The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

The use of blockchain technology in the financial sector still face many challenges according to a major Chinese researcher, local news agency Sohu reports on April 12.

Binance Labs, the investment arm of major cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has granted $45,000 to three different projects.

Founder and CEO of major cryptocurrency exchange Binace Changpeng Zhao warned that he will delist Bitcoin Satoshi Vision if the creator of the altcoin Craig Wright does not change his behavior in a tweet published on April 11.

Charity-focused organization Bitcoin Venezuela tweeted on April 10 that the so-called Lightning Torch had reached its final destination, with all accumulated Bitcoin donated to the group.

BTC/USDWe were expecting Bitcoin to rally to $5,600 and above it to $5,900 following the breakout above $5,309.

A group of ethereum's veteran open-source developers discussed the subject in a bi-weekly meeting Friday, wherein they aired the possibility that system-wide upgrades, also called hard forks, to the software could be enacted as often as every three months.

Billionaire VC investor Tim Draper is planning to meet with Facebook execs to discuss investing in the social media's rumored crypto project, Bloomberg reports April 12.

Major Japanese bank Resona will withdraw from Ripple-powered blockchain payment project MoneyTap on May 13, the bank announced on April 11.

Wall Street strategist and co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors Thomas Lee revealed on April 11 that his "Bitcoin Misery Index" recently hit its highest figure since June 2016.

Changpeng Zhao, the CEO and founder of top crypto exchange Binance, has underscored that exchange-hosted token offerings are no less subject to regulatory hurdles than their initial coin offering predecessors.

Binance Labs, the investment arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has awarded grants of $15,000 each to three startups developing open-source blockchain technologies.

A new ecosystem of crypto-related services and platforms could emerge, as they attempt to capitalize on the creation of new digital money by the likes of Facebook.

United States cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has lost another senior executive as its head of international, Dan Romero, announced his resignation in a blog post on April 12.

A cryptocurrency exchange says it is prioritizing the privacy of its users - eliminating the "Tedious" registration steps imposed by other websites.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is losing another executive.

Resona, one of the three Japanese banks working with SBI Holdings and Ripple on their cash transfer app Money Tap, is pulling out of the project.

Friday, April 12 - most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting slight to moderate gains on the day by press time, as Bitcoin approaches the $5,100 mark.

Craig Wright, who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, had his attorneys serve legal papers to an anonymous Twitter user who publicly denied he created Bitcoin.

Blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis has hit back at recommendations from intergovernmental financial anti-crime organization the Financial Action Task Force in a direct letter dated April 8.

BTC has since moved back above $5,000 and is tentatively holding that line.

Initial coin offerings-once the favorite method to raise money from investors and crypto enthusiasts-is being ousted by newer, more promising initial exchange offerings.

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has categorically refuted that the bank ever had any plans to open a crypto trading desk and stated that earlier media reports suggesting otherwise were incorrect.

It's unrealistic and bad for the crypto industry to expect exchanges to send know-your-customer information to recipient platforms with every transaction.

Blockchain-powered freelancers marketplace Moonlighting is set to migrate its 700,000 user accounts to Eos developer Block.

Singapore blockchain startup Perlin is helping the world's largest business organization, the International Chamber of Commerce, roll out the technology, the company confirmed in a press release on April 12.

Just-launched blockchain technology startup Horizen Labs has raised $4 million in a seed funding round.

On April 9, Reuters reported that a Chinese government agency is considering the elimination of crypto mining in the country.

The world's biggest business organization is making blockchain technology available to its 45 million members, including Amazon, Coca Cola, Fedex, McDonald's and PayPal.

That's Zooko Wilcox, CEO of Electric Coin Company - the firm behind the privacy-focused cryptocurrency zcash.

Digital Asset, the firm that created the DAML smart contract programming language, has partnered with major cloud computing company VMware, according to an announcement on April 11.According to the press release, Digital Asset will integrate its Digital Asset Modelling Language on VMware's blockchain platform.