The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Payments company Circle will install a new CEO at the start of 2020 after one of its original co-founders steps down from the position.

Over the past few weeks, Jared Tate, the founder of popular blockchain network DigiByte and its native DGB cryptocurrency, has been waging a Twitter war against one individual: Justin Sun, founder of Tron, the blockchain behind currently twelfth-largest cryptocurrency TRX. Tate's quips started off relatively mild, calling Sun a "Crook," though, on the afternoon of Dec. 4, the prominent industry executive released a nine-part thread claiming that Tron is not as above-board as its proponents claim it to be.

DXM, a financial services subsidiary of South Korean fintech firm Dunamu, has worked with crypto cybersecurity firm Ledger to launch an institutional crypto asset custody service.

It may seem surprising, but platforms designed for loans and lending through the use of cryptocurrencies are a relatively new development for the crypto industry.

Bitcoin has had a crazy day, with the bloody battle between bulls and bears resulting in a chair-shaped pattern, with BTC surging from its key support level within the lower-$7,000 to highs of $7,800 before fully retracing back to its support levels.

Upstart crypto company Saga wants to issue a new global currency on the blockchain.

Sean Neville, Circle's co-CEO, will be stepping down from his role at the end of the month.

One of the most successful investors in the world is calling for the release of convicted criminal Ross Ulbricht.

Ethereum decentralized exchange protocol AirSwap announced that it is running a bug bounty program with rewards up to 20,000 DAI. It begins now and continues indefinitely.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and crypto store Bitrefill partnered to allow the trading platform's clients to shop with Bitcoin over the Lightning Network.

Gareth Li, head of business development and partnerships at Binance, had the crypto exchange's angular diamond etched on his arm to match founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao's ink.

Michael Seitz, marketing manager at decentralized payment solution Dash, announced that the Dash Explorer will be updated to Insight on January 7th, 2020.In a Dec. 4 blog post, Seitz explained that Dash has made the internal decision to update the current explorer.

Eight former core developers from financial services company Morgan Stanley have launched Phemex, a new cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, in Singapore.

In terms of how long it maintained its $100 billion valuation, Bitcoin has outperformed every tech company that existed, claims Balaji Srinivasan.

If the price sustains above the downtrend line, we anticipate the start of a new uptrend.

To support our international expansion and global reach, Cointelegraph is delighted to announce the launch of the Chinese-language version of the publication.

The main question driving the conversation is the Chinese government's sudden advocacy for blockchain systems and a specific interest in being the first major international power to create a national cryptocurrency, and state-sponsored blockchain solutions.

"Myth: Bakkt futures fully backed by bitcoin. Reality: Bakkt futures 37% backed by dollars or treasuries."

The central bank of France plans to pilot a central bank digital currency for financial institutions in 2020.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has appointed Kelly Loeffler, CEO of institutional Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt, to a United States Senate seat.

Tune in as CoinDesk podcasts editor Adam B. Levine and senior markets reporter Brad Keoun run down recent action in the markets, interesting longer-term trends and some of the most important crypto industry developments of the day.

Litecoin's price plunge in recent months has whittled away the profitability of mining the cryptocurrency, leading to a shakeout among computer operators on the network seen as a faster and cheaper but less secure version of bitcoin.

Security researchers have discovered a new cryptocurrency-related macOS malware believed to be the product of North Korean hackers at the Lazarus Group.

Kazakhstan's lawmakers won't be taxing cryptocurrency mining until the mined crypto is exchanged for fiat money.

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp officially appointed Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler to the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, where she will fill current Senator Johnny Isakson's seat.

A true measure of an entrepreneur's dedication to his project aren't the hours he puts in or the sacrifices he makes, but his willingness to have the logo of his company forever embedded on his arm.

OneConnect Financial Technology, the blockchain and AI subsidiary of China's top insurance company Ping An Insurance, has set the terms for its previously announced initial public offering.

Gemini, the top global cryptocurrency exchange per CryptoCompare's latest Exchange Benchmark, hired a former senior executive from United Kingdom-based Starling Bank.

Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini burnt about one-fifth of its Gemini Dollar stablecoin total supply on Dec. 3.

Circle, the parent company of cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex, says it could charge United States users fees and even confiscate users' entire balances if they do not remove their funds.