The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Optherium, a global fintech company, believes that its ecosystem could be the silver bullet to eliminate the main issues facing the crypto world - as well as the old-fashioned economy.

The cryptocurrency market crash has eased pressure on the U.K.'s financial regulator to introduce hasty new rules for the sector, Reuters reported Nov. 20.

The Bitfury Group, a crypto mining and software company, has recruited two veterans of the traditional financial world to guide its strategy and growth.

What's more, cryptocurrency exchanges that froze holdings of bitcoin cash in lead-up to Thursday's contentious hard fork activation are beginning to warm up to idea that bitcoin cash may forever remain two cryptocurrencies.

SWIFT India has partnered with fintech firm MonetaGo to pilot a distributed ledger network designed to improve the efficiency and security of financial products, according to a press release published Nov. 20.SWIFT India is a joint venture established by SWIFT SCRL and a number of major Indian and international banks, including HDFC Bank and the Bank of India.

The Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa has ordered three crypto-related companies providing unauthorized investment services to cease and desist, an official release states Monday, Nov. 19.The first company, a trading platform called Richmond Investing, has purportedly violated the Consolidated Law on Finance - a fundamental law governing Italian financial markets - by failing to register as a financial intermediary in the country.

Hackers have infected the website of global non-profit organization the Make-A-Wish Foundation with cryptojacking malware, according to a report by cybersecurity firm Trustwave posted Nov. 19.According to Trustwave researchers, crypto jackers managed to incorporate a JavaScript miner CoinImp into the domain worldwish.org in order to illicitly mine privacy-focused cryptocurrency Monero.

Investment management firm VanEck subsidiary MV Index Solutions has launched its own Bitcoin index based on three major over-the-counter desks, according to a press release published Nov. 20.MV Index Solutions is a firm that develops, monitors and licenses the MVIS Indices, which cover several asset classes, including equity, fixed income markets and digital assets.

Bitcoin Cash "Satoshi's Vision" - otherwise called Bitcoin SV - suffered a block reorganization Monday by which transactions on two different blocks were overwritten.

Despite the present market crash, major Wall Street crypto bull Tom Lee has reiterated his recently reduced year-end price prediction for Bitcoin at $15,000 in an interview with CNBC's Squawk Box on Tuesday, Nov. 20.In the recent statement, the head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors pointed out two major types of crypto players - those who are "Using it and have wallets in crypto," and those who belong to a speculative side of the market.

"ICE Futures U.S., Inc. will list the new Bakkt Bitcoin Daily Futures Contract for trading on trade date Thursday, January 24, 2019, subject to regulatory approval. The new listing timeframe will provide additional time for customer and clearing member onboarding prior to the start of trading and warehousing of the new contract."

Bitcoin use for commercial payments has reduced significantly this year, according to a study by Chainalysis cited by Reuters Nov. 20.To prepare the study, Chainalysis reportedly surveyed 17 Bitcoin payment processors.

A blockchain-based platform that enables gamers to make in-app purchases using cryptocurrency has forged a partnership with Unity, a major game engine - giving developers the chance to unlock new revenue streams with lower fees.

NBA superstar and "Investment genius" Kobe Bryant is speaking at TRON's niTROn Summit 2019 in San Francisco on Jan. 17.

Further, as bitcoin makes up more than 50 percent of the entire market in terms of total capitalization, it's safe to say the bear market may end when bitcoin bulls refuse to cede more ground.

The Big Issue, a street newspaper sold by the homeless in the U.K. and other countries, is launching a blockchain-driven platform to promote impact investing, The Financial Times reports Monday, Nov. 18.Three investment companies - UK Standard Life Aberdeen, U.S. Columbia Threadneedle, and AllianceBernstein - will join The Big Issue as founders of the platform dubbed The Big Exchange.

The Bakkt digital assets platform, which was created by the operator of the New York Stock Exchange, announced in a Medium post today, Nov. 24, that they are now "Targeting" Jan. 24, 2019 as a launch date.

Crypto startup Paxos is partnering with payments firm BitPay to allow the latter's merchants to utilize the Paxos Standard stablecoin in settling transactions.

Ping An Bank, a subsidiary of China's Ping An Insurance Group, will launch a boutique bank using blockchain, cloud services, and the Internet of Things.

Intercontinental Exchange's bitcoin futures trading platform is delaying its formal launch.

The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority is considering a ban on some cryptocurrency-based derivatives, a senior executive has said.

Securities Commissioner Karen Tyler of North Dakota, U.S., has issued a cease and desist order against a Russian Initial Coin Offering that posed as Liechtenstein Union Bank, according to a Monday, Nov. 19 press release.

The U.S. Department of Justice has focused its investigation crypto market manipulation on whether or not Tether was used to artificially inflate Bitcoin prices during last year's momentous rally, Bloomberg reports Nov. 20.Bloomberg cites three unnamed sources "Familiar with the matter" who allege that the DoJ has "Honed in" on the triad of Bitcoin, Tether, and its affiliated crypto exchange Bitfinex - the latter two of which share a CEO, Jan Ludovicus van der Velde.

Bitcoin's drop to 13-month lows has likely put the cryptocurrency on the path to post its worst monthly loss of 2018.

A new blockchain platform believes it is a "More attractive and accessible destination" for hosting tokens than the likes of Ethereum's ERC20 platform, as it gives developers the support they need to build, market and launch custom tokens successfully.

The Spanish Ministry of Finance will oversee 15,000 taxpayers who have made transactions with cryptocurrencies in the last year, El País, the largest Spanish-language newspaper, reports Nov. 19.Under the auspices of Hacienda, Spain's tax agency, the Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria, underlined that it will monitor "The fiscal incidence of these new technologies, such as blockchain and, especially, cryptocurrencies," to prevent tax fraud actions as a part of its annual tax control plan.

Peru's central bank has reacted to the recent crypto markets collapse by warning about the high volatility of digital currencies on its Twitter Friday, Nov. 16.In its recent post, the Peruvian central bank included Bloomberg graphics on Bitcoin's price from December 2017 to mid-November 2018.

The U.K.'s finance regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, may ban cryptocurrency derivatives such as futures as part of its "Most comprehensive response" to the industry, financial trading news outlet Finance Magnates reported Nov. 20.In a speech at a London conference Tuesday, FCA executive director of strategy and competition Christopher Woolard said the organization would consult on forbidding so-called cryptocurrency contracts-for-difference.

The U.S. Department of Justice is increasingly focusing a months-long investigation into crypto market manipulation on the tether stablecoin, a report says.

Cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has pushed back against allegations made by Hong-Kong based trading firm Amber AI over its early settlement of bitcoin cash futures contracts last week.