major cryptocurrencies are deep in the red, with entitles like Ethereum and Ripple experiencing anywhere between five and twelve percent drops over the last 24 hours.

Following bitcoin's recent losses, a key long-term trend indicator is looking increasingly bearish.

Despite rising to prominence in recent years, cryptocurrency still carries a stigma that big banks just can't seem to shake.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore, the city-state's de facto central bank, is proposing changes to existing regulations that would ease market entry for blockchain-based and decentralized exchanges.

In a joint venture to bring "Transparency and efficiency" to the work of the United Nations, IOTA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations Office for Project Services.

Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Pro is launching a new market index for its customers, the company announced Wednesday.

Ubanx, a crypto startup, plans to bring digital currencies to the real world and accelerate their mass adoption by opening brick-and-mortar stores in cities around the world, in order to give everybody an opportunity to understand and embrace the emerging world of crypto.

Loyalty points, concert tickets and in-game items will soon appear on a new protocol built on the monero network.

One of them is that blockchain will transform content streaming.

A development fund for Bitcoin Cash is seen by CNBC's Brian Kelly as a possible catalyst for an upside breakout in price and the coin's recent performance amongst a market-wide downtrend indicates strong support from the community.

An MIT test is providing a rare glimpse of how bitcoin might truly work at scale.

In a May 21 article entitled "The Old Allure of New Money," the 2013 Nobel laureate of Economics Robert Shiller calls crypto the newest iteration of alternative currency ideas.

An Argentinian bank may become the first bank in the world to begin using Bitcoin for customers' international remittances.

Bitcoin's price has slipped below $8,000 on Wednesday, reaching its 35-day low since Apr.

On May 21, blockchain startup ShipChain was issued a cease-and-desist order from the South Carolina Attorney General's Office for violating the state's securities statutes.

Argentinian Banco Masventas, has announced a partnership Bitex to enable clients to use Bitcoin for international payments as an alternative to SWIFT, according to a Facebook post May 21.

The recognition of Bitcoin as a form of foreign currency could potentially have an impact on decisions in recruiting new employees to the US Department of Defence, Bloomberg reported May 22.The Pentagon's chief concern is whether investment in cryptocurrencies indicates criminal intent or constitutes an increased predisposition toward risky personal behavior.

Bitcoin Pizza Day is celebrated annually by the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency community - marking an important, yet comical milestone for the virtual currency.

Cryptocurrencies continue to slow down today as all major coins are in the red on Tuesday.

Blockchain startup ShipChain has been hit with a cease-and-desist order from the South Carolina Attorney General's Office, which claimed the company violated the state's securities statutes.

Dubbed "Bitcoin Pizza Day," May 22nd is the annual celebration of one of the worst financial decisions imaginable.

AChain seems to be working quietly to reach the goals declared at its launch, and it has a working product that is being used in the real world.

Russia's parliament the State Duma approved the first reading of new laws regulating the crypto industry Tuesday, May 22.

Bank of America has won a patent for a way to control access to certain aspects of a permissioned blockchain network, newly published documents show.