The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

A new paper authored by World Bank Group-linked experts proposes development of a blockchain network to boost efficiency across government procurement systems worldwide.

A New Zealand developer sent two signed Bitcoin transactions to his girlfriend's crypto wallet on Monday using only radio signals and a cheap smartphone while offline and not connected to a cell network.

Crypto is gaining in popularity but many merchants still don't accept it - meaning you are stuck with those age-old, boring options of paying by card or cash.

Decentralized Internet project TRON and China's largest Internet search provider Baidu will cooperate on cloud computing resources, according to an official tweet from the TRON Foundation posted yesterday, October 17.

A four-way partnership between major Japanese companies will conduct research into the possible use of blockchain in distributed electricity supply, a press release announced Monday, Oct. 15.

Japan's Tax Commission is looking for ways to simplify the current tax filing system for cryptocurrencies in order to ensure investors accurately report their gains.

Indian regulators' clampdown on cryptocurrency businesses is forcing the exchange startup Unocoin to experiment with stablecoins and ATMs to continue receiving fiat deposits from customers.

The stablecoin trio of Paxos Standard, Gemini Dollar, and USD//Coin have surged ahead in trading volume and adoption shortly after launch, indicating that investors and businesses alike look for reputed options to store the digital equivalent of their fiat balances.

Following the launch of its first fiat to crypto exchange Binance Uganda two days ago, the company announced today that it is now accepting deposits of Ugandan shillings.

The U.S. Marshals have announced a plan to auction off nearly $4.3 million worth of bitcoin next month.

Half a dozen lawsuits against the allegedly fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme BitConnect have now been combined into a single legal effort.

After months of speculation, San Francisco-based Coinbase launched the trading of 0x on its trading platform, causing a quick 40 percent rise in the asset's price after listing.

A new privacy paper surfaced in the "Bitcoin wizards" chat channel Wednesday bearing a familiar name - "Tom Elvis Jedusor," the French version of Tom Riddle.

The World Payments Report 2018 published Oct. 16 has found that distributed ledger technology is not currently capable of meeting financial market demands.

Major mining hardware producers, such as Bitmain, Canaan and Ebang, could be affected by recently imposed U.S. sanctions on Chinese goods, Hong Kong's English-language newspaper South China Morning Post reports Tuesday, Oct. 16.

Canada-based blockchain and crypto company DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. has announced the development of a global supply chain management platform for the legal cannabis industry, according to an announcement published Oct. 17.

The price is trading below both the moving averages and the RSI is also in negative territory.

A U.S. cryptocurrency exchange is reporting a significant increase in trades between tether, the controversial stablecoin that lost its dollar peg this week, and a newer alternative called TrueUSD. At HBUS, the U.S. affiliate of the Singapore-based Huobi exchange, both deposits and withdrawals of USDT "Have increased by over 10x over the last two days," a company spokesperson told CoinDesk.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinfloor has received a blockchain license.

Cryptocurrency tracking resource CryptoCompare's recent study has shown that 85 percent of crypto assets allow development teams to alter their platforms.

Bitcoin futures trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange has continued to grow in Q3, the U.S.-based exchange reported in a tweet Wednesday, Oct. 17.

One of those places was Bibox, the ninth-largest exchange by 24-hour adjusted volume, according to CoinMarketCap, which accounts for basically all trading - 96 percent at the time of writing - in the Gemini Dollar, a dollar-pegged alternative to tether.

The tweet in question was allegedly circulated through Bloomberg's Twitter network "TicToc" on Oct. 11, and was reposted as a screenshot to Redditor u/Alexsayzz's thread titled "Anti-crypto propaganda... promoted by American Express," which has had 4,100 upvotes and drawn 437 comments as of press time.

Average daily volumes for bitcoin futures trading saw a significant jump in the third quarter compared to the last period, according to CME Group.

Cobo, a Beijing-based cryptocurrency wallet startup, has closed a $13 million Series A funding round in its bid to expand its services overseas.

At the time of the announcement, OKEx was the fifth-largest Bitcoin exchange by volume and the third-largest exchange in terms of Tether volume.

Crypto compliance provider and research firm Chainalysis announced it had partnered with exchange Binance in a press release Wednesday, Oct. 17, in order to improve its detection of suspicious transactions.

On October 15, the cryptocurrency dipped below the $1 mark amid a wave of negative sentiment that has led to an apparent sell-off of Tether tokens.

In a bid to tackle the age-old assertion Binance has joined with crypto compliance and investigation provider Chainalysis to keep its transcontinental ecosystem squeaky clean.

Binance, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is working with crypto compliance and investigation software provider Chainalysis to implement a new global compliance solution, the companies announced Wednesday.