The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has initiated proceedings regarding the Wilshire Phoenix Bitcoin exchange-traded fund proposal.

Bitfinex does not need to continue turning over documents to the New York Attorney General's office - at least, for now.

NET Foundation as a member, the first blockchain organization to do so.

The ripples of the Libra effect are beginning to lap against the shores of Europe, with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire suggesting that Europe should throw its hat into the ring and launch its own digital currency.

Leading insurance broking and risk management firm Marsh has piloted a blockchain-based digital placement platform.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has begun proceedings to determine whether it should approve a proposed bitcoin exchange-traded fund.

Securitize, a Coinbase-backed token issuance protocol, raised $14 million in a funding round led by the venture capital wings of major commercial banks.

Montreal-based digital asset custodian Knøx has secured $8.25 million in a seed round to support its crypto custody service for institutional customers and fiduciaries.

The Blockstack file-sharing dapp Envelop, which works a little like WeTransfer but with encrypted storage via the blockchain platform, just launched a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox and Opera.

Disclaimer: This report is being updated live from the Financial Services Committee floor.

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Regulated token issuance technology provider Securitize has raised $14 million from investors including the investment arms of major financial companies.

Online retail giant Overstock filed an S-3 form for the registration of its blockchain-based digital preferred stock with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Agro-focused blockchain platform GrainChain has brokered deals across the Honduran coffee supply chain to track the production and trade of beans over its smart contract system.

The company quickly sold out of its first production run designated for the Texas capital, but now Helium is shipping units much more broadly, to 263 cities around the United States, CoinDesk has learned.

Marsh & McLennan, the world's largest insurance broker, has arranged an unusually generous and comprehensive insurance program for a new cryptocurrency custodian called KNØX. Unveiled Tuesday, Montreal-based KNØX is courting wealth managers and hedge funds with its cold storage service, in which the cryptographic private keys to a wallet are kept offline.

Data analytics startup Flipside Crypto, already backed by Coinbase Ventures and Digital Currency Group, has raised another funding round to solidify its service offerings.

Bitcoin price fell below $9,700 on Sept. 24 as bears continued to dictate market performance and limit gains.

US, the United States branch of major crypto exchange Binance, announced that its users will be able to deposit five cryptocurrencies, namely: Cardano, Basic Attention Token, Ethereum Classic, Stellar and 0x. According to the announcement published on Sept. 23, these coins are currently only available for deposits.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex announced Announces the relaunch of its Initial Exchange Offering platform Tokinex as Bitfinex Token Sales and will offer the token of P2P digital content and monetization blockchain K.IM on October 22.

View Bitcoin fell to $9,600 earlier today, marking a downside break of recent low-volatility consolidation represented by the narrowing of Bollinger bands.

British blockchain-enabled supply chain firm Everledger has raised $20 million in a new funding round participated by Chinese Internet giant Tencent.

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has been awarded an internationally recognized security accreditation, ISO/IEC 27001, following two external audits of its information security systems.

Blockchain provenance startup Everledger has raised $20 million in a Series A round led by internet giant Tencent.

By early 2020, support for Bitcoin payments will be launched at over 25,000 sales points for 30 French retailers, including sportswear giant Decathlon and cosmetics store Sephora.

Binance, the top cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, says it's been awarded an information security accreditation after meeting standards set out by the International Organization for Standardization.

Cardiff-based cryptocurrency insurance startup Coincover has launched an insurance policy covering theft and loss.

The governor of the Bank of Japan has said that international cooperation is of paramount importance when it comes to regulating digital currencies such as Facebook's planned Libra token.

Creditors of failed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox are considering an offer by Russian law firm ZP Legal, which claimed it could recover up to 200,000 BTC from unnamed Russian nationals.

The first day of Bakkt's Bitcoin futures product saw less than 2 percent of CME's debut day trade volume, prompting speculation over whether or not the highly anticipated contract will deliver on its mission statement as a key piece of infrastructure in the cryptocurrency market.