The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Hong Kong-based crypto exchange and card provider Crypto.com is launching an attractive competition for Bitcoin fanatics in September, ahead of its "Public beta" exit.

Despite regulators across the board giving a cold shoulder to Facebook's ambitious plan to install a worldwide crypto-based payment system called Libra, the company's enthusiasm for moving into the digital payments space is only mounting.

Listen to article Gamified shopping loyalty platform StormX will now let its users earn cashback in cryptocurrencies when shopping at Walmart.

Both the U.S. and China are advancing on their central bank digital currency designs, there's a new smart contract language for Bitcoin and the Department of Justice seized millions worth of crypto from addresses linked to terrorist organizations.

Listen to article Over the past four months, the National Cyber Security Centre, or NCSC, removed over 300,000 URLs pertaining to fake celebrity-endorsed investment opportunities.

Masternodes - servers on a decentralized network that perform specific services that regular nodes are unable to perform - have always inhabited a gray legal and regulatory area.

Aug 14, 2020 at 16:15 UTCUpdated Aug 14, 2020 at 16:16 UTC.With traditional finance and crypto traders both enjoying market madness, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your latest crypto news roundup!

This week, the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency market roared into Monday like a lion only to end the week more like a lamb.

Listen to article After the original Yam Finance protocol collapsed due to a single line of code, its developers are planning to relaunch the project on new, audited smart contracts.

When we talk about financial inclusion, we have to think about inclusion for whom, in what context, and what inclusion itself means.

INX has named a low-profile Israeli outfit to underwrite its reported $117 million initial public offering later this year.

Crypto payments startup Wyre is offering white-labeled savings accounts that dole out interest on crypto, the company announced Friday.

This week our 6 Questions go to Justin Rice, Head of Ecosystem at the Stellar Development Foundation.

The market capitalization of Tether surpassed $12 billion as of Aug. 14, according to cryptocurrency market analytics firm Coinmetrics.

Bitcoin adoption by big-money players is once again on the agenda following the recent $250 million BTC purchase by MicroStrategy.

Whatever the case, Yam's developers, of which there are five, are already looking to launch a second iteration fo the community-favorite protocol.

The rising price of Link will not deter Swipe's march to decentralization.

Craig Wright, a self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator, is apparently not required to pay legal fees for a failed libel suit against the Twitter crypto enthusiast known as Hodlonaut.

As the coronavirus takes its devastating toll on the U.S. economy, financial pros are increasingly confounded by the markets.

The Winklevoss Twins apparently think that space mining is just around the corner.

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has leapt up the listings to become the third-largest bitcoin futures exchange by number of open contracts.

Thailand's central bank is looking at smart contracts and decentralized finance implementations for its national digital currency, the digital baht.

The $150,000 worth of Bitcoin was allegedly being used to launder money gained through fraudulent support loan applications on behalf of dummy businesses.

"The ghost chain reckoning is coming. There is well over $50bn in market cap value for chains no one uses. They will all be usurped by DeFi apps with actual use by the end of this market cycle."

The Oasis Foundation has announced a new University Program, bringing together blockchain societies from leading universities like MIT and Cornell.

Vitalik Buterin said he did not personally engage in any yield farming for tokens on decentralized finance.

While there is not yet a set time for the expanded pilot program to begin, a policy framework should be complete by the end of 2020.

Bitcoin may have recovered to $11,700 but miners could soon spark a price plunge, data warns.

Fed Governor Lael Brainard shares updates about the U.S. digital currency initiative and why it is crucial to understand CBDCs.

"Ripple has no plans to 'reset' our strategy."In response, Garlinghouse made it clear that he believed "Using XRP to solve a $10 trillion problem, like cross-border payments, is working".