The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

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Payments company Square reported its second-quarter earnings Thursday, revealing $125 million in bitcoin sales through its Cash App, nearly doubling a record first quarter.

Canada's transcontinental railway, Canadian Pacific, has joined the Blockchain in Transport Alliance.

That's the message of the latest court filing by the New York Attorney General's office in its ongoing case against the cryptocurrency exchange and affiliated stablecoin issuer Tether.

Iranian provincial police have arrested an individual smuggling in cryptocurrency mining machines, local news agency Fars News reported on July 31.

Every central bank will be buying Bitcoin to hedge risks to the United States dollar, according to a forecast by major crypto bull Anthony Pompliano.

Bitcoin derivatives provider LedgerX was supposed to launch yesterday after securing a CFTC license last month.

Cryptocurrency lending and borrowing platform Celsius Network has topped $300 million in coin deposits in the course of 12 months and completed over $2 billion in coin loan origination, according to a press release published on Aug. 1."Fastest growing lending platform".

LedgerX admitted Thursday it has not launched bitcoin futures, as the firm had previously claimed, after the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it had not approved the exchange to do so.

Orra Telecom has entered into partnership with Spanish digital economy-focused non-profit Alastria to integrate blockchain technology into its internal processes, Spanish-language news outlet Diari d'Andorra reported on Aug. 1.

Last year, Cointelegraph discussed the potential benefits the blockchain industry can have for airlines.

Bitcoin price climbed back above the $10,000 mark again while the top 20 are seeing mostly red on Aug. 1.

Hong Kong's flagship airline Cathay Pacific has introduced the first blockchain project to manage unit load devices.

Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash payment processor BitPay confirmed that it suspended its operations in Germany in an email sent to Cointelegraph on Aug. 1.BitPay: "We have paused operations in Germany".

Beginning today, Aug. 1, Brazil citizens are obligated to report on their crypto transactions with the country's Internal Revenue Service.

Crypto derivatives platform FTX has perhaps the most speculative and oddly-named futures index fund on the market: SHIT-PERP, or the Shitcoin Index Perpetual Futures.

CEO of crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital Michael Novogratz said that vegetarian meat startup Beyond Meat reminds him of cryptocurrencies in 2017, in an interview with CNBC published on August 1.Innovation brings speculation, creating bubbles.

The United States Commodities Futures Trading Commission has confirmed that LedgerX has not yet been approved by the agency to offer physically-settled Bitcoin futures, in a statement obtained by CoinDesk.

Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt is gearing up to launch soon, the head of its parent firm said Thursday, although he did not set a firm timeline.

Zooko Wilcox, CEO of Electric Coin Company - the firm behind the privacy-focused cryptocurrency zcash - has made an appeal for the creation of a new "Dev Fund" to support the future operations of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency.

Raoul Pal, a former head of equities and equities derivatives at Goldman Sachs UK office and the founder of Global Macro Investors and Real Vision Group, believes that Bitcoin is worth betting on in the long term - even if it's just a 1% chance.

Gibraltar-based crypto derivatives exchange Quedex has secured a license from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission.

Lightning-centric bitcoin wallets are gaining traction in 2019 and making small transactions affordable by reducing network fees.

While there are many upsides to Bitcoin's bullish price momentum, its impact on the coin's denomination as a currency unit may not be one of them.

View Bitcoin could rise to $10,500 in the next 24 hours or so, as the 4-hour chart is looking more bullish.

Junior Minister for Financial Services, Digital Economy and Innovation in the Government of Malta Silvio Schembri announced that the nation's business registry will employ blockchain, local financial service firm Zeta reports on July 31.First blockchain-based government agency?

Ethereum-based adult entertainment platform SpankChain has launched a cryptocurrency payments processor together with two new partners.

Data storage giant Seagate has extended its blockchain work intended to gauge the fraud-fighting potential of the tech.

Euro Pacific Capital CEO and self-professed "Gold bug" Peter Schiff took on Morgan Creek Digital partner Anthony Pompliano Tuesday in a jarring hour-long CNBC Crypto Trader debate over the merits of gold versus Bitcoin.

The wallet provided by cryptocurrency exchange Huobi will support Tezos native tokens and baking, the wallets official Twitter account announced on July 31.Huobi Wallet to support Tezos.