The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Anthony Pompliano, the co-founder at Morgan Creek Digital and outspoken Bitcoin bull, said that over 50 percent of his net worth was in BTC in an interview with CNBC's Squawk Box.

Mike Novogratz's crypto investment bank Galaxy Digital hired a former exec at crypto trading giant Cumberland as head of global sales.

Earlier this week, United States-regulated crypto derivatives and clearing platform LedgerX was reported to launch the first physically settled Bitcoin futures contracts in the country, therefore stealing a march on Bakkt and ErisX. However, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission soon refuted that information by stating that the exchange has not yet been properly cleared by the agency.

Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX has secured $8 million in its seed round.

The debate over bitcoin's role as a "Safe haven" asset hit mainstream media on Tuesday, following reports that bitcoin's recent price run could be attributed to Chinese capital flight.

Tuesday, Aug. 6 - Major cryptocurrency markets have continued suffering losses over the past several hours as Bitcoin has come back down to around $11,700 after a jump to $12,300 earlier today.

Despite Coinbase's commitment to listing more crypto assets, trading volume on Coinbase Pro shows lackluster investor interest in altcoins while BTC dominates trading volume.

South Korean tech giant Samsung has expanded its blockchain and decentralized application Software Development Kit with two new services.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government will establish its first blockchain-based administrative services in November, according to a report in the Korean-language blockinpress.

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The grocery sector is responsible for nearly half of all Distributed Ledger Technology-based supply chain projects.

Craig Wright's ongoing contempt hearing failed to reach a sanctions verdict on August 5.

The co-founder and CEO of Circle Jeremy Allaire affirmed that there is a "Macro-correlation" between Bitcoin's price movement and the current trade war between China and the United States that could lead to wider adoption in the Asian nation, according to a recent interview on CNBC. The upswing that Bitcoin experience over the weekend that took its price up more than 17 percent from $10,500 to $12,300 can be viewed as a reaction to the Chinese yuan plummeting against the U.S. dollar, according to Allaire.

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance is setting up a technical group working on collaboration between the mainnet and enterprises.

Facebook hired former assistant of United States Republican senator Mike Crapo, Susan Stoner Zook, to join the lobbying team for its Libra stablecoin.

The United Kingdom's tax, payments and customs authority Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs has reportedly requested that digital currency exchanges provide it with information about customers' names and transactions aiming to identify cases of tax evasion.

Blockchain startup tZERO, announced that it has been awarded a patent for a technology allowing to anchor traditional trades and exchanges to public blockchains.

Security token trading platform tZERO has been awarded a patent for a way of recording trading data on public blockchains.

Founder of the capital management firm Morgan Creek Antony Pompliano said on CNBC's Squawk Box that over half of his net worth is in Bitcoin.

HM Revenue & Customs, the British tax authority, is pressuring cryptocurrency exchanges to reveal customers' names and transaction histories, in a bid to claw back unpaid taxes, industry sources said.

Net outflows show that more than half a billion dollars worth of Bitcoin left BitMEX in July, making the month the single-biggest for total customer withdrawals on record.

American cryptocurrency lender BlockFi has secured $18.3 million in a funding round led by Valar Ventures.

Crypto lending startup BlockFi received $18.3 million in a Series A funding round led by Valar Ventures, the company announced Tuesday.

In a move that could compromise ethereum's long-held dominance as the world's top platform for smart-contract development, blockchain interoperability project Cosmos will offer users the choice to code in at least three different programming languages.

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance has appointed Aya Miyaguchi, executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, to help drive what it's calling the "Mainnet Initiative."

Mastercard is to demo a new blockchain-based product tracking solution during an upcoming showcase of women fashion designers.

The top 20 cryptocurrencies are seeing mixed movements as Bitcoin suddenly flash crashed in minutes from $12,300 to as nearly $11,600.

Bitcoin has stolen the spotlight as it moves above $12,000 again following a seven-day rally.

A Malta-based bitcoin miner has taken action after getting a shock when he received his electricity bill.

Israeli Bitcoin investors are unable to pay their taxes as banks do not accept deposits obtained from cryptocurrencies.