The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

A GitHub user seeming uploaded the first version of the Telegram Open Network blockchain light client on May 25.

Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Taotao will launch its trading service on May 30, Cointelegraph Japan reported Monday, quoting a social media update.

View Bitcoin has retraced slightly from the one-year high of $8,940 reached earlier today.

Monday, May 27 - following a mild correction yesterday, the crypto markets have seen strong positive momentum today, with bitcoin soaring to its highest price point in over a year.

Liquidators of defunct New Zealand cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia have applied to secure user data stored in the United States as part of refund proceedings, a statement confirmed on May 27.

Hacked cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia, which went into liquidation earlier this month, has now filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Cryptopia's assigned liquidator, professional services firm Grant Thornton New Zealand, announced Monday that it has taken the step to preserve Cryptopia data stored and hosted on servers with an Arizona-based firm.

Last July, it became the first country to host a bank-owned cryptocurrency exchange, when financial services giant SBI Holdings launched the SBI Virtual Currencies platform.

Today's bitcoin spot market is "Significantly smaller and significantly more efficient" than is generally perceived, argues Bitwise Asset Management.

After hitting a low of $0.10 on Feb. 6, Basic Attention Token has risen almost 400 percent to reach a yearly high of $0.50 on Apr.

In the relentless cat-and-mouse game between regulators and cryptocurrency developers, the cats are about to add some serious firepower - this time in the form of a global alliance.

Bitcoin's price has set a new record for 2019, reaching as high as $8,905 before retracing slightly.

Over the last 24-hours, there were 390,000 confirmed transactions between 600,000 addresses-representing an increase in confirmed transactions and a decrease in active addresses.

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Bitcoin bull Michael Novogratz believes that one of the crypto assets created by the above-mentioned companies is likely to be successful and can even have a "Chance to be a real currency." He also reiterated that the "Crypto winter is over" in comments this week.

Sunday, May 26 - most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate losses on the day by press time, as bitcoin falls under the $8,000 mark again.

Since a couple of years ago, crypto and blockchain have become relevant topics for Italian institutions, political movements, business world and public opinion.

Following its hard fork on May 15, bitcoin cash appears to have experienced a two-block chain reorganization resulting in a 3,392 BCH double spend.

High-end Swiss watchmaker Franck Muller has partnered with alternative assets investing firm Regal Assets to release the bitcoin storage watch "Encrypto," according to a report by Cointelegraph Brasil on May 23.

Ask any regulation expert and they will tell you that, absent Goldilocks conditions, neutrality is neither the natural state of markets, nor the natural instinct of regulators.

Dubbed the beacon chain, a new proposal by ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin suggests radically modifying the blockchain's role in a new iteration of the ethereum network based on proof-of-stake consensus.

An individual investor, speculated to be a whale - an investor holding a significant amount of bitcoin - is said to have placed a massive sell order on Bitstamp, a major bitcoin exchange based in Europe.

The Ethereum Foundation announced the achievements made over the last year and how it plans to allocate its resources over the next 12 months.

While DeFi is covering a wider range of areas - from remittances to derivatives and investments - its most promising sector involves credit and lending.

United States-based stock and crypto trading app Robinhood is set to raise at least $200 million in a new funding round, Bloomberg reported on May 24.Per the report, an unspecified source familiar with the matter told the outlet about the company's plans to raise further funding.

Recent data revealed that every time Bitcoin has seen a pullback of 30 percent or more, it was always followed by a sharp rally.

The tokens can be staked for using network resources: As per the project's white paper, DApp developers can build their product on the top of the EOS.io protocol and make use of the servers, bandwidth and computational power of EOS itself, as those resources are distributed equally among EOS cryptocurrency holders.

Major Swiss telecommunications company Swisscom announced its plans to distribute tokenized artwork through its Swisscom TV television network.

Saturday, May 25 - most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate losses on the day by press time, as bitcoin still holds over the $8,000 mark, with minor gains on the day.

The initial coin offerings sector is showing signs of an uptick due to positive investor sentiment, apparently spurred by the recent crypto market rally.

The European Central Bank, Eurozone's chief financial regulator, has released its report on cryptocurrencies and their implications on the financial stability of the region.