The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

A Russian intellectual property startup has signed a memorandum with officials from Uzbek capital Tashkent to integrate blockchain for use in copyright, Russian state news agency TASS reports Tuesday, Oct. 16.

"Airdrops are good for crypto users."

Cryptocurrency payments provider BitPay added two stablecoins for fiat-equivalent settlements at merchant-level on Oct. 15, according to a press release.

Rwanda has partnered with a U.K.-based blockchain startup to trace the mining of the conflict metal tantalum in the country, according to the startup's press release, published Oct. 16.

A U.K.-based industry body for the responsible finance sector revealed plans to introduce a blockchain tool to monitor firms' sustainable commitments, Reuters reports Wednesday, Oct. 17.

Amazon Web Services' China division is partnering with public blockchain project Qtum.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Brian Quintenz has addressed the question of accountability in an era of disintermediated finance and smart contracts.

Forcing a bitcoin price breakout is looking anything but easy for the bulls, with the path to $7,400 being littered with resistance levels.

Rwanda has turned to blockchain for tracking tantalum, a metal used in consumer electronics, in a bid to address concerns over conflict minerals in global markets.

A blockchain-driven startup believes that blockchain technology has the potential to be more than a "One trick pony designed for investors" - setting the objective of creating cutting-edge technology for fast transactions, and delivering "Practical services for real people."

The Internet and Mobile Association of India is forming a dedicated focus group for blockchain exploration made up of both big business and cryptocurrency players, Indian daily newspaper Economic Times reported Monday, Oct. 15.

In the beginning of October, Bitcoin achieved a 17-month low volatility rate, recording its highest level of stability since mid-2017.

Tone Vays, a well recognized Bitcoin trader, recently disclosed his first trade of the year: to short Bitcoin near its yearly low.

Smart contract coders could be held liable if they knowingly use blockchain technology to create functions that are deemed as predictive "Event contracts," according to a U.S. regulator.

Cryptocurrency markets could increase ten times over from 2020, blockchain investment firm and hedge fund Pantera Capital's co-CIO told Bloomberg Tuesday, Oct. 16.

China's first Bitcoin exchange BTCC, formerly known as BTC China, is set to launch trading services in South Korea, Korean business outlet The Investor reported yesterday, October 16.

Named "Bulletproofs," the tech, which was invented by cryptographers Benedict Bunz and Jonathan Bootle, promises to dramatically decrease the weight of confidential transactions, and on Thursday, Oct. 18, privacy-oriented cryptocurrency monero will put that to the test.

Integrating blockchain and machine learning, Decentralized Analysis System aims to resolve the lack of transparency within the blockchain industry through a tokenized database powered by its users.

The Internet Mobile Association of India announced Oct. 15 that it would be forming a committee to push more government involvement in the blockchain ecosystem.

If there's money to be made in the crypto markets, you can bet traders will be the first on the scene.

The IOTA Foundation revealed its native Tangle technology - a DAG-based scalable protocol - will be used by IAMPASS for the latter's decentralized digital identity management product, as published on a blog post by IOTA head of communications, Cara Harbor.

The Ethereum Foundation has announced the fourth wave of grants awarded to 20 different persons and entities working on the Ethereum blockchain, it revealed in a press release Oct. 15.

Civil, the New York-based startup aiming to put journalism on a blockchain, has announced it will issue refunds to users who participated in its token sale, as it failed to meet a pre-set minimal requirement.

A recent study by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, a post-trade financial services firm, has found that distributed ledger technology is scalable enough to support daily trade volumes of the U.S. equity market, according to a press release published Oct. 16.

San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced trading is now open for 0x, making it the first ERC-20 token available for trade on the platform, according to a blog post published Oct. 16.

Stockholm-based company ChromaWay has partnered with the New South Wales Land Registry Services to work on a system of property conveyance using ChromaWay's blockchain technology.

Cryptocurrency trading platform Bitfinex has reportedly shifted its banking business to the Hong Kong-based Bank of Communications, the Block reported Oct. 16.

Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has partnered with blockchain advertising analytics firm Lucidity to cut down on fraud when buying digital ads, according to a press release published Oct. 16.

The market is starting to differentiate between stablecoins, even though these cryptocurrencies are all designed to trade 1-to-1 with fiat.

A subsidiary of the major U.A.E. seaport operator Abu Dhabi Ports has launched an international blockchain pilot with the Port of Antwerp, global shipping news agency Hellenic Shipping News reports Oct. 15.