The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

On Dec. 13, Quanta Plc., owner of Quanta Technology Limited, a blockchain lottery operator, announced it had signed contracts to acquire a stake in International Lottery and Gaming Limited.

"Bitcoin is one of the most important inventions of all time and has launched a global movement. It's awesome to see an entire ecosystem spring up around it, but Bitcoin is my first love."

Ethereum development studio ConsenSys is partnering with computer chip maker AMD to develop a new cloud computing infrastructure based on blockchain technology.

A new project is gearing up to be the "First arts and games smart economy on the EOS blockchain" - offering games and giving artists the chance to showcase their creative works and monetize their passion.

"[C]rypto-assets do not pose risks to global financial stability currently.

For anyone who's ever noticed the sheer abundance of news stories about crypto's apparent problem with money laundering, this may come as a shock, yet a deeper inspection of recent history reveals that the traditional financial world has just as serious a problem with laundering as crypto, if not a more serious problem.

China's self-regulatory bank organization the China Banking Association will launch a blockchain-based platform to improve efficiency across the sector, participants confirmed in a statement Dec. 29.The project, formally dubbed the 'China Trade Finance Inter-bank Trading Blockchain Platform,' aims to use blockchain to target trade finance, transactions and other financial services.

Members of ethereum's open-source development community tentatively agreed Friday to implement a new algorithm that would block specialized mining hardware, or ASICs, pending further testing on the proposed code.

The American Economic Association will host four dedicated presentations of cryptocurrency and blockchain research today, Jan. 4, as part of its ongoing annual meeting.

Friday, Jan. 4 - after crypto markets tipped back into red yesterday, most cryptocurrencies are today seeing some further corrections.

A former senior employee at United States crypto exchange Coinbase has left the industry giant to join stablecoin issuer TrustToken as head of compliance, according to the company's official website Jan. 4.

The China Banking Association, the country's self-regulatory organization for the banking sector, is launching a new blockchain-based platform for trade finance.

The latest data shows that Bitcoin is in its longest buying streak in six months.

Bitcoin's recent pullback from highs above $4,200 could trap the bears on the wrong side of the market, the price-volume analysis indicates.

Another alumnus of Coinbase has left the cryptocurrency industry unicorn for a smaller startup.

Ai are two of the ICOs slated to be offered in 2019.

Paul Brody is EY's global innovation leader for blockchain.

The two masterminds behind Bitcoin S.V. are once again changing the narrative around Bitcoin; Craig Wright and Calvin Ayre claim that Bitcoin Satoshi's Vision is the one and only 'true' version of Bitcoin.

The over-the-counter trading desk at cryptocurrency finance firm Circle had a notional volume of $24 billion in 2018, according to an official Medium blog post on Jan. 3.Per the statement, Circle executed 10,000 OTC trades with 600 different counterparties, at $24 billion in volume.

Bitcoin automated teller machine manufacturer Lamassu has moved to Switzerland due to regulatory difficulties in other countries, according to a blog post published Jan. 1.Lamassu - now called Lamassu Industries AG - has moved to the Swiss canton of Lucerne, because the firm wants "To be in a place where rules are well defined and regulators are pro-innovation."

The drivers of bitcoin's returns are very different from those of the other markets, and it is therefore rightly seen as an attractive asset class by investors.

The Cabinet, the executive organ of the government of Ireland, has approved a bill that would give effect to the European Union Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive, the Irish Times reported Jan. 3.The directive - which came into force on July 9, 2018 - sets a new legal framework for European financial watchdogs to regulate digital currencies in order to protect against money laundering and terrorism financing.

The Chilean anti-monopoly court has again granted protection to local cryptocurrency exchanges by forcing banks to keep their accounts open, financial news outlet Diario Financiero reported Jan. 2.According to a recent statement from Buda.com - one of the crypto exchanges affected by previously upheld banking restrictions - the anit-monopoly court known as the Tribunal de Defensa de la Libre Competencia has held a poll, and most of its members voted in favor of the crypto firms.

The "Proof of Keys" event aimed against centralized exchanges is happening today, Jan. 3, spearheaded by Bitcoin investor Trace Mayer.

Major cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has added multiple new crypto derivative pairs to its platform, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Jan. 3.As Cointelegraph reported in late December, the exchange first launched a derivative product called a "Perpetual swap" that supports BTC/USD,with up to 100x leverage.

United States retailer Overstock.com has announced it will pay part of its business taxes in the state of Ohio using Bitcoin, according to an announcement on its website Jan. 3.

Thursday, Jan. 3 - after some positive inklings of growth earlier this week, crypto markets have today dipped back into the red, with most of the top twenty cryptocurrencies by market cap seeing losses capped below 6 percent, as data from CoinMarketCap shows.

How in control a person is of their coins depends on where and how the bitcoin is stored.

Today, Jan. 3, marks ten years since the creation of the very first block on the Bitcoin blockchain.

Digital retail giant Overstock.com plans to pay at least some of its taxes using bitcoin this year.