The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Known as Constantinople and St. Petersburg, both upgrades will be implemented as "Hard forks," or upgrades that add new rules to the ethereum software that are incompatible with past versions.

Several major crypto and traditional finance companies have replied to the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission's request on crypto asset mechanics as late as Feb. 25.

XRP/USDRipple bounced sharply on Feb. 25 and even managed to move above $0.33108 but it could not sustain the higher levels.

Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Winklevoss twins, has joined the British Telecommunications Radianz Cloud broker community, a BT press release reports on Feb. 27.

LinkedIn co-founder and former PayPal COO Reid Hoffman has become the latest participant in the Lightning Torch Bitcoin transaction relay, Blockstream CEO Adam Back confirmed on social media on Feb. 26.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued another deadline for the government to adopt regulations for the digital assets industry, according to instructions for the Federal Assembly.

Switzerland-based crypto exchange ShapeShift announced the launch of a six-episode show, dubbed "Down the Rabbit Hole," which is dedicated to crypto enthusiasts.

Huobi Global crypto exchange has launched support for the Ethereum blockchain-based version of USD-pegged stablecoin, Tether, according to a press release published on Feb. 27.

At press time, Bitcoin is up less than half a percent on the day, trading at around $3,859, according to CoinMarketCap.

In particular, CoinDesk has found that images said to represent two BHB team members have been lifted from unaffiliated university professors, who are now publicly denying any association with the project.

Blockchain analytics startup Coin Metrics has closed a $1.9 million seed round with Fidelity Investments, Highland Capital Partners and Dragonfly Capital.

Security token platform Polymath has teamed up with Loopring to trial peer-to-peer trading of security tokens on a decentralized exchange.

Pangea Blockchain Fund has debuted its blockchain fund, securing $22 million with key investors including Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver, according to a press release on Feb. 27.

An ongoing experiment with bitcoin payments technology, the lightning network, continues to see support from some big name individuals and companies.

Digital payments firm Wirex has released a major platform update, Wirex 3.0, adding ten new fiat currencies, according to an official press release on Feb. 27.

Switzerland-based Pangea Blockchain Fund is making its debut after closing a $22 million seed round backed by crypto investor Roger Ver.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak declared that he thinks "We've seen massive value creation" when asked about Bitcoin's potential in an interview with Bloomberg published on Feb. 26.

The firm developing blockchain project ICON, has denied claims that it's planning to hold an initial public offering.

The National University of Singapore will work with a Chinese tech company to research and develop blockchain solutions, the Communist Party of China's official news outlet, People's Daily Online, reported on Feb. 26.

Guest post by Dmitri Alexeev from BPM LLP. Dmitri Alexeev is a Tax Partner at BPM LLP. Stablecoins are the latest innovation to emerge over the past year and have the potential to revolutionize not only virtual currency markets but to also become a new mechanism for worldwide commerce.

An upcoming crypto ecosystem has bold ambitions to offer "a much smoother way of moving fiat and cryptocurrency over the internet," enabling people to pay in the fiat or crypto of their choice - whatever the requested currency - without fees.

The education units of Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony and IT equipment services firm Fujitsu are to trial blockchain technology for improving the integrity of course records and grade data.

Bitcoin appears on track to snap its six-month losing streak and close February in the green for the fifth consecutive year.

New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has given an idea of the losses arising from a hack on its platform last month.

The London Stock Stock Exchange Group has led a $20 million investment round in fintech startup Nivaura, Reuters reported on Feb. 27.

Nasdaq, the world's second-largest stock exchange with a market capitalization of over $10 trillion, is in the final stages of launching its XRP "Ripple Liquid Index" and has successfully launched Bitcoin and Ethereum Liquidity Indices as of Feb. 25th. At present, Nasdaq supports over 4,000 global indices and it recently partnered with Brave New Coin, the company that helped develop the BLX and ELX indices.

Two Japanese tech giants have teamed up on an initiative using blockchain to provide educational records that cannot be faked.

The Litecoin Foundation is partnering with premier kickboxing league Glory to become the official cryptocurrency for its online merchandise platform and international events.

Capital markets blockchain startup Nivaura has raised a total of $20 million with the closing of its second seed extension round led by the London Stock Exchange Group.

Ether price volatility could spike in the days ahead, courtesy of an upcoming ethereum upgrade scheduled for Thursday.