The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

This week our 6 Questions go to Paul Veradittakit, a Partner at Pantera Capital.

The Federal Reserve is rushing ahead with its payments platform, Russia's largest bank is going in on blockchain and so is Goldman Sachs.

Crypto mining in Iran is set to become even bigger with the government giving the green light for power plants to mine cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin.

A newly-appointed financial regulator in Japan said this week that introducing laws and regulations for Bitcoin trading would impede technical innovation while supporting purely speculative gains, according to Reuters.

VeChain's newly released tool offers a suite of whitelabel services that will allow the food sector to implement on-chain safety management services.

Major digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation has said a proposed law to put medical records on the blockchain would be a major privacy breach.

New on-chain data suggests that demand for Bitcoin from new investors is growing.

Ethereum Classic's second 51% attack Thursday resulted in a massive reorganization of 4,236 blocks and successful double-spend of $1.68 million worth of cryptocurrency, according to an investigation by Bitquery.

Specifically, on July 9, FINRA published "Regulatory Notice 20-23," which encourages broker-dealers to notify their assigned FINRA risk monitoring analyst as to whether they, their affiliates or their associated persons conduct, or intend to conduct, digital asset activity, including non-securities activity.

DeFi-focused fund ParaFi Capital has invested $450,000 in USDT, along with D1 Ventures, and will start staking on Ethereum-based exchange DeversiFi.

In the past couple of weeks, the Bitcoin price has resurged after months of apparent monetary stagnation.

Being a self-professed DeFi and technology geek, Batlin's decision to aggressively pursue the budding sector was a no brainer given the real-time nature of its technology and tried and tested security infrastructure.

Government authorities and executives at Free Economic Zone "Bishkek" are reportedly involved in running a large-scale illegal mining farm.

Energy and transportation startup EVShare is launching a community energy-sharing pilot in Los Angeles.

The California Energy Commission, the state's primary energy policy and planning agency, is funding an experimental market for carbon-credit trading on a public blockchain.

On Aug. 5, Republic, a platform for investing in startups, announced that it had sold out commitments for coming fundraises for its security token, Republic Note, happening under two distinct exemptions.

Users won't be able to send bitcoin to others; miners securing Bitcoin's global network will no longer serve a purpose.

From protestors tearing down statues to streaming platforms removing television episodes, we have many reasons to consider the line between free speech and unacceptable bigotry and bias.

North Korean hackers are reportedly using untraceable altcoins to convert stolen cryptocurrencies into cash.

Analysts expect a secondary DeFi "Frenzy" with the launch of the governance token of an Ethereum-based protocol.

The United States' failure to agree on Coronavirus stimulus shows that the dollar is "Funny money" and endorses Bitcoin, says Cameron Winklevoss.

United States Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Hester M. Peirce has been confirmed for a second term, lasting through 2025.

Bitcoin's dominance has fallen to a 12-month low despite its recent rally, signaling renewed strength in the altcoins markets.

A new analysis suggests the token supplies for most DeFi projects are not widely distributed, with up to 99% held by the top 500 addresses.

Ethereum Classic, the fork or version of the Ethereum protocol that didn't freeze the funds of the infamous DAO hack, has been under the spotlight over the past week.

After suffering two major blockchain reorganizations over the past week, Ethereum Classic has seen its hash rate plummet - exacerbating the risk of further 51% attacks targeting the network.

Researchers at the Technical University of Munich are encouraging regulators to look beyond Bitcoin when it comes to considering the environmental impact of crypto mining.

The Chinese academic sector is "Seriously lagging" in terms of keeping up with demand for blockchain specialists.

Researchers at Coin Metrics found that investors who dollar-cost averaged into Bitcoin since the $20,000 peak in 2017 would still be profitable.

The host of the 'Week in Ethereum' Podcast and former Director of ConseSys, Evan Van Ness is the latest person to tokenize himself on the blockchain - a growing trend in the gaming and marketing sectors.