The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Jeremy Allaire, co-founder and CEO of payments company Circle, has said that as the sector continues to see new market entrants, stablecoins using an open standards approach will prevail.

Cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain has launched a new miner for the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency zcash, which it claims, has three times more hashing power than its predecessor.

Jeff Garzik, an early bitcoin developer and the CEO of blockchain startup Bloq, has been served a subpoena by a court in the U.S. ordering him to provide information relating to an ongoing lawsuit involving Craig Wright, the Australian cryptographer who has claimed he is bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto.

Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist who has sometimes claimed to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, has reportedly applied for a slew of blockchain-related patents since 2017.

The kidnappings of Pavel Lerner and Skycoin's "Synth" underline this point forcefully, so it's no wonder that an increasing number of crypto millionaires and CEOs are choosing to enlist the services of personal bodyguards.

Japanese financial regulators have reportedly introduced new regulations for cryptocurrency margin trading, local news agency Nikkei reported on March 18.The Cabinet of Japan, the executive branch of the country's government, has reportedly approved draft amendments to Japan's financial instruments and payment services laws, limiting leverage in cryptocurrency margin trading at two to four times the initial deposit.

The number of lobbies working on blockchain technology issues in Washington D.C. tripled in 2018, politics-oriented news outlet Politico reported on March 18.The number of entities lobbying on digital currencies and blockchain reportedly grew almost thrice in the course of the past year, reaching 33 projects in the fourth quarter of 2018 compared to 12 in the same period of 2017.Jerry Brito - executive director at the non-profit organization Coin Center that works with Reps.

The CEO of retail giant Overstock.com, Patrick Byrne, noted the potential profitability of the firm's retail arm in its Q4 2018 earnings conference call on March 18.Byrne's statements indicate that Overstock may not be divesting from its retail wing as soon as was previously indicated.

Today, Craight Wright-a computer scientist who claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto and one of the figureheads behind BCH fork Bitcoin SV-allegedly deleted his Twitter account after sustained heckling from spoof accounts, including Fake-toshi Bot.Background on Craig Wright.

Cryptocurrency market data platform CoinMarketCap has added a new metric to their site for measuring the fundamentals of cryptocurrency projects.

The United States National Pork Board has partnered with blockchain startup ripe.io to test out a blockchain platform for pork supply chains, according to a press release published on March 18.

Blockchain analytics startup Flipside Crypto is bringing crypto asset letter grades to a slew of online publishers.

We are now entering the sixth month of the seemingly never-ending bearish market that has become the new norm within the crypto world.

On March 7, news broke that Denver is slated to become the second United States jurisdiction to pilot a blockchain-powered mobile voting platform in its upcoming municipal election.

Bithumb, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea, plans to cut its staffing levels by up to 50 percent, according to a CoinDesk Korea report issued Monday, a move that would reduce its number of employees from 310 at the start of March to around 150.

While the economic uncertainty - like in many countries - has driven curiosity in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and others in Ireland ahead of Brexit, it casts a shadow over a burgeoning blockchain boom.

Qatar-based telecommunications giant Ooredoo Group has launched a blockchain initiative, English-language local media The Peninsular Qatar reports on March 18.

American payment services firm Visa has published a crypto and blockchain-related job opening on San Francisco-based recruiting software firm SmartRecruiters on March 6.

South Korea's biggest internet corporation Kakao will reportedly integrate its crypto wallet in its messaging app KakaoTalk, local financial news agency Fnnews reported on March 18.

The official Colorado legislation portal reveals that a bipartisan bill proposing a study of blockchain use in agriculture has been introduced on March 15.

Overstock has put off plans to sell its flagship retail business, delaying a large cash infusion that it was hoping to get for its portfolio of blockchain ventures.

Six international banks have reportedly signed letters of intent to issue their own stablecoins backed by their national fiat currencies on IBM's now-live blockchain-powered payments network, "World Wire." The news was jointly announced by IBM and Stellar during a keynote at Money 2020 Asia in Singapore, financial news channel Cheddar reported on March 18.

IBM is taking its banking clients a step closer to cryptocurrency.

Cryptopia, the recently hacked New Zealand crypto exchange, has posted an update on March 17 concerning its plan to resume trading on its platform, which is expected by the end of March.

An experimental service that allows users to pay for futures data from exchanges Kraken and BitMEX with bitcoin's in-development lightning network is now live.

BTC/USDThough Bitcoin has been rising above the psychological resistance of $4,000 for the past three days, it has not been able to sustain it.

Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Colorado are eyeing a role for blockchain technology in the agricultural industry.

Bitcoin is down just over one tenth of a percent on the day, trading at around $4,024, according to CoinMarketCap.

Canadian online retailer Overstock.com said it would counter its significant losses for 2018 with a return to profits this year in its Q4 earnings report released on March 18.

Banking startup 2gether is launching a prepaid Visa debit card that allows users to spend cryptocurrencies.