The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Calibra CEO David Marcus recently claimed that the Anti-Money Laundering standards of Libra - Facebook's proposed stablecoin project - will be better than other payments networks.

Bakkt, a company that focuses on driving institutional investment in crypto, has long been hyped as playing an important role in impacting market valuations.

A discovery motion filed Monday further raised the stakes, following the SEC's 49-page filing Friday - the latest play in a legal chess match with sweeping potential ramifications for tokens and securities law, and one seeking, more specifically, to determine whether Kik's 2017 ICO was lawful.

Tuesday, Oct. 29 - Most top-20 digital currencies are trading sideways today, with a few reporting minor losses.

Coding crypto projects is hard enough without running the risk of losing your private keys.

Big four auditing firm Deloitte integrated the privacy developed by cryptography startup QEDIT into its qualification information blockchain platform Eduscrypt, a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Oct. 29 reveals.

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are not real money, according to a statement published by the German federal parliament on Oct. 28.Not a payment vehicle, not a store of value.

A Bitcoin mining company owned by Russia's internet ombudsman is planning to open a new facility and corner 20% of the international market.

Derivatives exchange FTX has launched an index of eight popular China-based cryptocurrencies.

He created CoinStats, now one of the most popular crypto apps on the market with 300,000 active users and over 80,000 5-star reviews.

Worldwide Google searches for "Bitcoin" - currently worth $9,400 - are now near a three-month high, according to Google Trends.

Tron founder Justin Sun will appear on stage at the Samsung Developer Conference on Tuesday to announce a new partnership between his crypto company and the telecom giant.

Canadian startup Ledn, which offers bitcoin-backed fiat loans, now also offers dollar-pegged DAI loans, connecting bitcoin users with ethereum's decentralized finance ecosystem.

Crypto regulations in the U.K. Up until now, the U.K. hasn't made any specific crypto-focused law, and its regulators have had a fairly lenient approach to cryptos.

WeChat parent company and Chinese internet giant Tencent has received the green light to draft blockchain-based invoice standards from China's tax officials.

Bitcoin price was challenging $9,500 on Oct. 29 as the largest cryptocurrency preserved its higher levels after a bullish breakout over the weekend.

Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx is to launch a range of cryptocurrency-based futures contracts settled in the stablecoin tether.

Peer-to-Peer cryptocurrency trading platform Paxful has seen 2,800% more trades in South Africa this month compared to October 2018.Demand for crypto sharply increases in S.A. Paxful announced the growth of its South African user base in a blog post published on Oct. 28.

The cryptocurrency may challenge 2019 high above $13,800 before the year's end.

A top executive at private Swiss private banking Julius Baer says cryptocurrencies are still at the stage of a "Darwinian" process of selection.

The world's 5th largest crypto exchange OKEx is planning to launch Tether futures trading, offering a linear futures contract with leverage of up to 100x. According to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Oct. 29, the contract will have daily settlement and offers supported pairs with Bitcoin, EOS, Ether, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, XRP, Ethereum Classic, Bitcoin SV and Tron.Stablecoin-based derivatives can simplify trading.

Shyft Network has hired two former Financial Action Task Force executives as advisors to assist development of its regulatory compliance product.

Michael Novogratz, the billionaire CEO of Galaxy Digital, said the testing of crypto by Starbucks for its consumer app is a big deal for the asset class.

South Korean technology conglomerate Samsung has integrated Tron support to its decentralized app store, Blockchain Keystore.

US, the US-based arm of crypto exchange giant Binance, has continued its aggressive listing policy announcing it will be adding support for the native token of the Waves smart contract platform, WAVES, on the 29th of October.

Professional services giant Deloitte has added zero-knowledge proof privacy tech to its enterprise blockchain offering.

Binance's latest research report has argued that with Ethereum's pending switch to proof-of-stake, staking is set to have a major impact on the industry.

China should embrace blockchain technology but not "Speculate" about cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, state media claim.

The Korea Internet Security Agency will be supporting blockchain-related projects in 2020 with 10.5 billion won, about $9.0 million, in funding, but has ruled out supporting of crypto projects or crypto exchanges.

Altcoin Bitcoin Cash has surged 10% in the past 24 hours after it emerged mining giant and major supporter Bitmain had fired a senior executive.