The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency exchange IronX has launched for the public following a $26 million initial coin offering, technology-focused media outlet The Fintech Times reported on April 4.

South Korean officials are considering a revision of existing regulatory frameworks regarding digital currencies, local media outlet ZDNet Korea reported on April 4.

Blockchain scalability project Coda has completed a new $15 million funding round for O(1) Labs, Coda announced on April 2.

A court in Toronto, Canada, has ruled that a 30-year old drug dealer must forfeit CA$1.88 million in bitcoin used in illegal activities on the dark web.

Some traders are using cryptocurrency as collateral to secure loans, allowing them to keep their bitcoin and get cash while avoiding capital gains tax.

The secretary of Hong Kong's Financial Services and the Treasury has stated that crypto mining operations are regulated by local trading law.

The Supreme Court of India has granted interim bail to two brothers who are among the chief suspects accused of running a Bitcoin-related Ponzi scheme.

Thursday, April 4 - following its first major bullish move in 2019, the crypto markets reversed to see red today, with Bitcoin having dipped below the $5,000 threshold.

Austria's largest energy provider, Wien Energie, has developed a blockchain-driven fridge in partnership with tech giant Bosch, Cointelegraph's correspondent reported from the ANON Blockchain Summit Austria.

A blockchain that makes its blocks disappear has raised a fresh $15 million.

The Russian prime minister has welcomed an initiative to use blockchain in agreements over gas supplies by the country's state-owned gas giant Gazprom, local finance news outlet Vestifinance reports on April 4.

Blockchain software firm Digital Asset has open sourced its Digital Asset Modeling Language, the company announced on Twitter on April 4.

When compared to 2017's bull market, Bitcoin's transaction fees, network hashrate, and adoption have improved.

Nobuaki Kobayashi, trustee of the notorious Japanese Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, has announced Wednesday, April 3, that all creditors who had filed rehabilitation claims have received decisions.

Predictive analytics firm Endor has launched a blockchain-powered tool allowing businesses and cryptocurrency holders to ask and answer questions based on big data.

Blockchain games developer Lucid Sight has raised $6 million to expand its digital scarcity-powered games to traditional game platforms, tech news website VentureBeat reports April 2.

Bitcoin and the rest of the cryptocurrency market have started Q2 off with an emphatic bang, having at one point increased the market's total capitalization by nearly $40 billion since the beginning of April.

Blockchain startup Digital Asset is open sourcing its Digital Asset Modelling Language, the beating heart of projects like the partial re-plumbing of the Australian Securities Exchange.

Belgium's Financial Services and Markets Authority has updated a blacklist of crypto-related websites associated with fraud, according to an official statement on April 4.

A new startup launched by the former co-founder of Simple Bank wants to provide early-stage fintech startups with traditional banking service functionality.

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of second-largest crypto exchange Binance, has announced that its branch in Singapore will open in April.

Cryptocurrency trading platform BitMEX will refund users who lost money during this week's Bitcoin bull run after technical problems affected its contracts, the company confirmed in a press release updated April 3.

View Bitcoin's quick drop from a 4.5-month high of $5,345 to levels below $5,000 validates the extremely overbought readings on the 14-day relative strength index.

A Toronto judge has ruled an online drug dealer must pay his entire $1.4 million Bitcoin holdings to the state in what is reportedly Canada's largest ever forfeiture, local daily news outlet The Star reported April 3.

Changpeng Zhao, CEO of the world's second largest crypto exchange by adjusted volume Binance, has revealed that the company will launch its decentralized trading platform later this month.

The president of the United Nation's specialized agency for aviation has said that blockchain technology could offer tremendous benefits across aviation systems globally, industry news source AirTrafficManagement.net reported on April 4.

A new $50 million VC fund has been set up by Nasdaq-listed company Okta to invest in early-stage technology startups, including those working with blockchain.

South Koreans will need Bitcoin once its as-yet-unknown applications have been developed, Andreas Antonopoulos told the ongoing Deconomy conference in Seoul on April 4.

Litecoin saw breakout performance following similar pops from Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin SV. However, after rocketing to $100 the price crashed back down to $73, with LTC now hovering in the high 80's.Litecoin Soars.

San Francisco-based enterprise identity solution provider Okta has launched a $50 million investment fund and announced its first investment in Trusted Key, a blockchain-based digital identity firm.