The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, which owes customers $250 million in CAD in cryptocurrencies and fiat, lost another $500,000 CAD by mistake last week.

New Ethereum being generated through mining is at its lowest rate ever, Etherscan data reveals on Feb. 11.According to Etherscan, on Feb. 10, 13,370 new ETH have been created, down from over 20 thousand in December 2018 and an all-time-high of over 39 thousand reported on July 30, 2015.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs has delayed further work on a successful blockchain project in the wake of Brexit, according to a written parliamentary statement published Feb. 7.

Litecoin has rallied sharply in the first six weeks of 2019, triggering speculation that investors may be pricing in a supply reduction that's scheduled to occur in August.

Feb. 12 - cryptocurrency markets are seeing measured growth among the top 20 coins by market capitalization, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

Japanese IT giant GMO Internet has confirmed that it plans to launch its yen-backed stablecoin GYEN this year, Cointelegraph Japan reported today, Feb. 12.

The new framework is part of a plan to improve the efficiency of financial services for the country's rural revitalization program.

Morgan Creek Digital Assets announced today that it has successfully closed a $40 million venture fund that will invest in blockchain and cryptocurrency.

The University of Kansas has become one of the 29 research institutions to receive funding from Ripple.

The now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox reportedly liquidated around $312 million worth of Bitcoin throughout February and June of 2018 through a Japanese exchange called BitPoint.

Global computer tech giant Oracle is expanding features on its enterprise-grade Oracle Blockchain Platform, the firm announced in a press release on Feb. 12.

Major global online payments firm Netpay International has partnered with Israeli firm BNC LedgerTech to integrate blockchain into its services, Finance Magnates reported on Feb. 12.

One of the three co-founders of Canaan Creative, maker of the Avalon cryptocurrency mining equipment, has stepped down from the Chinese company's leadership.

NFT NYC is taking place on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at the PlayStation Theater in New York City's Times Square, and organizers say more than 50 speakers have accepted invitations to share their insights.

Mark Karpeles - the former CEO of the now-defunct Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox - has refuted controversial crypto figure Brock Pierce's claims he can reboot the trading platform and accelerate compensation for Mr. Gox's creditors.

Such are the words of wisdom that have been taken to heart by ethereum core developers ever since a vulnerability in the network's code was discovered just 48 hours before the code was set to be deployed.

New York-based blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by venture capital giant Accel, the company confirmed in a post on Feb. 12.

Ripple, Barclays and other investors have backed a $1.7 million round for SendFriend, a new remittance startup that will use the XRP cryptocurrency to move funds internationally.

Remittance company SendFriend has received investments from Ripple, the Mastercard Foundation, MIT Media Lab and Barclays in a funding round, according to a press release published on Feb. 11.In the round, the firm raised $1.7 million from investors - also including Techstars, Mahindra Finance, 2020 Ventures and 8 Decimal Capital - to develop its remittance service, which lets users send money to the Philippines using blockchain.

Chainalysis, the cryptocurrency transaction analysis startup, has raised $30 million in Series B funding.

Russian shipping logistics company Infotech Baltika will develop a blockchain-based system for the ports in which it operates, Russian maritime news outlet Morvesti reported on Feb. 11.

United States digital asset firm Morgan Creek Digital has secured $40 million in funding from investors that include two major pension funds, Bloomberg reported Feb. 12, citing a statement from the company.

Despite years of hype and chatter, enterprise blockchain deployments actually in production are few and far between.

While their data and findings sum up the biggest threats of the last 12 months, they've omitted the prevalence of SIM swapping in recent times.

The growth of cryptocurrencies as an asset class "May challenge any framework" for financial stability, according to remarks from the chair of the Financial Stability Board on Feb. 10.

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by adjusted trading volume, is about to release its decentralized exchange, Binance DEX, for public testing.

View Bitcoin has backed off 4 percent from three-week highs seen on Friday, but looks to have formed a bull flag - a bullish continuation pattern - on the 4-hour chart.

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb will open a new platform in the United Arab Emirates, local news outlet The Financial News reported Feb. 12.

Two public pension funds are dipping their toes into the world of crypto venture capital.

Crypto asset brokerage Voyager Digital - co-founded by the ex-CTO of Uber - has gone public on Canada's TSX Venture Exchange.