The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Nearly 40 percent of all Chinese blockchain startups emerged in 2017 alone, according to a new white paper published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk's advisory board and a senior advisor of blockchain research at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative.

Decentralized digital content entertainment platform and Ethereum competitor TRON's TRX token has surged by over 19% in the last 24 hours as positive market sentiment gathers momentum ahead of the impending TRON mainnet launch.

The difficult thing about the cryptographic and economic systems behind blockchains is that there is an intricate balance within the ecosystem that is difficult to maintain at larger scales.

It's an odd situation, because while businesses in the blockchain sector are already empirically.

Looking at the cloud, we see that $8,000 was the bottom of a flat cloud.

The Ethereum distributed app ecosystem is currently experiencing explosive growth, with Etherueum dApps capturing over $7.5 million USD across 500 different applications and 11,000 users in the last 24 hours.

Many governments are worried about the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies and hence are considering the merits of creating a central bank digital currency.

The thriving prevalence of cryptocurrency investing has become a topic unavoidable by regulatory agencies worldwide.

Jack Ma, executive chairman and founder of Chinese tech juggernaut Alibaba, stated while he's bullish about blockchain technology, Bitcoin is in a bubble.

May 20: Crypto markets saw some growth over the past 24 hours, with all of the top ten cryptocurrencies listed on Coinmarketcap currently in the green and total market capitalization approaching $392 bln.

Most modern technological marvels make their way into mainstream media, but a select few are influential enough to feature on some our favourite TV shows.

The controversial stablecoin Tether generated $250 million worth of new USDT tokens on May 18, according to Omni Explorer.

Amazon Web Services and ConsenSys's blockchain startup Kaleido have partnered to offer simplified blockchain cloud platforms.

ICO issuers are starting to look to jurisdictions outside the U.S. to set up shop.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has drawn the ire of the cryptocurrency community with a recent claim that Bitcoin is "Rat poison squared." Buffett's statements, made at the 2018 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting on May 5, led to a direct response from venture capitalist Fred Wilson and resulted in the installation of pro-Bitcoin billboards outside of Buffett's Omaha office.

Co-founder and head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, Thomas Lee has admitted that his prediction of a Bitcoin rally after the Consensus conference was wrong.

At press time, entities like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin all experienced small, yet noticeable hikes in their prices, while others, such as Bitcoin Cash, are showing even more noticeable gains over the past 24 hours.

Recently hacked Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck will end trading for four privacy-oriented cryptocurrencies, Monero, Zcash, Dash, and Augur, Cointelegraph Japan reported May 18.

On May 17, 2018, Stephen Xu of QTUM shared his thoughts on the future outlook of blockchain integration and his plans to take on roles outside of Lead Developer in projects post-QTUM.Stephen Xu, Veteran Developer and Leader in Blockchain Innovation.

BlockShow Europe 2018 is fast approaching - time has come for some big news from the organizing team.

Fundstrat Global managing partner and notorious Bitcoin bull Tom Lee has reaffirmed his prediction of a $25,000 Bitcoin end-of-year price despite underwhelming post-Consensus cryptocurrency market performance.

The latest EOS Dawn 4.1 release has caused controversy in the cryptocurrency community due to a minor code update that has changed the core token name from EOS to SYS. The release, intended to eliminate bugs and improve stability in the EOSIO software, contained several fixes related to network stability, transaction spamming, and transaction propagation issues.

In the process - executing at block 530350 - a portion of the bitcoin cash community was left behind.

Political candidates in Colorado could soon accept Bitcoin or other digital currencies for their campaigns, according to reports by the Denver Post on May 17.Secretary of State Wayne Williams made the proposal for allowing donations of cryptocurrencies in political campaigns in draft rules presented on May 16, the Denver Post reports.

As part of the first-ever New York Blockchain Week, Snoop Dogg was booked to perform at the XRP Community Night on Tuesday.

Major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange and wallet Coinbase spoke to regulators about obtaining a federal banking charter, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal May 18.Citing "a person familiar with the matter", the WSJ reports that Coinbase spoke to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency at the beginning of 2018 both about a bank charter and about their business model.

The venture capital firm behind Snapchat is looking at ways to increase their investments in the crypto industry, tech journal Recode reported May 17.Aaron Batalion, a partner at venture capital firm Lightspeed, is leading an effort to boost the firm's investment by exploring three methods: setting up a new fund, carving out a portion of an existing fund, or launching an entirely new project, Recode reports, citing "Sources".

The former head of Visa in the UK and Ireland has joined a startup bringing crypto to consumer payments, Business Insider NL reports today, May 19.

The advent of digital news has seen yet another wave of similar criticisms, as it had soon become apparent that, contrary to early internet enthusiasts' expectations, the new media ecosystem does not quite eliminate the disparities in communication power.