The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

Singapore-based digital innovation center Lumenlab is testing a blockchain-enabled insurance solution for diabetes sufferers, according to a press release published August 20.

CryptoSlate has revealed its newest website feature-a Product Database containing dApps, crypto wallets, games, mining hardware and more.

Online investment platform eToro has inked a deal that will see it pay with bitcoin to sponsor teams within the UK's top soccer league.

UK-based trading platform eToro has signed an advertising deal with seven Premier League football clubs paid in Bitcoin for the first time, the parties revealed Tuesday, August 21.

A clean energy expert has hit back against the common perception that high energy consumption is an "Achilles Heel" for Bitcoin, in an article published by The Conversation August 20.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has announced that he plans to get "Involved" in a blockchain project in what is a "First" for him.

Through industry-forward applications, cryptocurrency is making its way into public adoption as an everyday medium of exchange.

The current price pattern in the bitcoin market is eerily similar to the one observed in the run-up to a major rally that occurred on April 12.

An energy firm that is publicly traded in Hong Kong and chaired by a Chinese billionaire is planning to rebrand itself as a blockchain company despite having lost millions investing in cryptocurrencies.

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard of the General Data Protection Regulation.

Last week, developers including siacoin creator David Vorick floated changes that would keep some mining equipment operators from earning value by securing the distributed storage protocol.

Big name brands and retail conglomerates, not ICOs, will take Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to the next level, according to ICOx Innovations President Bruce Elliott.

Zheshang Bank, one of the largest privately held commercial banks in China, has completed the issuance of $66 million securities to investors by using its proprietary blockchain platform.

Since its inception, the broader cryptocurrency community has drawn parallels between Bitcoin and libertarianism, and there are clear reasons for doing so: Both of their inherent ideologies favor a governance interference-free system that propels the "Be your own boss" school of thought.

At least five employees have left BitTorrent, the peer-to-peer networking pioneer, following its June acquisition by Justin Sun, the founder of the controversial blockchain protocol Tron, CoinDesk has learned.

"CryptoKitties," an Ethereum-based collectible game, believes the answer to the ultimate "Killer app" lies in the Far East, according to TechCrunch.

BlockShow Americas 2018 kicked off this morning in Las Vegas, gathering over 1,500 attendees and 80 speakers from the blockchain industry from more than 50 countries worldwide to discuss the hottest topics that affect the blockchain community.

The U.S. government will help fund a distributed ledger platform being developed by researchers at the University of California-San Diego.

A review of payments received by the world's 17 largest crypto exchanges has shown that Bitcoin Cash use in commerce has decreased, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainanalysis, Bloomberg reported August 20.

Blockchain marketing platform Atlas Protocol has concluded a seed investment round of several million dollars led by SoftBank China Venture Capital, according to an August 20 press release.

Moving forward, will companies that rely on blockchain manage to make inroads?

Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Group has launched a new product designed to streamline the token listing application process.

A group of South Korean blockchain experts will set up a law-based agency to explore the technology and apply it in various areas of society, local news outlet Yonhap News reports August 20.

In the bull market from September to December 2017, Bitcoin occupied a 66 percent share of the total cryptocurrency market cap at its max.

A promoter of the controversial cryptocurrency platform BitConnect was arrested on August 19, according to a local news outlet in India.

The ICO fervor of 2017 led to an influx of both positive development and fraudulent activity.

The first panel discussion involved a heated debate between proponents of two opposite views of how - and if - blockchain should be regulated and adopted by institutions around the globe.

Bakkt - the forthcoming regulated global ecosystem for crypto assets recently unveiled by Intercontinental Exchange - will not support margin trading for its Bitcoin contract, according to an official Medium post published August 20.

Called Atlas Protocol, the startup believes that the data accumulating on blockchains today can be used to better market to internet users tomorrow, an idea that has already received validation from some of the biggest names in Asian business.

Chinese police have arrested three men in connection with a massive $87 million theft worth of Bitcoin after suspicions of the trio's hacking into local computer networks came to light, according to local news outlet SCMP.Busted!