The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Find the latest, and the most interesting, cryptocurrency news collected from around the net.

ConsenSys-Backed Kaleido Launches B2B Tech Stack With 'Plug-and-Play' Features
Kaleido has launched a new business-to-business tech stack with a view to helping companies "Reinvent their core payment systems and supply chains," according to a news release obtained by Cointelegraph on May 15.The ConsenSys-backed company said the stack brings together the necessary tools and technologies that businesses need to build modern networks delivering operational improvements and new revenue streams.
Upbit Operator Dunamu Invested $46 Million in Blockchain Startups in Last Year
South Korean fintech firm Dunamu, operator of cryptocurrency exchange Upbit, says it invested 55 billion won in 26 blockchain startups over the past year.
Binance Confirms Trading Relaunch for May 15 as Upgrade Completes
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has confirmed it has completed a major system upgrade and will relaunch its trading platform at 13:00 UTC on May 15.
Crypto Exchange Binance Restarting Services After Post-Hack Upgrade
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has announced that it is back online after completing a security upgrade prompted by a recent hack.
Free Markets and the Future of Blockchain
J. Christopher Giancarlo is Chairman at U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the agency of the US government that regulates futures and options markets.
US Regulator Joins Canada in Fining Blockchain Firm CEO for Securities Act Violation
Blockchain entrepreneur Alex Tapscott has been fined $25,000 by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission according to a filing on May 14.Tapscott is the CEO of NextBlock Global, and in the filing, the SEC said neither the Canadian company nor its securities had ever been registered with the commission.
Congressman Emmer to Reintroduce Tax Bill Focused on Crypto Hard Forks
U.S. Representative Tom Emmer plans to reintroduce a bill that would benefit taxpayers who hold cryptocurrency resulting from blockchain network splits, or hard forks.
Opera Web Browser Crypto Wallet Launches Support for Tron, TRC-Standard Tokens
Web browser Opera has added support for tron and TRC-standard tokens to its built-in crypto wallet, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on May 15.
Circle CEO: institutional market arrived in bitcoin as CME clears $1 billion in 1 day
On May 13, as the bitcoin price climbed from $7,000 to $7,700 within hours and the CME bitcoin futures market recorded a daily volume of over $1 billion.
RIF Labs Launches 3rd-Layer Scalability Solution Capable of Processing Up to 5K TPS
RIF Labs - owner of bitcoin-based smart contract sidechain Rootstock developer RSK Labs - has launched a third-layer scalability solution capable of processing up to 5,000 transactions per second.
Bank of America CTO Catherine Bessant: We Haven't Found a Blockchain Use Case in Finance
Catherine Bessant, chief technology officer at Bank of America, admitted that the institution has yet to find blockchain use cases for the financial services sector.
ShapeShift's Voorhees: Bitcoin Won't Become Trillion-Dollar Asset Without More Bubbles
The CEO of instant cryptocurrency exchange platform ShapeShift told Bloomberg TV on May 15 that bubbles are an essential part of the industry's growth.
Bitcoin Price Rally Stalls As Ether, XRP Shine
View Alternative cryptocurrencies are flying high while bitcoin is having a breather above $8,000.
EBay Denies Rumors It Will Start Accepting Crypto, Despite Advertising at Crypto Event
EBay has denied rumors that it is going to start accepting cryptocurrency as a payment method, according to a Bloomberg report on May 14.
Fintech Firm Billion Seals $2.1 Mln European Commission Grant for Blockchain System
Polish-British fintech firm Billon has reportedly sealed an almost €2 million grant from European Commission's Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Instrument program to develop a blockchain document management system.
SEC Slaps Blockchain Author Alex Tapscott, Firm With Fines Over Securities Violations
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has fined blockchain author Alex Tapscott and his investment firm NextBlock Global over securities violations.
Bitcoin in Space? It Helps Connection Woes, Says Blockstream's Adam Back
Adam Back, CEO of bitcoin technology startup Blockstream, dove into the lesser-known uses for beaming bitcoin from space during a presentation at Consensus 2019 on Tuesday.
Crypto Prime Dealer SFOX Partners With New York Bank to Offer New FDIC Protection
Institutional cryptocurrency prime dealer SFOX has partnered with a New York bank to offer state-insured bank accounts for traders, the company confirmed in a blog post on May 14.
The Blockchain Paradox
From ethereum's conflicted handling of The DAO attack to bitcoin's block size "Civil war," to the new staking, baking and voting models for upgrading protocols and electing delegates in more recent blockchain projects, "Governance" has long been a heated topic in blockchain communities.
Hacked New Zealand Exchange Cryptopia Appoints Liquidators, Trading Suspended
Hacked New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has appointed David Ruscoe and Russell Moore from consultancy and audit firm network Grant Thornton New Zealand as liquidators.
Crypto hedge funds managed to survive the 2018 bear market
Cryptocurrency hedge fund managed to survive the 2018 bear market that caused the price of Bitcoin to drop by over 70 percent.
Hacked Cryptocurrency Exchange Cryptopia Goes Into Liquidation
Cryptopia, the cryptocurrency exchange hit by a major hack in mid-January, has gone into liquidation and suspended trading operations.
Altcoins pop as bitcoin consolidates, analysis of Ethereum, XRP, IOTA, and Binance Coin
XRP recently saw a 40 percent increase, Ethereum is surging, and Binance coin is approaching all-time highs.
Samsung supporting Ethereum on additional Galaxy smartphone models
Samsung is planning to extend its crypto and blockchain support to its range of Galaxy phones, according to a local report.
German State Announces Plan to Establish European Blockchain Institute
The government of the German state North Rhine-Westphalia announced plans to establish the European Blockchain Institute to research blockchain technology in a press release on May 13.According to NRW Economics Minister Andreas Pinkwart, the European Blockchain Institute will be founded in the city of Dortmund later this year, inside the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics.
Crypto Custodians Foresee Growth in Partnerships with Traditional Custodians
Alexandre Kech, CEO of Onchain Custodian, predicted that collaboration between crypto and traditional custodians will grow.
Facebook Onboards Two Former Coinbase Compliance Experts
Social networking giant Facebook has on-boarded two new compliance experts, who previously worked at United States major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
Hyperledger Rolls Out Suite of Blockchain Tools for Interoperability
Hyperledger has introduced a set of tools dubbed "Hyperledger Aries" aimed at interoperability of different types of blockchain-based data.
Bitwise bitcoin ETF delayed for another five weeks amidst concerns from the SEC
The Bitwise bitcoin ETF was delayed for another five weeks in a statement from the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission.
Ripple Exec: Blockchain, Crypto Will Have a Role in US Tech Independence
Technology needs to be a national issue for the United States, with digital currencies and blockchain to be recognized within that goal, according to Ripples' Director of Regulatory Relations Ryan Zagone, at the Consensus 2019 conference on May 14.
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