The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

The widow of the founder of now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX has asked the court for $225,000 in compensation for legal costs, Bloomberg reports on March 4.Jennifer Robertson, the wife of late QuadrigaCX founder Gerry Cotten, is seeking repayment for financing used to help the crypto exchange acquire court-approved protection from creditors.

The open-source developer group behind the dollar-pegged, ethereum-backed stablecoin DAI is considering whether higher fees could help stave off mounting liquidity issues.

Coinbase, a major US cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider, came under scrutiny for its acquisition of Neutrino, a firm where some of its employees had connections to controversial software firm Hacking Team-a platform used by authoritarian governments to spy on their citizens.

Judge Michael Wood, of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, said he was satisfied that a stay of proceedings first granted a month ago should be extended by just under 45 days, with the next hearing scheduled for April 18.

Russia's parliament has adopted in the second reading the bill "On Digital Financial Assets," aimed at formulating national cryptocurrency legislation, according to a statement published on the parliament's website on Tuesday, March 5.

Crypto wealth management and lending company BlockFi has launched new cryptocurrency accounts supporting Ethereum and Bitcoin bearing 6 percent annual interest paid monthly in crypto.

TrustToken has announced a new partnership that it says will allow traders using its regulated stablecoin, TrueUSD, to have a "Real-time" view of the U.S. dollars backing the token.

Switzerland's primary stock exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, has launched trading of an Ethereum-based exchange-traded product on March 5, according to SIX Group's website.

United States-based cryptocurrency exchange ErisX announced that it hired former Wells Fargo executive Kyle Unterseher as a business development executive.

Litecoin, the fourth cryptocurrency by market cap, is up almost 12 percent over the day, seeing gains of more than 13 percent over the past 7 days.

About 400 servers running virtualization software Docker were found to be vulnerable to outside exploitation.

Cryptocurrency lending startup BlockFi has launched a crypto deposit account that provides compound interest.

Recently hacked crypto exchange Cryptopia has relaunched its website in a read only format, along with resuming user balances to its pre-hacked state, the exchange tweeted on March 5.

First of all, Japan's Central Bank issued a study on the role of central bank digital currencies in the current monetary system, a topic that was widely discussed by the country's officials last year.

Parity CEO Jutta Steiner has said that the new controversial Create2 Ethereum function would have prevented the Parity multisig freeze.

Cryptocurrency exchange WEX, successor to the shuttered BTC-e exchange, has again been tied to illicit funds gained through ransomware attacks.

French retail giant Carrefour has continued blockchain development by applying the technology for tracking milk, according to a press release published on March 1.

If the bulls can keep prices above the 5-week MA support at $3,703, we could see a rally above $4,000.

Cryptocurrency futures provider Crypto Facilities has seen "Tremendous growth" since being acquired by U.S.-based crypto exchange Kraken last month, an executive said.

"Big Four" consulting firm EY has launched a tool to help cryptocurrency users with their accounting and tax calculations.

Bitcoin mining revenues have begun climbing after falling to their lowest levels in 18 months, statistics from cryptocurrency industry newsletter Diar confirmed Mar. 4.

Sam Palmisano - retired IBM chairman and current chairman of United States nonprofit The Center for Global Enterprise - says he doesn't know of a solution that has been found to make public blockchain networks compatible with European data privacy laws.

The company behind cryptocurrency project Dash is to reduce its staffing levels in a cost-cutting effort brought on by the "Crypto winter."

One of the underwriters behind BitGo's $100 million cryptocurrency insurance policy has accused the custodian of exaggerating the scope of its coverage by using "Ambiguous language" in public statements.

London-based blockchain analytics firm Elliptic - which provides technology to major United States crypto exchange Coinbase - has refuted allegations that it collects and sells clients' user data to third parties for financial gain.

New York-based cryptocurrency brokerage and trading platform Tagomi Holdings raised $12 million in its latest funding round from investors including the Yale-backed Paradigm Fund, the company confirmed in a press release on Mar. 4.

New details about Starbucks' partnership with United States cryptocurrency platform Bakkt suggest the coffee giant will accept Bitcoin-based payments after an equity deal, cryptocurrency industry news outlet The Block reported on Mar. 4.

Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of major United States crypto exchange and wallet Coinbase, has said that Neutrino staff with prior connections to controversial software firm Hacking Team will transition out of their new roles at Coinbase.

Bitcoin miners in China are buying used equipment and making deals with mining farms and hydroelectric plants, betting abundant water this summer will make their businesses profitable again.

Coinbase is parting ways with several employees from Neutrino following widespread criticism over the crypto exchange's acquisition of the blockchain analytics firm.