The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

That's according to Lightning Network co-creator and Lightning Labs co-founder Tadge Dryja, who spoke earlier this month at Scaling Bitcoin in Tel Aviv.

Bitcoin is a buy and it has never been the right time to sell it, serial investment manager Mark Yusko has told mainstream media viewers.

Bitcoin has already dispelled myths its hash rate suffered a 40% drop this week, reaching new all-time highs just days afterwards.

According to Binance Research, relative search trends of the term "Bitcoin" have been shifting from west to east since 2011, and have now reached Africa.

Korea Blockchain Evaluation, a company that issues ratings on blockchain projects, began operations on Sept. 25, according to a report from the Cheongnyeon Ilbo and other local media.

Loom Network, a blockchain-based platform designed with large-scale social apps and games in mind, launched a new bounties and rewards program.

Blockchain startup MediConnect has completed the workflow for the Proof-of-Concept designed to track medications through the supply chain and begun integration of online pharmacy UK Meds' processes to its platform.

Bitcoin's price briefly slipped below $8,000 on Thursday for the first time in three months, though the cryptocurrency is still more than double its level at the start of 2019.

Litecoin, EOS, Binance Coin, and Stellar dropped to their lowest point in over 6-month shortly after BTC's major sell-off forced traders to exit the market in quick succession.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex is incorporating Chainalysis know your transaction tool to spot high-risk transactions.

Nigerian crypto wallet Satowallet has allegedly pulled off a $1 million exit scam, while the firm cites an unexplained OVH data server error that has kept user funds in limbo.

United States Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Hester Peirce recently spoke on innovation in cryptocurrencies, calling regulators excessively paternalistic.

Puerto Rico-based Medici Bank, founded by a direct descendant of the Italian Medici dynasty, launches private beta testing in October.

In partnership with crypto firm Paxos, NBA guard Spencer Dinwiddie is looking to raise $13.5 million by tokenizing the first year of his three-year, $34.5 million contract.

Thursday, Sept. 26 - After Tuesday's sudden crash, altcoins seemingly entered a consolidation phase yesterday and for the better part of today, until signs of a new downward price trend reared its ugly head. Cryptocurrency market daily overview.

Advisory firm Valley Capital Partners has invested $3 million into encryption platform-as-a-service StrongSalt.

Venezuela's central bank is exploring the possibilities of holding Bitcoin and Ether in its coffers, according to anonymous sources who reportedly have direct insights into the matter.

Ethereum transaction fees are back on the rise and gaining parity with bitcoin transaction fees.

Mario Draghi, the outgoing president of the European Central Bank, mentioned the institution is open to Modern Monetary Theory-a fiscal and monetary framework that argues governments can keep printing money so long as inflation is in check.

Alipay operator Ant Financial has partnered with pharmaceutical giant Bayer Crop Science, Monsanto's owner, to develop a blockchain solution for the food and crop industry.

Bitcoin price dropped out of the descending triangle, causing a level of extreme fear to spread throughout the entire crypto market.

The number of Bitcoin Lightning Network nodes has reached 10,000 for the first time, according to real-time LN statistics site 1ML. According to 1ML, the number of nodes on the LN has grown by 3.17% over the past 30 days to reach a record high of 10,003 network nodes at press time.

Continues ripping through major support, breaching the $8,000-level support within the last hour.

Bitcoin bears continue to be firmly in control as the first cryptocurrency's price tumbled below $8,000 per coin for the second time in two days.

Thursday, Sept. 26 - Bitcoin has dipped below $7,800 after the coin touched its four-month lows on Sept. 24.

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Overstock's venture capital arm Medici Ventures has made a $2 million investment into Salt Lake City-based Evernym, a startup that develops blockchain-based self-sovereign identity networks.

Africa is set to be the next battleground for major crypto asset exchanges, as the conditions on the continent are favorable for virtual currency, and as a leading economy, South Africa could lead the charge in this digital transformation.

In recent weeks, a number of announcements related to blockchain-based real estate initiatives have been made in Northeast Asia.

A former official from the U.S. Federal Reserve has responded to a proposal from the chief of the Bank of England that a cryptocurrency could be more beneficial in intentional markets than the U.S. dollar.