The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

With Wall Street seemingly moving from the sidelines to their pre-match pep talk, the weight of institutional participation in cryptocurrency would no longer rest on the lone shoulders of a Bitcoin ETF approval.

Canada's largest airline Air Canada has announced its participation on a blockchain-based travel distribution platform developed by Swiss blockchain startup Winding Tree, according to a press release published Oct. 24.Air Canada was established in 1937 and provides scheduled and charter passengers and cargo air transportation.

Let's first start by identifying the newest species of money, bitcoin.

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has released a report on crypto donations to provide relief for West Japan following devastating floods in mid-July, according to a blog post published Oct. 24.From late June to mid-July, record downpours in southwestern Japan caused floods and landslides, wherein over 8 million people were advised to evacuate across 23 prefectures, and 225 people were confirmed dead across 15 prefectures.

BTC/USDThe range on Bitcoin has shrunk in the past three days.

Blockshow is announcing a new conference - Asia Blockchain Week, which will be hosted in Singapore from Nov. 27 until Dec. 1, 2018.

AMD's sales of graphics cards to cryptocurrency miners have all but dried up.

Japan, the largest cryptocurrency exchange market by daily trading volume, has allowed the local crypto market to self-regulate, demonstrating trust towards the country's cryptocurrency-related businesses.

Wednesday, Oct. 24: crypto markets have continued trading sideways today, remaining relatively stable over the past 10 days, according market capitalization data from CoinMarketCap.

Tether, issuer of stablecoin USDT, says it has "Redeemed a significant amount" of tokens from the circulating supply and will now "Destroy" 500 million USDT from the Tether treasury wallet, in an official post published Oct. 24.

U.K. blockchain startup Setl is about to enter an E.U. settlement system after receiving approval from the French securities regulator to run a central securities depository, the Financial Times writes Tuesday, Oct. 23.

Shortly before 1:00 p.m. ET Wednesday, Tether, the company behind the dollar-linked stablecoin of the same name, announced via Twitter that it had destroyed 500 million tether tokens.

South Korea's Financial Services Commission has issued a statement to warn investors to be cautious while investing in cryptocurrency funds, according to documents published on the official FSC website on Oct. 24.

CoinMarketCap, the most-visited aggregator of cryptocurrency market data, has changed the way it uses data from the Bitfinex exchange in response to a report by CoinDesk.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has won a preliminary injunction against Dubai-based Alibabacoin Foundation in a lawsuit over the misleading use of Alibaba in their name, financial website MarketWatch reports Wednesday, Oct. 24.

The world's second largest stock exchange by market cap, Nasdaq, revealed a new blockchain patent award Tuesday, October 23, in a bid to tackle the release of information for the media industry.

According to a crypto enthusiast and security researcher going by the handle "Geocold51," most small-scale cryptocurrencies are at risk from the industry's most feared vulnerability - the 51% attack.

In 2017, when the price of Bitcoin reached parity with gold, cryptocurrency grabbed the attention of gold investors around the world for the first time.

Major crypto exchange Bitfinex has responded to a recent media report that accused the exchange of publishing trading volume data from "a market that doesn't exist," in a tweet posted Oct. 23.

U.K.-based settlement infrastructure provider Setl has been granted a license from France's securities regulator to operate a central securities depository system using blockchain tech.

The world's largest crypto exchange Binance has launched its fiat-to-crypto exchange in Uganda today, Oct. 24, according to an official announcement on Medium.

South Korea's Financial Services Commission has warned the public to exercise caution when investing in cryptocurrency funds.

Let's take a closer look at the decentralized exchange landscape to better understand the market leaders and trends.

U.S. actor and producer Johnny Depp is partnering with crypto-powered social entertainment platform TaTaTu, according to a report by film industry media Hollywood Reporter posted Monday, Oct. 22.

Originally announced in March and named Dirty Coin, the project - now known as the O.D.B. Coin - plans to use the proceeds from sales of the altcoin to fund various fan engagement projects.

Japan's Financial Services Agency has given the local crypto industry self-regulatory status, certifying the Japanese Virtual Currency Exchange Association to oversee the space, Cointelegraph Japan reports Wednesday, Oct. 24.

Wall Street may seem to be primed for a cryptocurrency revolution, but the regulatory fortress of global finance doesn't seem to be letting down its guard.

Nasdaq has won a patent outlining how blockchain could be used to release information as part of a wire service.

Taiwan plans to release draft Initial Coin Offering regulation by June 2019, local English-language daily news outlet Taipei Times reported Tuesday, Oct. 23.

The Financial Services Agency, Japan's finance regulator, has formally approved a cryptocurrency exchange association as a self-regulatory industry body.