The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

JP Morgan Chase & Co. has outlined a peer-to-peer payments network in a patent application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yesterday, May 3.

Ethiopia is exploring the use of blockchain technology to track the supply chain for its largest export, coffee.

Police in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have ordered hotels to deploy a new blockchain security solution developed by local startup Zebi.

Since 1953, North and South Korea have been divided along the 38th parallel - creating what is now known as the famed Korean Demilitarized Zone.

Venezuela is launching a youth bank to be funded by the state's controversial petro cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin prices reached $9,786 Friday, May 4, as momentum continues to build for a challenge to resistance around $10,000.

Nearly half of the 26 publicly listed banks in China said they have deployed blockchain applications in 2017, according to a report.

The pro-Bitcoin community movement that galvanized last week against Bitcoin.com has reversed its plans to level a lawsuit against the site, community leader MoneyTrigz announced on the group's Telegram channel yesterday, May 3.

Controversial Italian cryptocurrency exchange has been shut down a mere three hours after re-launching operations due to a court order.

Following a bull breakout last night, bitcoin looks set to test $10,000 and could possibly move higher over the weekend.

Cai Wensheng, an angel investor from China and chairman of photo retouching app provider Meitu, says he has achieved his goal of accruing 10,000 bitcoins.

Priyanka Lilaramani, former Goldman Sachs Executive Director, has recently joined HOLD, a Maltese crypto startup, as a new CEO, HOLD announced on its Medium blog on May 2.

Bitcoin appears to finally be making headway with one of its less-appreciated, but critical challenges: recruitment.

Qtum has experienced a bullish past month of growth.

A representative for the company behind the long-in-the-making KODAKCoin initial coin offering has accused a Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange of "Fraudulent" behavior by claiming that it will host the token sale.

In what seems like the latest sign concerns are impacting initial coin offerings broadly, Seattle-based Dragonchain is forcing one of its affiliate projects, Norwegian startup Iagon, to return funds it raised from investors back in April - and it's currently unclear why.

The Ethiopian government has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with cryptocurrency startup Cardano, The Next Web reports May 3.

Mastercard's quarterly growth was marked by a slight drop due to a decrease in the number of customers purchasing cryptocurrencies with the company's credit cards, CNBC reported May 3.Consumers can use Mastercard to acquire digital currencies, a practice forbidden by some financial institutions.

Stellar Lumens is up by approximately $0.05 since our previous price article.

In a unanimous vote Tuesday, the city council of Berkeley, Calif., took a step towards approving the issue of a blockchain-based "Microbond."

The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies announced its investigation of two companies for promoting unlawful Initial Coin Offerings to Colorado residents, the Denver Post reported May 3.The Colorado Securities Commissioner said that California-based Linda Healthcare Corp. and Washington-based Broad Investments LLC could potentially be violating Colorado securities law by promoting ICOs.DORA discovered that Linda Healthcare is promoting a "LindaHealthCoin" token on its website, which ostensibly can be used to purchase Linda Healthcare's insurance.

The subsequent correction took support close to the 61.8 percent Fibonacci retracement levels of 0.00032752.

In January, the popular messaging app, Telegram, announced that it would launch an ICO to fund its Telegram Open Network.

Economist Nouriel Roubini sharply criticized cryptocurrencies on a panel at the Milken Institute Global Conference yesterday, Bloomberg reported May 2.

The Arizona House of Representatives passed Senate Bill 1091, a tax bill that would allow citizens to pay their taxes using cryptocurrencies, according to public records May 2.

A public utility in one of the U.S. hot spots for bitcoin mining is adopting new security measures in light of harassment of some of its employees.

Bitcoin mining may well be the lifeblood of the cryptocurrency but the industry is in a constant state of flux for a number of reasons.

On Tuesday at the Future Blockchain Summit in Dubai, it was announced that Ford, General Motors, BMW, and Renault were just some of the big names that have joined MOBI - the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative.

JPMorgan Chase is seeking to patent a system for using distributed ledgers as a way to facilitate and reconcile financial transactions, newly-released filings show.

The cryptocurrency market is currently awash with bullish predictions, with market analysts such as Thomas Lee predicting massive gains for Bitcoin by the end of the year.