The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Russia's largest majority state-owned bank Sberbank has signed a partnership agreement with state-owned power giant Rosseti to propagate new technologies, a press release confirms Friday, October 5.

Bitmain, the world market leader for mining equipment, on the eve of an epic IPO - which could become the largest in the entire history of the IT market - is experiencing an equally epic publicity and information attack.

Argentina's first Bitcoin ATM machine was installed last month and, according to a Reuters report, more could be coming.

Timing an expected bitcoin price breakout after a prolonged period of consolidation is challenging, but a technical tool called the "Choppiness index" may offer some insight.

Leading U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase has announced that veteran employee Adam White, head of its institutional platform group, is leaving the firm, Bloomberg reported October 4.

Adam White, one of U.S.-based crypto exchange Coinbase's most senior executives and fifth-ever employee, is leaving the company.

The makers of mobile-based cryptocurrency Electroneum announced today that theirs will be the first fully Know Your Customer compliant cryptocurrency.

The second largest bank in Italy, Intesa Sanpaolo, and 13 other banks have successfully completed the first phase of an interbank reconciliation blockchain trial.

A blockchain project called Education Ecosystem is developing a decentralized online learning platform called LiveEdu, where people can learn how to build complete products in categories like programming, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, and other technology fields.

Pointing out the government's delay in regulating initial coin offerings since a year, South Korean lawmakers called for swift regulatory action in a parliamentary forum on Oct. 2, reported Business Korea.

As a venture-capital investor said in a recent interview, Augur's "Biggest pain point is user experience." This has meant that, following a brief honeymoon in which Augur attracted a flood of users, the platform's daily active user count is now solidly below 100.

Overstock.com's venture capital subsidiary Medici Ventures has invested in Israeli-based technology company VinX to develop a blockchain-powered wine futures platform, according to a press release published October 4.

The U.K.'s national land registry is moving into the second phase of its ongoing blockchain research effort.

Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a blockchain-based system that allows a third-party administrator to intervene in a smart contract in case of illegal activities.

As part of its pivot into security and computing, software company and former smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry has released a blockchain-powered platform.

One such investor is Chen Min, CEO and founder of Linzhi, a Shenzhen-based, startup that has spent $4 million in pursuit of designing the fastest specialized mining chip, or ASIC, for ethereum.

The European Securities and Markets Authority has budgeted over 1 million euro for monitoring fintech and crypto assets, according to a document published Oct. 4.Founded in 2011 in Paris, the ESMA has an objective to develop a uniform rulebook for European Union financial markets, as well as provide market supervision.

The mayor of Seoul Park Won-soon has introduced a five-year plan for developing the blockchain industry in the city, Korean news agency Yonhap News reports Thursday, October 4.The project entitled "Blockchain City of Seoul" contains a number of measures for promoting and developing blockchain-related initiatives and education in the city from 2018-2022, Park revealed in a speech in the city Zug, Switzerland on Thursday.

Institutions appear to be more bullish on Bitcoin than the members of the crypto community on Twitter, according to a recent survey by Fundstrat Global Advisors.

According to a press release on the Poloniex website, the Circle-owned cryptoasset exchange will be removing margin and lending products for US-based customers.

BlackBerry, the software company and former maker of an eponymous line of mobile phones, announced Thursday its plans for a new blockchain platform aimed at storing and sharing medical data.

One of Spain's busiest ports based in the city of Valencia has announced the creation of a "Smart port" which will use blockchain and big data technologies.

For all the ruminations of regulators, the Big Apple's real estate market has taken its another step onto the bandwagon of tokenization.

Goldman Sachs-funded Circle Internet Financial Ltd. has launched a new feature for its crypto investment app Circle Invest dubbed "Collections." The company has made the announcement in an official blog post published Oct. 4.The feature gives customers the option to invest in one or more collections of crypto assets, each divided according to a particular theme: "Platforms, Payments, and Privacy." The company presents the tool as a simplified way for investors to focus their portfolio on multiple coins, according to a specific functionality of their choice.

The EU's financial markets watchdog has revealed that it is setting aside over €1 million in order to monitor cryptocurrencies and other fintech activities during 2019.

Venezuelan state-owned cryptocurrency Petro has apparently plagiarized parts of its white paper from the GitHub repository of Dash.

South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb, currently the world's sixth largest by daily traded volume, will open a global decentralized crypto exchange, Business Korea reports Oct. 4.Bithumb has partnered with blockchain firm One Root Network, which has developed an Ethereum-based decentralized token transaction protocol dubbed "R1" and already operates a decentralized exchange.

Ethereum core developers announced a delay in plans to launch Constantinople, Ethereum's upcoming system-wide upgrade, on the test network Ropsten on Thursday.

Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes has found that scammers are using malware that targets the Bitcoin wallet addresses of Fortnite gamers, according to a post published October 2.Fortnite is currently one of the most popular video games in the world, with reports suggesting that 125 million people are active players.

Chinese energy company Risen Energy has partnered with a Spanish cryptocurrency mining farm will to develop capacity of up to 300 megawatts of photovoltaic power.