The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Kik's crypto token, kin, currently exists as an ethereum-based ERC-20 token, yet CoinDesk recently reported that'd the company would be moving to a two-chain system whereby its tokens were supported on both the ethereum blockchain and the stellar blockchain.

Intercontinental Exchange, the firm that owns the New York Stock Exchange, is the latest Wall Street giant to be mulling a move into the cryptocurrency space, according to a report.

Microsoft's cloud computing platform Azure formally announced the release of its blockchain app creation service, Azure Blockchain Workbench, on May 7.In a press release, the company highlighted blockchain as a "Key topic of interest" as it also kicks of its annual Microsoft Build conference this week.

That's how much cryptocurrency users will need to participate in testing ethereum's upcoming consensus protocol, Casper, at least according to the blockchain's creator Vitalik Buterin.

Software giant Oracle is all set to publicly launch its blockchain-as-a-service platform, according to a report from Bloomberg.

A cryptocurrency startup just raised $3 million in seed funding to revamp how blockchains reach consensus.

Bitcoin dropped to four-day lows below $9,200 on Monday and now looks set to explore levels below the $9,000 mark, the technical charts indicate.

A company has launched an online advertising platform AdCoinClick that enables businesses and individuals to pay for campaigns using cryptocurrency - all the while providing publishers with an innovative way of monetizing content directly through their websites and blogs.

Bitcoin Core is an experimental currency that does not have a white paper and has only operated under its current model for two years.

The owner of the New York Stock Exchange is mulling letting customers buy and hold Bitcoin, The New York Times reported late Monday, May 7.

Despite the skeptical experts, not to mention the very public derision of talk show host John Oliver, the EOS project has raised more than $2 billion in ether from the sale of EOS tokens, which will power its forthcoming network.

With over twenty blockchain startups emerging locally, Seattle has become home to many companies at the forefront of disruptive technology and entrepreneurship.

Global auto giant BMW is piloting a blockchain platform to track mileage in leased vehicles through its startup innovation program.

Cryptocurrencies have always had an antagonistic relationship with governments, central banks, and regulators.

The obsession with Bitcoin's price, driven by irrationally exuberant speculators, is distracting people from adhering to the core values of Bitcoin.

These developments were followed in early 2018 by a cascade of SEC subpoenas and enforcement actions targeting similar token offerings - many of which smacked of fraud.

Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of digital currency trading platform Binance, said in a blog post May 7 that initial coin offerings perform far better than venture capital funds, even with a high risk of failure.

Hackers have injected hundreds of websites running the Drupal content management system with malicious software used to mine the cryptocurrency monero.

ETH/USDOur proposed buy on Ethereum was triggered on May 06 when it declined close to the breakout levels.

Quarterly cross-border transaction growth for Mastercard declined by 2% over the last year partly due to the lack of customers using the service to purchase cryptocurrencies, according to Mastercard's CFO. During the May earnings call, Mastercard's CFO Martina Hund-Mejean revealed that quarterly cross-border transaction growth for the company is down by 2% from the first quarter.

He Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco released an Economic Letter May 7, suggesting that Bitcoin's decline following its $20,000 peak was the result of the launch of Bitcoin futures trading.

Oracle Corp., the world's second largest software company, is launching blockchain products over the next two months, Bloomberg reports May 7.President of software development Thomas Kurian announced today at Oracle headquarters that the company will unveil a platform-as-a-service product this month, and decentralized ledger-based applications next month.

Researchers from the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank's San Francisco division believe that the launch of bitcoin futures on several marketplaces in the U.S. last December played a role in a subsequent slump in the cryptocurrency's price.

Zhao Changpeng, the CEO of popular crypto exchange Binance, said that the initial coin offering model is preferred to venture capital - even with the risk of fraud.

Charlie Munger's uniquely imaginative vision of Bitcoin was given yet a further twist today, as the Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman compared cryptocurrency trading to dealing in "Freshly harvested baby brains." During an interview with Yahoo Finance May 7, Munger was asked if there were anything he could recognize of value in the crypto phenomenon.

As of autumn 2017, assets under management by the hedge fund industry were estimated at $2.5 tln.

Blockchain startup Circle is adding the privacy-focused cryptocurrency monero to its Invest application, the company announced Monday.

A pair of Congressional subcommittees will continue their fact-finding mission on blockchain during a hearing tomorrow.

Microsoft announced the Azure Blockchain Workbench Monday, releasing a new set of tools for developers that work with distributed ledger tech.

Thailand's national stock exchange has launched a new blockchain-powered component for startups.