The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Japan`s financial services giant SBI Holdings plans to launch its crypto exchange this summer, local media outlet Business Insider Japan reported April 27.According to a recent announcement by company president Yoshitaka Kitao, the exchange SBI Virtual Currencies will support coins such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and Bitcoin Cash.Yoshitaka suggested that BCH would be regarded as the settlement currency, as the scarcity of BTC makes it expensive and "Tiring as a settlement currency".

Circle is adding the privacy-focused cryptocurrency zcash to its list of offerings for its investment app, the startup announced Monday.

US Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Robert Jackson highlighted consumer protection regarding Initial Coin Offerings in an interview on CNBC today, April 30.

Venezuela will give India a 30 percent discount on crude oil, but only if India uses the state-issued Petro coin, according to an article published yesterday, April 29, from local Indian news outlet Business Standard.

It may sound like baloney, but American meat maker Oscar Mayer has entered the cryptocurrency space - sort of.

The initial coin offering ecosystem is what the wider securities marketplace would look like without regulation, a Securities and Exchange Commission commissioner said Monday.

An Iranian government minister has confirmed that an experimental model of a domestic digital currency is now ready, Reuters reported Saturday, April 28.

The Federal Trade Commission is planning to host a workshop on cryptocurrency scams and fraud in June.

This article will discuss the current price of Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum through the lens of technical analysis.

UNICEF Australia announced yesterday, April 29, an initiative that allows users to give over their computer's processing power to mine cryptocurrency as a donation to the charity.

"Oracle of Omaha" Warren Buffett, whose aphorisms and advice many investors take as gospel, has laid into bitcoin, saying it's a gamble, not an investment.

Cryptocurrency startup Nexo, which is backed by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, has launched a cash-based lending platform.

"Big four" professional services firm Ernst & Young suggests that blockchain technology could transform the firm's finance operations and redefine the role of chief financial officer in a report published last week.

William Mougayar, venture capitalist and author of "The Business Blockchain," is launching an investment firm for blockchain startups and cryptocurrencies.

Japanese regulators suggested preventing cryptocurrency exchanges from trading anonymity-oriented altcoins Dash and Monero this month, Forbes reports today, April 30.

The United Nations Children's Fund is seeking to harness supporters' computers to raise donations via cryptocurrency mining.

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group has announced a blockchain solution aimed to improve efficiency in the insurance industry.

OmiseGo's impressive recovery has once again proven its worthiness amongst the coveted top 20 coins by market cap.

MasterCard has filed a patent for a system to speed up the activation of new nodes in a blockchain, in an application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office April 26.

Japanese consumers filed over three times the number of enquiries about cryptocurrency trading and initial coin offerings in 2017 as compared to the previous year, according to data released by Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency.

It's no surprise that the application of distributed ledger technology in trade finance and supply chain management has for some time been a focus of financial institutions around the world.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, one of the country's four largest state-owned commercial banks, is exploring a way to authenticate digital certificates and store data in a sharable blockchain.

Payments giant Mastercard wants to patent a way to quickly add new nodes to a blockchain network, new filings reveal.

The upcoming EOS mainnet launch is currently one of the most anticipated events on the blockchain calendar.

ING is out to prove that startups aren't the only ones that can advance blockchain cryptography.

The Australian Securities Exchange is moving closer to replacing its CHESS clearing and settlement system with a distributed ledger-based alternative.

The COSS platform has taken one step closer to becoming a multifunctional crypto gateway, with this month's latest roadmap release is expected to mark the start of first cross-border fiat to crypto pairing with the support of USD, EUR, and SGD currencies.

High fees and slow transactions are plaguing the cryptocurrency world at the moment, and one project is looking to change that.

A team of Morgan Stanley researchers, led by analyst Sheena Shah, has conducted a study on the distribution of cryptocurrency exchanges and crypto trading volume across all countries, based on volume data from Coinmarketcap and company registration info listed on the websites of the respective exchanges.

Rising interest rates remain a concern globally as U.S. Treasury 10-year yields briefly nudged above 3.0% on Wednesday, a key level watched by many market participants, before ending the week at 2.96%. Meanwhile, inflation pressure remains with the U.S. Labor Department reporting that wages and salaries rose at their fastest pace in 11 years.