The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

While PoS cryptocurrency networks offer better energy efficiency and faster finality than PoW, they have yet to be proven at scale and come with myriad concerns in various attack vectors and misaligned incentives.

That's because depending on where you are, bitcoin is either money or it isn't, and selling bitcoin is either money transmission or it's not.

Primer on GDPR. The General Data Protection Regulation is the European Union's regulation protecting personal data and privacy; its goal is to return personal data to individuals within the European Economic Area.

Bitcoin's price climbed back above $4,000 on Saturday for the first time in over two months as the.

CryptoSlate aims to support conscientious companies making use of blockchain and cryptocurrency technology, and one of those companies is Brave.

Saturday, Feb. 23 - the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting mixed movements on the day by press time.

The Russian State Duma plans to review and adopt new cryptocurrency regulation in March.

Financial derivatives giant Fidelity Investments received and passed on the Lightning Torch, as revealed by tweet by the company sent on Feb. 22.

Blockchain protocol research and development company CasperLabs has appointed Ethereum Foundation researcher Vlad Zamfir as lead consensus protocol architect, a Medium post by the company reveals on Feb. 22.

Canadian banks have showed hesitation concerning the management of insolvent cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX's assets, national public broadcaster CBC reports on Feb. 22.

Otherwise, arbitrageurs may find it financially attractive to rent hashing power in order to perform 51% attacks.

To the fanfare of vindication, the news dropped last week that two public pension funds were anchor investors in a blockchain fund managed by Morgan Creek.

Samsung, the largest smartphone manufacturer in the world by market share, announced that its new Galaxy S10 smartphone will include a feature for securely storing cryptocurrency private keys through its "Blockchain-enabled" mobile services.

A new startup called CasperLabs has launched with the aim of building a new blockchain based on a version of proof-of-stake, the experimental consensus protocol most associated with ethereum.

Afri Schoeden, release manager at blockchain infrastructure firm Parity Technologies, has quit all Ethereum projects after a controversial tweet that sparked outrage on social media.

Researchers from the Stanford University and Visa Research have developed a privacy mechanism for Ethereum smart contracts.

We might add to our existing long positions if the price sustains above $4,255.

Two businesses in the United States state of Ohio have paid taxes with cryptocurrencies, state Treasurer Robert Sprague said in a forum on Feb. 19.

Cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift is shifting around its management team ahead of a major revamp.

Academics from the University of California, San Francisco, have proposed a method of sharing medical data using a blockchain-based system.

Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency accounting for around 52 percent of crypto market, has again briefly broke $4,000 point for the fourth time this month, according to CoinMarketCap.

Thailand's National Legislative Assembly has officially allowed the issuance of tokenized securities on blockchain, major newspaper The Bangkok Post reports on Friday, Feb. 22.

Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and known crypto bull, claimed that the crypto hype is gone, leaving space for true crypto believers.

A hands-on preview of Samsung's just unveiled flagship phone, the Galaxy S10, reveals new details of the device's upcoming crypto features.

The idea of issuing a central bank digital currency is too attractive to ignore, a postdoctoral researcher from the University of Luxembourg wrote in a study.

The Thai government is moving to allow blockchain-based securities to be issued and traded in the country.

Malta-based major cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has listed Ripple and Bitcoin Cash on its customer-to-customer trading platform, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Feb. 22.

The government of Andorra will implement blockchain technology in the country's higher education system, Spanish-language news outlet EuropaPress reported on Feb. 21.

View Bitcoin's low-volume price consolidation has taken the shape of a bull flag on the 4-hour chart.

If you invested in the proprietary token offered by the now-defunct crypto exchange BitConnect, the FBI wants to hear from you.