The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

As numerous countries across the board navigate their feelings on central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, Benoît Cœuré of the Bank for International Settlements thinks physical cash will retain its importance.

As the crypto market continues to soar to new heights on a nearly daily basis - with Bitcoin currently resting around the $16,100 threshold - the murkiness surrounding cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has continued to linger.

Galaxy Digital's over-the-counter trading desk posted record volumes in the third quarter, signaling once again that institutional uptake of digital assets is on the rise.

Jon Cunliffe, one of the leaders of England's central bank, said banks must adapt to the changes brought on by digital assets.

With Joe Biden poised to be the next president of the United States, Cointelegraph Consulting reflects on how traditional assets have responded to the election of a democratic candidate.

Nov 13, 2020 at 2:34 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 13, 2020 at 3:25 p.m. UTC.Libra was the final wake-up call for central banks that prompted serious consideration of digital currency issuances, according to Benoit Coeure, head of the Innovation Hub at the Bank for International Settlements.

The price of Bitcoin is showing stability above $16,000 after a continuous rally since November 10.

What the economy needs right now is for U.S. lawmakers to pass a fiscal stimulus package because ostensibly that money can go directly to people and businesses that need it most.

Another bank is reportedly moving into crypto amid a major bull run in crypto markets.

Nov 13, 2020 at 12:22 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 13, 2020 at 2:11 p.m. UTC.Peninsula Visa, a firm providing passport and visa services in the U.S., says it now accepts payments in bitcoin.

Ripple's new filing with the USPTO is for the trademark "PayString."

To name one of the many recent exploits of DeFi contracts, Harvest Finance was hacked for $25-33 million in stablecoins due to a so-called "Flash loan attack." There was an economic logic flaw that Harvest's developers did not account for, allowing a technically-capable attacker to drain funds.

A bi-directional charging scenario allows vehicle owners to sell excess power back to office buildings at a profit.

After launching its Bitcoin mining pool in April, crypto exchange Binance has now launched an in-house mining pool for the market's largest altcoin by market cap, Ether.

The term "Open interest" refers to the total sum of contracts that are actively open in the futures market.

Nov 13, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. UTC.As the Chinese government cracks down on several crypto exchanges catering to traders based in China, many of those customers - and their bitcoin - have been making their way to Binance over the past few days.

In its first step towards the futuristic Akon City, Akoin, the cryptocurrency business that is chaired by global artist Akon, can now be used to pay for goods and services in a west Kenyan city.

Nov 13, 2020 at 9:05 a.m. UTCUpdated Nov 13, 2020 at 3:17 p.m. UTC.Payments provider BitPay has launched a new service enabling businesses to pay employees, contractors, customers and vendors en masse with cryptocurrency.

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The Bitcoin price, which is currently sitting at $16,320, has only been at this level or higher for 12 days in the coin's entire 4,332-day history, representing just 0.28% of the cryptocurrency's life.

While many decentralized finance tokens suffered heavy losses last month - prompting hastily written obituaries about the DeFi "Bubble" - metrics measuring user activity saw sustained sector-wide growth.

BitPay Send allows businesses to issue mass crypto payments around the world without having to hold any crypto themselves.

The recent DeFi downturn has impacted the treasuries of decentralized autonomous organizations by 40% in a month.

BeefChain is a Wyoming-based traceability solution on a quest to track the origin of cattle and sheep using Cardano.

The world's largest decentralized exchange, Uniswap, has just conducted its first community call primarily to discuss which direction to take when UNI farming concludes on November 17.

Within the last hour Bitcoin price surged through the $16,200 level to secure a new 2020 high at $16,473.

"This is the death knell of Bitcoin. It was fun whilst it lasted. $3K here we come."

Malta-based virtual assistant firm Vaiot has integrated IBM's Watson Assistant with the Cosmos blockchain to sell car insurance.

Tezos is seeking to attract DeFi developers, implementing a protocol upgrade that reduces smart contract gas fees by roughly 75%. 208 Total views.