The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

On Aug. 22, Blocktrade Technology and Valens Bank confirmed a partnership that will give banking clients access to crypto fund trading.

The probability of a bullish move in bitcoin has gone up in the last 24 hours.

Alipay, the biggest payment application in China valued at $150 billion, officially banned over-the-counter Bitcoin trading, prohibiting traders from utilizing Alipay accounts to initiate digital asset trades.

Singapore's stock exchange is working with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the city-state's de facto central bank, to utilize blockchain in a bid to improve the efficiency of securities settlement.

Regulatory agencies in China have jointly issued a warning against illegal fundraising and trading activities involving cryptocurrencies.

While the broader cryptocurrency community awaited the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's decision on Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds, the watchdog rejected all nine applications made by three different players in one sweeping move on Aug. 22.SEC's Clean Sweep.

That's a summary of the diverse set of ethereum stakeholders that will be in attendance at an upcoming developer call, according to Ethereum Foundation communication officer Hudson Jameson.

Diar, a group of researchers that publish weekly reports on the cryptocurrency sector, earlier this week revealed that the volatility of Bitcoin has declined to a 14-month low.

Ant Financial, the payments affiliate of Alibaba, is cooperating with Chinese regulators to scrutinize peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading using its Alipay mobile app.

Cryptocurrency payments provider Wirex has received an operating license from the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority.

With bitcoin cash developers at each other throats, the year-old cryptocurrency might just split into two.

Yesterday, nine Bitcoin ETF rejections were issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Blockchain startups seeking to expand to the U.K. might find that now is a good time to do so.

Canadian adult entertainment streaming website Pornhub has announced a partnership with cryptocurrency payment and billing startup PumaPay to enable its users payments in cryptocurrencies, according to a tweet August 23.

The international crowdfunding firm Indiegogo will promote a new real-estate-backed token, according to a post on the company's website.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will review its decision to reject nine applications to list and trade various Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, Reuters reported August 23.

Canada's National Research Council has launched a new Ethereum blockchain explorer for public use, according to a press release.

The British Government is exploring ways to employ Distributed Ledger Technology to secure digital evidence and identity information, according to a blog post published August 23.

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds are having a hard time clearing the bar in the U.S., where nine applications were rejected by the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has said it will review the disapproval orders for nine bitcoin ETFs issued on Wednesday.

Despite a nationwide crackdown on cryptocurrencies already in place, the Chinese government went one step further and passed a decree forbidding all crypto-related events in Beijing's financial district.

Stockholm IT Ventures AB, a blockchain startup based in Sweden, has signed a software license agreement with a local bank to deliver a crypto fund trading service.

The central Bank of Thailand revealed on Wednesday plans to introduce a state-issued cryptocurrency on R3's Corda blockchain.

The U.K. Ministry of Justice is investigating blockchain as a possible tool for securing digital forms of evidence, its deputy director said Thursday.

The World Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's largest bank, have issued a public bond exclusively through blockchain technology, Reuters reports August 23.

After a referendum was launched to demote Dash CEO Ryan Taylor due to missed deadlines, one disgruntled Dash community member put the privacy coin's decentralized governance model to the test.

Yesterday evening's news of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's disapproval orders for 9 different Bitcoin exchange-traded fund proposals from 3 applicants - which intersected with emerging reports of toughened anti-crypto measures in China - has apparently reversed yesterday's short-lived market upswing.

Wirex, a London-based bitcoin wallet and payment card provider, announced on August 23 that it has become the third crypto-enabled company to receive an e-money license from U.K. financial regulators.

U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex is partnering with a regulated alternative trading system with the aim of ultimately launching trading in crypto securities.

By virtue of this basic framework, blockchain tech promises to place control over our data back in our hands, at a time when Facebook and other technology giants have been abusing and misusing it.