The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin-cautious Germany has seen its first bank demand that ordinary savers pay it to hold their money - even as little as €1.

Bitcoin fell below $8,000 on Nov. 21 after several days of downward price pressure finally cost the cryptocurrency a major support level.

Binance has acquired the well-known Indian crypto exchange WazirX, bringing easier cryptocurrency access to a population of over one billion.

Bitcoin mining giant Canaan Creative has raised $90 million in its initial public offering - over 75% less than expected.

United States prosecutors told a Manhattan jury that lawyer Mark S. Scott was paid $50 million to help OneCoin co-founder and current fugitive Ruja Ignatova launder $400 million.

Bitcoin has been stuck in a rut in the time following its movement down towards $8,000, as it has failed to garner any decisive momentum and has continued consolidating around its near-term support level at $8,000.

United States think tank The Rand Corporation has taken a closer look at the dark web, where criminal activities are difficult to discover, monitor, and investigate for law enforcement.

Dan Schulman, CEO of payment processor PayPal, revealed during an interview that he does indeed own Bitcoin.

John Pfeffer, founder of Pfeffer Capital, together with Travis Kling, founder and CIO of Ikigai Asset Management and Charles McGarraugh, head of markets for Blockchain, discussed Bitcoin in the context of Brexit, trade wars and geopolitical uncertainty.

Measured by patent applications in the sector, China is handily outpacing other countries including the United States in blockchain technology.

Some crypto-Twitter analysts are now calling for Bitcoin price to drop to $6,000 and the most bearish among them have called for a revisit to the $3,000 range.

Bitcoin.com, the Bitcoin-related firm backed by crypto evangelist Roger Ver, is planning to launch its $200 million Bitcoin Cash investment fund.

In October, web browser developer Opera Software AS launched added support for in-browser transactions with Bitcoin and Tron.

Salmon farming company Cermaq and smoked salmon producer Labeyrie began using IBM's cloud blockchain technology to trace their product supply chains.

Switzerland-based crypto exchange ShapeShift has launched zero-fee trading and its loyalty token FOX. ShapeShift founder and CEO Erik Voorhees announced the news on Twitter Nov. 20, noting that zero-commission trading on the platform is enabled by the newly released FOX token.

Singapore's financial regulatory authority announced that it is evaluating whether to allow crypto derivatives to be traded in the nation.

The fall has dragged the price to $8,000, which is psychological support.

The French Armies and Gendarmerie's Information and Public Relations Center has validated judicial expenses incurred during investigations on the Tezos blockchain.

United States-based Trade Station - a subsidiary of Coincheck owner Monex Group - is launching a cryptocurrency brokerage platform via a newly-launched offshoot called Trade Station Crypto.

The United States Federal Reserve System is exploring the development of a central bank digital currency and what issues and risks it could potentially pose.

After adding ERC20 token tracking for all Ethereum dapps, data aggregator DappRadar uncovered $73 million in unaccounted for 7-day volume on the network.

On Nov. 19, 2017, just weeks before the current all-time highs would be set for the price and capitalization of Bitcoin and the crypto market overall, the 985 tokens with a known market cap represented a capitalization of around $244 billion - a similar zone to where the market is at currently.

The cryptocurrency mining operations of mining firm Bitfarms are still expanding despite complaints of the residents of the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec.

Russia's largest bank, the state-owned Sberbank, has pioneered a blockchain solution for repurchase agreements - also known as repo.

Elliptic, one of the leading crypto-asset risk management solutions providers in the world, found that less than 0.2 percent of all transactions on the XRP network are tied to illicit activities.

The New York Southern District Court has ruled in favor of the United States government to intervene in a civil case against Jon Barry Thompson, who is alleged of a $7 million Bitcoin-related fraud.

Cryptocurrency forensics and analysis firm Elliptic has tied about $400 million worth XRP tokens to illegal transactions.

The Royal Dutch Football Association trialed a new blockchain-based ticketing app during yesterday's Netherlands-Estonia European Championship qualifying match.

The Libra Association, the entity behind Facebook's forthcoming eponymous stablecoin, has logged over 30 projects and 51,000 transactions on the Libra network during the past two months.

Bitcoin managed to preserve support at $8,000 on Nov. 20, continuing an uneasy sideways pattern since dipping to $7,990 the day before.