The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

China continues to up its blockchain game with an independently developed blockchain-based identification system for cities as part of its smart city infrastructure.

Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Global has announced that it will freeze all United States customers' accounts on Nov. 13.In a blog post on Nov. 3, Huobi stated that its user agreement expressly prohibits customers in the U.S. from using its trading platform.

The total supply of the tenth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, Stellar Lumens was literally just cut in half in an unprecedented move in the history of blockchain.

The Stellar Development Foundation announced a new mandate today for its network's development, stating that it has burned over 55 billion Stellar Lumens tokens.

MEXICO CITY - The Stellar Development Foundation has burned 55 billion of its XLM tokens, over half the cryptocurrency's supply, CEO Denelle Dixon announced from the stage of the Stellar Meridian conference Monday.

The U.S. Federal Reserve is hiring a manager to oversee its traditional payments section, while adding new responsibilities to the role, including incorporating digital currencies, stablecoins and distributed ledger technologies.

Regulators in the Canadian province of British Columbia have shut down the Vancouver-based Einstein cryptocurrency exchange.

Data from IntoTheBlock also revealed that while the overall amount of Cardano transactions has been steady, the volume is increasing, which could be later reflected in its market value.

The Aragon community has officially proclaimed itself against ProgPOW. ProgPOW is a proposed protocol change to the Ehereum network that would close the efficiency gap available to application-specific integrated circuits.

Huobi Global will kick all of its U.S. customers off its platform later this month.

Bitcoin Cash's Roger Ver took to Facebook to announce that he is giving away Bitcoin Cash to further spread the adoption of the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

At the end of October 2019, the blockchain-focused media company BLOCKTV announced the Nov. 21, 2019, launch of its native cryptocurrency on Bittrex Global.

Canadian securities regulators have seized control of the Einstein crypto exchange.

Multinational telecommunications and consumer electronics giant Huawei has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China's central bank, the People's Bank of China.

Crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX hasn't seen a major increase in withdrawals following the email leak it experienced last week.

The Republic of San Marino has officially adopted the Register of Blockchain Entities, inviting companies in the industry to apply for certification.

The Kadena network, which is led by JPMorgan blockchain veterans, has gone live on Monday, with the firm announcing a new $20 million token sale.

Bitcoin price closed the week at $9,207, down 3.66%. Despite a surprisingly low volatility weekend, the bulls helped keep Bitcoin price above $9,000 for 10 days and at the time of writing the price continues to consolidate.

Gregg Bennett, a SIM-swap hack victim and angel investor, sued cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex over allegedly allowing the theft of nearly $1 million in Bitcoin.

DX.Exchange is hitting pause as it seeks a new owner.

In tandem with improvements in technology and security, hackers have started getting more creative with the scams and hacks they carry out.

Now, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP appear to be bound for a significant move in the next few days.

A New York court has ordered defendants to pay $4.25 million in penalties for investment fraud involving the cryptocurrency ATM Coin.Case first brought by the CFTC in April 2018On Nov. 1, the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has entered an order against several entities for committing fraud and misappropriating client funds.

BitMEX says its internal processes "Failed" last week, subsequently exposing thousands of the exchange's clients to privacy risks.

In 2018, the Kadena team raised a total of $15 million to launch their public blockchain from notable investors such as Multicoin Capital, Coinfund and Devonshire, the private investment arm of the owners of Fidelity Investments.

India's defense minister believes blockchain technology is the next step in contemporary warfare.

Maltese government agency supporting business development, Malta Enterprise, signed a memorandum of understanding with Blockchain-as-a-Service service firm T-Systems, parent company Deutsche Telekom announced on Oct 30.Deutsche Telekom launched the Blockchain Ecosystem at the end of last month, as reported by Cointelegraph Germany.

The Token Taxonomy Initiative has unveiled a framework to standardize the construction of tokens.

Microsoft wants building blockchain tokens in the cloud to be as easy as plugging in a printer.

Major global crypto exchange Bitfinex now supports Bitcoin bech32 addresses generation and deposits to bech32 addresses.