The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Global professional services firm Accenture is working with major global firms including Mastercard to introduce a blockchain-based circular supply chain, according to a press release published on Feb. 25.

Accenture has announced a prototype blockchain-based supply chain app designed to reward business practices that conserve natural resources.

The New Zealand police have returned the office building back to recently hacked crypto exchange Cryptopia and granted permission to resume trading.

Security token specialist Templum is shifting from public to private blockchains.

German automobile brand Mercedes-Benz Car has developed a platform based on blockchain technology to increase transparency and sustainability in complex supply chains, according to press release published on Feb. 25.

An Australian financial regulator is trialing blockchain technology to automate reporting of cross-border transactions by institutions.

The Supreme Court of India has reportedly granted four weeks to Indian authorities to come up with cryptocurrency regulation policies, local news outlet Inc42 reports on Feb. 25.

South Korean crypto company Enjin Wallet has reportedly been appointed by Samsung to back a blockchain wallet in its new Galaxy S10 smartphone, anonymous sources told Asia Crypto Today on Monday, Feb. 25.

The United States' law enforcement recovered and returned over $104,000 stolen from the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, according to a Medium post by the exchange published on Feb. 25.

Bitfinex has announced that some of the bitcoin stolen in a major 2016 hack has been returned by the U.S. government.

View Bitcoin dropped 9.3 percent yesterday on the back of high volumes, invalidating the triangle breakout witnessed last Monday.

The Central Bank of Bahrain has issued new cryptocurrency regulation, English-language local media TradeArabia reports on Feb. 25.

Blockchain development platform and BitTorrent owner Tron will debut a host of upgrades via a hard fork at the end of the month, CEO Justin Sun confirmed on social media on Feb. 23.

Monday, Feb. 25: cryptocurrencies are today seeing a blood-red market rout, with virtually all of the top 20 coins posting losses of between 7 and 17 percent, as data from Coin360 shows.

A group of central securities depositories in Europe and Asia is taking a serious look at how they might collaborate on infrastructure to custody digital assets.

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinbin has declared bankruptcy after suffering millions of dollars in losses, in part due to claimed embezzlement.

Eight months after its launch, Huobi's Australian subsidiary is to be subsumed under the Huobi Global canopy, according to an official tweet published on Feb. 24.

Ukraine's central bank has completed a pilot scheme for its national digital currency, the e-hryvnia, local press agency Interfax Ukraine reported on Feb. 22.

The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre is trialing a blockchain prototype for the automation of funds transfer instructions, business tech news site ZDNet reported on Feb. 24.

French President Emmanuel Macron has advocated the use of blockchain to innovate supply chain management in the European agriculture industry.

Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of social media platform Reddit, said he believes the crypto hype is gone and that's actually a good thing for the industry.

A lagging indicator has turned bearish for the first time in four years, suggesting bitcoin's price may have bottomed out and that a new bull run could begin this year.

Bitcoin transaction volume has climbed to levels not seen since January 2018, potentially indicating growing adoption of the Bitcoin network.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigations is looking for victims who invested in the cryptocurrency BitConnect to aid with the ongoing investigation of the alleged Ponzi scheme, the agency announced Feb. 21st.Investigators Looking to Contact Potential Victims.

Ethereum's next two network upgrades, referred to as Constantinople and St. Petersburg, are scheduled to take place this week, according to an official Ethereum blog post on Feb. 22.

The EOS/USD pair is attempting to rise above the overhead resistance of $3.8723.

Elon Musk, tech entrepreneur and CEO of Tesla, said this week in an interview that Bitcoin's structure is "Quite brilliant." Speaking to advisory services firm ARK, Musk noted that digital currency is "a far better way to transfer value than pieces of paper." However, Musk did point out some of the downsides of crypto, namely that it is energy-intensive computationally, but added that Tesla resources could help bring about the use of sustainable energy in crypto.

The development software of corporate-oriented cryptocurrency Ontology has been added to the Google Cloud Platform Marketplace, a Medium post from Ontology revealed on Feb. 23.The newly supported software, called ont dev Platform, is a set of tools for developing smart contracts on Ontology's blockchain.

Sunday, Feb. 24 - the top 20 cryptocurrencies saw a sharp market reversal, reporting heavy losses over the 24 hours to press time after earlier today seeing major gains.

Liechtenstein-based Bank Frick is launching an institutional cryptocurrency trading platform subsidiary, DLT Markets, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reported on Feb. 22.