The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Digital currency and transaction platform Algorand has refused to endorse an attempt by cryptocurrency exchange Bgogo to sell its unreleased tokens, executives confirmed on social media on April 8.

Y Pag, the founder and coordinator of Mt. Gox Legal - the largest group of creditors of the now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox - has quit his post and decided to sell his claim.

View Bitcoin's "Super guppy" indicator has turned green for the first time since January 2018 in a signal confirmation of bull bias on the daily chart.

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Social media giant Facebook is said to be seeking to raise as much as a billion dollars in outside funding for its cryptocurrency project.

Trading of institutional Bitcoin investment products have seen growth for the fourth month running, and are rising against United States-based crypto exchanges as a percentage of total trading volume.

A LocalBitcoins trader who sold Bitcoin to more than 1,000 people in the United States will serve two years in federal jail, a press release from the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of California confirmed on April 8.

Japanese bank holding and financial services company Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, the fifth largest bank in the world, is set to put its digital currency MUFG Coin into practical use later this year.

Monero developers have fixed a bug involving cryptocurrency hardware wallet Ledger that made user funds look like they had disappeared, they confirmed on social media on April 8.

The head of the largest organized creditor group representing the former users of failed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is stepping down amid what he described as a protracted legal quagmire that could take years to resolve completely.

China's National Development and Reform Commission, a state planning agency charged with spearheading macroeconomic policies, has revealed it is considering the elimination of crypto mining in the country.

Opera has officially launched the desktop version of its new browser with a built-in cryptocurrency wallet.

Major web browser Opera is releasing a new browser with a built-in cryptocurrency wallet.

Justin Sun, the founder and CEO of blockchain DApp platform Tron, revealed the company's plans for the Sun Network, Tron's second layer scalability solution.

A Chinese central government agency in charge of formulating macroeconomic policies is labeling bitcoin mining as an "Undesirable" industry in a draft proposal, recommending local governments to eliminate the sector in the country.

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Facebook is looking for VC firms to invest in its cryptocurrency project for sums as large as $1 billion, according to NY Times reporter Nathaniel Popper.

Princess Eugenie of the United Kingdom and United States anti-human trafficking Ambassador John Richmond recently spoke in favor of using new technology like phone apps and blockchain to address human trafficking, Reuters reports on April 8.At a conference in Vienna, Austria hosted by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, experts noted that increased internet usage has expanded the ability of traffickers to exploit potential targets.

Canada's major cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has been officially declared bankrupt, local media outlet CBC reported on April 8.Quadriga's bankruptcy was reportedly approved today by Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Michael Wood, and follows the court monitor Ernst & Young's recommendation that it should be declared bankrupt earlier this month.

Facebook is reportedly seeking support from various venture capital firms to develop its supposed digital token, New York Times tech reporter Nathaniel Popper tweeted on April 8.Citing sources familiar with the matter, Popper states that Facebook is seeking a $1 billion sum to develop its cryptocurrency project.

In the coming release of Bitcoin Core, the 18th major version of the cryptocurrency's most widely used software, the code will finally, natively allow users to connect bitcoin full nodes to hardware wallets.

Coinbase Pro, the professional offering of major American crypto exchange and wallet service Coinbase, has added support for EOS, Augur and Maker.

The servers of Electrum, a popular Bitcoin wallet, were under heavy denial-of-service attacks Sunday night; The total amount stolen could be in the "Millions of dollars" so far.

American financial services company The Western Union Company has partnered with Philippines-based e-wallet provider Coins.

Coinbase is adding EOS, Augur's REP and MakerDAO's MKR to its professional trading platform Monday.

Bitmain, the largest manufacturer of mining equipment, recently revealed the Antminer Z11 device for mining Zcash and other cryptocurrencies based on the Equihash algorithm, as reported by Cointelegraph on March 19.

Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX should transition into bankruptcy in the coming days, a judge ruled Monday.

8, San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced the addition of EOS, Maker, and Augur to its professional trading platform, Coinbase Pro.Coinbase Pro's New AdditionsEOS: EOS is a blockchain protocol that enables horizontal scaling of decentralized applications, allowing developers to efficiently create high performance distributed applications.

A 33-year old Danish man has been sentenced to four years and three months in jail for laundering over $450,000 in Bitcoin, tech news agency The Next Web reports April 8.

Tron and BitTorrent CEO Justin Sun has donated $1.5 million to the Hupan University established by Alibaba's co-founder Jack Ma, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on April 8.