The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Venezuela's new crypto bill, which establishes legal framework for the industry, officially came into force on Jan. 31.

According to a recent report from crypto analytics specialists Chainalysis, Ethereum has become the crypto platform of choice for scam artists.

A 20-year-old man has been formally charged in a New York Supreme Court indictment over SIM-swapping identity and crypto theft.

One of the cryptocurrency industry's best-known figures confirmed he still believes online retail giant Amazon cannot avoid issuing its own altcoin, in a tweet Feb. 2.

View Bitcoin has charted a falling wedge pattern on the daily chart.

Vreo says players stand to benefit from more attractive forms of in-game advertising, as developers are paid based on the attention players pay to the content they see.

In the wake of the 2017 market boom, hundreds of blockchain tech consultancies sprung up to service the overwhelming amount of investment that entered the cryptocurrency space.

Bitfury Group and South Korean R&D firm Commons Foundation are jointly launching a network of bitcoin mining operations in Paraguay.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking a tool to provide a Big Data view across major blockchains.

China's economics experts fail to agree on the future of blockchain and digital currency, according to a survey from internet giant Tencent, cited by local news outlet Jiemian Feb. 1.

While Crypto Twitter bickers and fights, leaving competing coin projects and blockchain startups to defend each others' counter-allegations of centralizing misdeeds, the real centralizing power-mongers of our digital economy have been pillaging our data and reshaping humanity into an instrument of their domination.

The organization concluded that ICOs can't be properly harnessed until there is regulatory consensus internationally and it is unlikely to replace venture capital for mainstream seed financing.

Sunday, Feb. 3 - most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting slight losses on the day by press time.

Although Bitcoin has managed to maintain its dominance throughout the bear market, we are seeing some major cryptocurrencies outperform it.

Co-founder and CEO of Twitter Jack Dorsey declared again that he believes Bitcoin will be the internet's native currency.

On Jan. 30, major global banking payments network SWIFT announced it plans to launch a proof-of-concept of a gateway - titled GPI Link - that will allow blockchain software firm R3 to connect to SWIFT's Global Payments Innovation payments from its platform.

CoinLab has reportedly filed a 1.7 trillion JPY claim against the now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox, according to an alleged photo of the filing document posted on Reddit on Feb. 1.

Gemini crypto exchange, which was founded by brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, completed a security compliance review by Big Four auditing firm Deloitte this week.

Taiwan-based computer hardware producer Nvidia reportedly earned nearly $1.35 billion more due to crypto and blockchain than it had stated.

One of the most important rules for trading financial markets is cutting losses quickly and letting winners run.

On Jan. 29, the valuation of the crypto market plunged by more than $10 billion within a 48-hour period, from $121 billion to $111 billion.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking sources for blockchain data and its analysis, a statement issued by the agency revealed on Jan. 31.

In this post, I will discuss both the function and role of a market maker, the rules that govern market makers in the United States at major exchanges, and how that should guide exchange rules for crypto assets including ICOs and STOs.

After Ethereum core developers expressed broad support in January for ProgPoW-an ASIC resistant upgrade to the Ethereum network-the Ethereum community raised concerns that the highly anticipated patch may cause the same problem it was intended to solve.

Saturday, Feb. 2: most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting a mix of slight gains and losses on the day by press time.

Major United Kingdom public transport provider Go-Ahead Group Plc. is partnering with blockchain startup DOVU to introduce a tokenized rewards system for rail customers, TechCrunch reported Feb. 1.

Ethereum core developers have delayed the decision to implement Application-Specific Integrated Circuit-resistant proof-of-work algorithm ProgPoW. According to an Ethereum core developer meeting on Feb. 1, the team wants to wait until the algorithm is audited by a third party.

Last week, the International Monetary Fund claimed that the growth of blockchain in Malta has created major risks of money laundering and terrorism financing in the island's economy, as per the local media.

Manhattan's District Attorney announced the indictment of an individual for stealing identities and funds, including crypto, via a process known as SIM swapping.

Cryptocurrency payment processor CoinGate has added Ripple's native token XRP to its payment options for merchants, a company tweet revealed Feb. 1.