The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Crypto exchange Coinbase announced support for the Circle-issued stablecoin Tuesday.

The newest commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission met with representatives from money manager VanEck and blockchain startup SolidX earlier this month to discuss a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund.

The Switzerland-based Capital Markets and Technology Association has published new anti-money-laundering standards for digital assets and distributed ledger technologies Oct. 18.CMTA is a non-profit, independent association established in Geneva earlier this year with the aim of promoting the adoption of DLT, such as blockchain, and digital assets in the financial markets.

Japanese financial services giant SBI Group has partnered with a blockchain security startup to develop a digital wallet for its recently launched cryptorrency exchange.

The Australian government agency dedicated to streamlining the country's IT operations has called blockchain "Interesting," but said it is hyped by firms working with the tech.

The Hollywood Reporter revealed Monday that film star Johnny Depp will team up with crypto-centric entertainment streaming platform TaTaTu.

Months after its debut, the cryptocurrency being launched by the estate of the late Wu-Tang Clan member Ol' Dirty Bastard is moving ahead - starting with a public pre-sale that begins this week.

Taiwanese electronics company HTC has announced the presale of its widely-discussed blockchain smartphone, Exodus 1, the product's official Twitter account reveals Oct. 23.

A former executive at financial services giant Fidelity Investments has been appointed Chief Operating Officer at blockchain infrastructure firm Bloq, according to a press release Oct. 23.

A "Made for gaming" cryptocurrency has become the first-ever altcoin to be accepted by a major gaming platform - in what is being described as good news for developers and players alike.

Global management consultancy firm Accenture revealed a new blockchain tool in a press release Oct. 22, its second in a month focusing on interoperability.

The mortgage process is heavily centralized and permeated with middlemen who each add their own markup to the overall costs, a perfect target for blockchain.

Further, BTC is still trapped in a narrow range of $6,360 and $6,480.

U.S. payments processing company Square has announced that it is open-sourcing its Bitcoin cold storage solution in an official blog post published today, Oct. 23.

Speaking at the Web3 Summit in Berlin Tuesday, ethereum co-founder and Parity Technologies founder Gavin Wood announced that his company's new tool, Substrate, is weeks from release.

Earlier in October, an ethical hacker who goes by the handle GeoCold on Twitter announced the live-streaming of a 51% attack.

Hadley Stern, the executive who led Fidelity Investments' blockchain research and development for the last three years, is joining a well-known startup in the field.

Chinese cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain confirmed it would roll out a firmware update for so-called 'Overt AsicBoost' to all its Antminer models in a blog post Monday, Oct. 22.

The exponential increase in demand and interest in blockchain technology has enabled multi-billion dollar markets for the blockchain in major sectors including manufacturing, agriculture, retail, supply chain, IoT, and payments.

Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and Tesla, just made a mysterious tweet about bitcoin that's whipping up speculation across social media and the cryptocurrency community that it may be more than just a joke.

A major Canadian commercial bank will use blockchain to simplify the process banks use to issue transactions, a press release confirmed Oct. 21.

A decade after launching its first Android device, global consumer tech giant HTC is officially releasing its first blockchain-enabled phone.

Mobile payments startup Square is making its bitcoin cold storage solution open-source.

Yes, these still include fundamental questions such as "What is a blockchain?" and "What is a blockchain good for?".

Vertex Ventures has announced an investment in the largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance to facilitate its expansion into Singapore, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Oct. 23.Vertex Ventures is a subsidiary of Singapore-based government-owned investment company Temasek Holdings, which manages $223 billion in assets.

Singapore's sovereign wealth fund is investing in the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by way of its venture wing.

The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, has announced the launch date for Bitcoin futures on its platform Bakkt, according to a document released Oct. 22.Bakkt is a platform for trading, storing, and spending digital assets that was established earlier this year by global exchange operator ICE.Per the document, ICE will list Bakkt Bitcoin Daily Futures Contracts for trading on Dec. 12, 2018.

Users of the long-troubled cryptocurrency exchange WEX have begun filing police reports after more than three months of being unable to withdraw major cryptocurrencies or fiat, CoinDesk has learned.

Overstock's venture capital subsidiary Medici Ventures has invested in decentralized social network Minds, Inc., according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Oct. 22.Founded in 2011, Minds is a decentralized social networking platform that rewards users for their activity online via cryptocurrencies, revenue, and views of their content.

BTC/USDBitcoin dipped below the moving averages on Oct. 19, but the bears could not capitalize on the fall, as the price climbed back up the next day.