The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Find the latest, and the most interesting, cryptocurrency news collected from around the net.

Twitter Tightens Security Ahead of US Presidential Election
High profile users on Twitter will be told to up their account security as the platform looks to prevent hacks and protect "Unique sensitivities" in the run-up to the 2020 U.S. election.
Police summon Bithumb chairman for questioning over alleged fraud
Police raids on the Bithumb offices are apparently not just FUD as more investigation reports come in.
Ethereum Smashes Records as DeFi Hype Sends Transactions and Miner Revenue Soaring
Sep 18, 2020 at 10:35 UTCUpdated Sep 18, 2020 at 10:38 UTC.A miner plying his trade in 1958.Miners on crypto's second-biggest blockchain had a bumper day Thursday, earning a record $16 million for confirming a growing number of DeFi-related transactions.
Nvidia doesn't want to give up its 2017 'crypto craze' docs
Nvidia is trying not to hand over internal documents to plaintiffs who allege that the GPU manufacturer misrepresented its financials during the 2017 bull run.
CSBS Will Lower Costs for Only a Few Crypto Firms
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors, an organization of state financial regulators, will make it easier for financial technology payment firms and cryptocurrency exchanges to prove they're in compliance with U.S. state laws.
Daily Ethereum transactions hit a new historical high amid DeFi boom
The previous all-time high in daily transactions was recorded in 2018.
MicroStrategy CEO says 'Bitcoin scales just fine as store of value'
Bitcoin as a store of value "Scales just fine," the CEO of the company that just purchased 38,250 BTC has said.
VeChain to Supply Blockchain Tech for Chinese Food Safety Group That Includes McDonald's
Sep 18, 2020 at 09:14 UTC.McDonald's outlet in Hong Kong.The VeChain Foundation has become the first blockchain-based entity to join the China Animal Health and Food Safety Alliance.
Binance's US arm joins Chicago DeFi alliance
The United States arm of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has entered a major organization focused on decentralized finance, or DeFi.
Cointelegraph Consulting: ERC-20 token's market cap overtakes Ethereum's
The latest findings by Santiment, published in Cointelegraph Consulting's biweekly newsletter, suggest that Ethereum is temporarily being 'professionalized'.
Why this prominent crypto analyst thinks Ethereum DeFi has topped for now
Per CryptoSlate market sector data, many top DeFi coins including Yearn.
Abkhazia government blames illegal crypto mining for energy crisis
It is already illegal to mine crypto within the de facto state.
Ex-Employee at Australian Science Agency Avoids Prison After Mining Crypto on Supercomputers
A former employee of an Australian federal agency has avoided prison after he was caught using government supercomputers to mine for cryptocurrency.
Report: Most firms in Korea's 'blockchain city' don't know what blockchain is
Is Busan a "Blockchain city" in name only?
Two major crypto exchanges are teaming up to push the industry forward
Crypto exchange KuCoin has unveiled dealings with another exchange, Poloniex, in an effort to move the crypto industry forward.
Ledger wallet upgrade can prevent 'dusting attacks'
Cold wallet maker Ledger adds more privacy protection to its software suite.
Fantasy authors turn the VulcanVerse NFT game into a trilogy of books
Award-winning British fantasy authors Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson will write a new fantasy trilogy "The Vulcan Verses".
Despite yETH returns of 2%, Yearn pushes forward with WBTC Vault
Yearn Finance has submitted a Maker Improvement Proposal for its forthcoming WBTC Vault, suggesting it will launch in the not-to-distant future.
Bitcoin's social sentiment level is at a new low
The social sentiment for Bitcoin - a metric that tracks the asset's public perception on social media and forums - has reached a record low level, according to on-chain tracking firm Santiment.
Coinbase Pro passes gas fees to users as ETH miner revenue hits 5 year high
Ethereum miners' hourly revenue has hit a five-year record, with fees currently bringing in 2,275 ETH per hour.
UNI defies price dump predictions, emerges as top 20 DeFi token
Despite predictions Uniswap's airdropped token would be dumped in the gutter, UNI has garnered a $217 million market cap.
Polkadot treasury established to fund projects 'that give traction to the network'
Blockchain platform Polkadot is the latest to invest back into its developer community with the launch of the Polkadot treasury.
Binance USD is coming to Dapper Labs' Flow blockchain
Dapper Labs has partnered with its second major stablecoin this week, announcing the integration of BUSD for developers building on its Flow blockchain.
Tether market cap increases almost 4X in 2020 to $15 billion
The surging DeFi sector has resulted in a mass minting of Tether in 2020 - including $3B last month alone - which has pushed its market capitalization over $15 billion.
Record $1B in tokenized Bitcoin shows BTC holders want a slice of DeFi
After failing to hold the $11K mark and exposing what some analysts have described as a general apathy to trade BTC at these levels, Bitcoin price is once again flirting with $11,000.
Uniswap token launch "sparks life" into Ethereum as DeFi uptrend resumes
The recent Uniswap token launch has excited the crypto industry, sending shockwaves throughout the market and even catalyzing an Ethereum upswing.
VeChain offers services to 130 firms in China as food safety alliance member
The VeChain Foundation has joined the China Animal Health And Food Safety Alliance as a council member.
bitFlyer Japan Sees User Influx With Bitcoin Price Growth
The number of monthly users who earned T-Points, or loyalty points, for bitcoin payments on the bitFlyer exchange in Japan reached a record high in August.
'Growth hacker' hides 100 caches of Bitcoin Cash around city
An anonymous benefactor manipulated social media to get on the news in the Californian city of Bakersfield to encourage the adoption of Bitcoin Cash.
Uniswap's Distribution Is Built on Something That Can't Be Forked: Actual Users
With Uniswap competitors, like SushiSwap, hoovering up all the attention in crypto for the first part of September, Uniswap was widely expected to release a governance token.
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