The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Malta has warned citizens about an unlicensed cryptocurrency exchange serving its domestic market.

Japan's cryptocurrency exchanges reported 5,944 suspicious transactions in the first 10 months of 2018.

The past year has seen an intensifying push toward producing international standards for the cryptocurrency industry.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seeking to fund anti-counterfeiting solutions from blockchain startups with grants of up to $800,000.

Today, Zcoin implemented a new mining algorithm that hampers FPGA, ASIC, and botnet mining.

According to a recent survey, over one third of big businesses in Germany consider blockchain technology as revolutionary as the Internet, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reported, Dec. 4.In addition to artificial intelligence and the Internet of things, blockchain technology is one of the current three areas of development with "Tremendous potential," the survey reports.

A recent study has found that pump and dump schemes account for about $7 million worth of trading volume per month, MIT Technology Review reported Dec. 4.

The number of MikroTik routers affected by cryptojacking malware has repotedly doubled since summer 2018, reaching 415,000, security researcher VriesHd tweeted Sunday, Dec. 2.Since August, VriesHd has been reporting on crypto malware that targets routers and forces them to mine cryptocurrencies along with the researchers from Bad Packets Report.

Major American cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase has launched support for Zcash at Coinbase.com and the exchange's Android and iOS apps, according to a blog post published Dec. 5.Per today's announcement, Coinbase customers can now purchase, sell, send, receive, and store ZEC. The coin will be available for customers in most jurisdictions, but initially customers from the United Kingdom and the state of New York will not be able to use the service.

Wednesday, Dec. 5: All but one the top 20 cryptocurrencies registered losses in the last 24 hours, Bitcoin lost most of its recent gains, sinking below $3,800.

Since 2017, investors have lost billions investing in blockchain and cryptocurrency projects.

Mike Kayamori, CEO of Quoine, expects Bitcoin to make new lifetime highs by the end of next year, and believes that the bottom is close to current levels.

The Indian state government of Andhra Pradesh wants to build a community of blockchain startups in the region.

Crypto exchange turned corporate unicorn Coinbase has a 17-person team currently exploring decentralized identity solutions.

The move follows the introduction of direct USDT-fiat trading in late November, through the addition of USDT/USD and EURT/EUR trading pairs on the Bitfinex platform.

On Dec. 1, the G-20 declaration titled "Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable Development" was published on the official website of the Council of the European Union and the European Council.

The Chilean Supreme Court has ruled against crypto exchange Orionx, allowing a state-owned bank to close its account, local news outlet Emol reported Dec. 4.

Seven southern European Union member states have released a declaration calling for help in the promotion of Distributed Ledger Technology's use in the region, the Financial Times reports Dec. 4.

Enterprise blockchain software firm R3 has announced that 'rival' Ripple's XRP token will be the first crypto supported on its new universal payment settlement platform, Finextra reports today, Dec. 5.

Less than a week after adding privacy-focused zcash to its professional trading platform, crypto exchange Coinbase is opening trading to its retail customers.

A strategic shift is in the works at ConsenSys, the sprawling venture studio dedicated to building ethereum-based businesses and products.

Four major blockchain companies have formed a "Blockchain for Europe" Association, according to a press release Dec. 5.

Bitcoin.com CEO and Bitcoin Cash proponent Roger Ver remained buoyant about cryptocurrency markets Dec. 4, telling Bloomberg the "Future is brighter than ever."

Seven EU member nations have come together to promote the use of blockchain tech to boost government services and economic well-being.

An international financial free zone within the capital of the United Arab Emirates has concluded the first phase of its blockchain-based Know Your Customer utility project, according to an ADGM press release Dec. 4.

Distributed ledger technology provider R3 has launched the Corda Settler, an application aimed to facilitate global cryptocurrency payments within enterprise blockchains - and it's starting with XRP. R3 said XRP is the first globally recognized cryptocurrency to be supported by Settler, bringing the Corda and XRP ecosystems into closer alignment - something of a rapprochement considering Ripple and R3 were previously locked in a legal dispute.

Specifically, Starteos, one of EOS' officially sanctioned Block Producers, appeared to publically offer its token holders financial rewards in return for their votes.

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance revealed a second preview of its forthcoming decentralized exchange in a video Dec. 4.

That's the takeaway from a report out Wednesday from the Aion Foundation, which raised $23 million worth of bitcoin and ether through a token sale in October 2017.

The graduate school for the U.S. Air Force has developed a educational tool on blockchain for supply chain management, U.S. business journal Modern Materials Handling reported Dec. 3.