The European Central Bank (ECB) is seemingly considering launching its own cryptocurrency if the private sector fails to create an efficient solution for cross-border payments, and if cash usage drops.
Data from the San Francisco-based Crypto Fund Research has shown that nearly 70 cryptocurrency-focused hedge funds have closed this year, while the number of new funds opening is nearly half ...
Hackers from North Korea could be behind a newly discovered malware-spreading cryptocurrency trading site that would infect macOS users if they downloaded a supposed arbitrage platform.
The Gemini cryptocurrency exchange, owned by Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, has burned roughly 20% of the total supply of its Gemini Dollar (GUSD) stablecoin.
China’s Great Firewall, a tool used by the Chinese government to block some websites within the country, has blocked the most popular Ethereum blockchain explorer Etherscan.
Cryptocurrency startup Circle has announced it’s set to start charging fees on Polonbiex’s U.S. customers who haven’t yet withdrawn funds from the cryptocurrency trading platform.
Ethereum’s developers have created Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 2387, which is set to scheduled a hard fork for January 6 to delay its so-called “difficulty bomb” for another 4m ...
Weiss Crypto Ratings, a division of the independent financial ratings agency Weiss Ratings, has made a few changes to its rating methodology to punished copy-cat cryptocurrencies and reward adoption.
A seemingly former Senior Advisor for Dash Core Group, an organization working on the Dash network, has disappeared without a trace with funds investors sent to his previously trusted masternode ...
Those behind the theft of 342,000 Ethereum from South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Upbit have started spreading the funds to various ETH addresses.
Popular cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced it’s going to add support for deposits and withdrawals using the Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s layer-two scaling solution.
The price of VeChain (VET) has risen more than 13% in the last 24-hour period shortly after it was announced tech giant Microsoft, major game developer Eidos, and gamebook firm ...
Hashrate on the Litecoin network has dropped nearly 70% from around 523 TH/S to 159 TH/s since the halving event, which cut its block rewards in half.
Vertcoin (VTC), a cryptocurrency created through a fork of the Bitcoin blockchain back in 2014, has been hit with a 51% that seems to have been successfully thwarted and saw ...
South Korean messaging giant Kakao is reportedly looking to launch its cryptocurrency wallet Klip in the first half of next year, as it plans to speed up its development.
The Bank of Russia, Russia’s central bank, has shown support for a potential ban on cryptocurrencies as it considers them too risky for investors.
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has said that the country will back its Petro cryptocurrency with 30 million barrels of oil it has in its reserves.
Vendors on dark web marketplaces are reportedly offering their clients large discounts over Black Friday on their goods, which include drugs, stolen credit cards, hacking tools, and more.
Chainalysis, a blockchain analysis firm that reportedly works with 140 companies and 20 governments on identifying blockchain data, has cut off 20% of its workforce.
Bakkt, the cryptocurrency venture of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has set the launch date of its cash-settled bitcoin futures contracts for December 9.
Cryptocurrency mining hardware manufacturer Canaan Creative has raised a total of $90 million in its initial public offering (IPO) in the U.S., selling shares at the bottom of the ...
A $500 premium on the price of bitcoin has developed in South Africa, shortly after one of the country’s largest banks announced the closure of cryptocurrency-related accounts.
PayPal’s CEO Dan Schulman has revealed the online payments giant didn’t withdraw from the Libra cryptocurrency project over regulatory scrutiny, but to focus on its roadmap and financial ...
Top tier cryptocurrency exchanges only account for one-third of global spot trading volumes, according to the updated Exchange Benchmark from leading cryptoasset data provider CryptoCompare.
Edith Yeung, a partner at blockchain-focused venture capital fund Proof of Capital, has recently said she believes China will “definitely” launch its digital currency in 6-12 months.
