The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Last week, Russia's Ministry of Education and Science introduced a blockchain-enabled platform for tracking diamonds.

Opera now lets Android users buy ethereum's ether cryptocurrency directly from its browser-based wallet, it announced Wednesday.

At press time, Bitcoin is down a fraction of half percent on the day, trading at around $3,387, according to Coin360.

Digital wallet Abra has introduced new features enabling global investors to invest in shares and exchange-traded funds using Bitcoin, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Feb. 6.

U.S.-based crypto startup Abra is adding a new feature to its blockchain-based app that will allow global users to buy portions of traditional investment instruments.

United States cryptocurrency exchange and wallet Coinbase has added Bitcoin to its Coinbase Wallet app, according to an announcement published Tuesday, Feb. 5.

Matt Hougan, Global Head of Research at Bitwise Asset Management and president at ETF.com, expressed his idea that most cryptocurrencies will die in an interview with Bloomberg published on Feb. 5.

The most cypherpunk way to celebrate Valentine's Day may be to buy lingerie with bitcoin.

The United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority has reported that common investment scams' losses - including those crypto-related - amounted in total to over £197 million in 2018.

View Bitcoin continues to chart bearish lower highs along the 50-candle moving average on the 6-hour chart.

New data shows that United States traders are the most active across major crypto exchanges, according to a Feb. 4 tweet from data analytics firm DataLight.

Bitcoin mining has become more decentralized and continues to diversify, a new report from Canadian wealth management company Canaccord claimed on Feb. 6.

Gerald Cotten, the recently deceased CEO of major Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, had filed a will 12 days before his death, Bloomberg writes Tuesday, Feb. 5.

Coinbase users will soon be able to directly control their bitcoin holdings from the firm's Wallet app.

More cryptocurrency mining malware continues to target major corporations, hijacking victims to mine altcoin Monero, new research warned on Feb. 5.

Plouton Mining is building one of the largest solar Bitcoin mining facility in the United States in California's Mojave desert.

Bitcoin has become more decentralized by several measures, according to Canadian financial services firm Canaccord Genuity Group.

Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey has joined a community project demonstrating the functionality of Bitcoin's second-layer scaling protocol, the Lightning Network, on Feb. 5.

Coinbase customers in the EU and the European Free Trade Association countries can now make withdrawals into their PayPal accounts.

A lawsuit recently filed in a United States district court in New York claims that an investor was misled into investing $2 million dollars in the cryptocurrency MCash, a Feb. 1 court filing states.

The United Arab Emirates and its neighbor Saudi Arabia launched a government-backed cryptocurrency to facilitate cross-border payments.

United States-regulated trading and clearing platform LedgerX has released a new type of derivative contract unique to Bitcoin, according to a blog post published on Feb. 5.The new product called LedgerX Halving Contract represents a binary option - an option where the payoff is either a fixed monetary amount or nothing - that settles to the estimated next time that Bitcoin halves.

The Philippines has introduced a new set of rules governing Digital Asset Token Offering, according to a press release published by the Asia Blockchain and Crypto Association on Feb. 4.The new regulations released by the country's Cagayan Economic Zone Authority are reportedly designed to regulate the cryptocurrency industry and protect investors, affecting such issues as the acquisition of crypto assets, including utility and security tokens.

Bitcoin's "Lightning torch" saw none other than Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey snatch up the ongoing payment experiment and pass it on Tuesday.

Tuesday, Feb. 5 - cryptocurrency markets are trading sideways and reporting mild losses.

Canada's largest blockchain trade association, the Chamber of Digital Commerce has united with the Blockchain Association of Canada, which will now go by the Chamber of Digital Commerce Canada.

Users of cryptocurrency wallets Electrum and MyEtherWallet are currently facing phishing attacks, according to posts published on Reddit and Twitter on Feb. 4.A phishing attack is an attempt to obtain sensitive data like users' personal or banking information by illicit means, wherein an attacker is disguised as a trusted entity and sends a user a message or an email containing a malicious link.

The IOTA community was able to help gather enough evidence to allow authorities to catch an alleged hacker who stole over $11 million MIOTA tokens in early 2018.

Dubai royal and Emirates Group chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Al Maktoum is backing Lichtenstein-based cryptocurrency fund manager Invao, according to a report from Bloomberg on Feb 5.

The bitcoin block reward will be cut in half next year - and soon, market watchers can place bets on exactly when the subsidy halving will happen.