New York-based financial services giant Citigroup is looking for certified bitcoin professionals, seemingly in an attempt to curb the risks of money laundering with cryptocurrencies, as its looking for a ...
The NEO blockchain recently saw its first decentralized exchange (DEX) go live. The platform, Switcheo, comes after its initial coin offering (ICO) raised about $8.5 million, and reportedly already ...
Bitcoin, the flagship cryptocurrency, recently bounced to $8,100 from a recent dip that saw its value go down to $7,900. The cryptocurrency’s speedy recovery, coupled with gains ...
Bank of Lithuania, the country’s central bank, is reportedly opening up to cryptocurrencies, as it recently initiated a dialog between cryptocurrency traders, commercial banks, and government regulators in the ...
Latvian authorities may impose capital gains tax on cryptocurrency transactions, according to a Finance Ministry official. The move would see Latvia cash in on the crypto craze that’s already ...
The chief executive of a renowned cybersecurity frim recently claimed that employees are increasingly taking over their employers’ computers to mine cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, according to a report published by ...
The chief executive of listings website Backpage, Carl Ferrer, recently plead guilty to one count of conspiracy, and three counts of money-laundering, according to a recently revealed plea agreement. Ferrer ...
Yale economist Robert J. Shiller, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2013 for his work on “Trendspotting in asset markets,” has recently argued that bitcoin is “sort of ...
Bitcoin (BTC), the flagship cryptocurrency, recently surged over $1,000 in about 30 minutes, after it broke past key levels, according to analysts. The rally saw bitcoin surpass the $8 ...
EOS, a blockchain-based platform used for the development of decentralized applications (DApps) is currently engaged in a bull-run that helped its price surge over 30 percent, ahead of an incoming ...
Popular hardware wallet Ledger recently faced its customers’ criticisms, as its users were unable to access their Bitcoin Cash (BCH) funds for over two days. The company reportdly failed to ...
Bitcoin and Ethereum, the top two cryptocurrencies by market cap, are currently trading at a significant discount in Russia, at a time in which the country’s fiat currency, the ...
Privacy-centric cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) recently saw its hashrate drop over 80 percent, after it upgraded its proof-of-work algorithm to resist specialized Cryptonight ASIC miners, which some feared could harm the ...
A controversial Twitter account using the handle @bitcoin has recently been suspended by Twitter, and subsequently seemingly deleted, as it is apparently under a new owner’s control. The Twitter ...
Bitcoin’s first Lightning Network-enabled wallet app, Eclair Wallet, has recently been removed from Google’s Play Store by the developers, as they lost access to the app’s signing ...
According to Polish media reports, cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex recently saw roughly $380 million get seized from an account it held in a small bank in Poland, the Cooperative Bank in ...
Billionaire investor and business magnate George Soros is set to start trading cryptocurrencies soon, despite calling them a bubble back in January. According to Bloomberg, the investment fund founded by ...
Tom Lee, a well-known bitcoin bull and the only Wall Street analyst covering the cryptocurrency, recently argued that US households likely owe about $25 billion in capital gains taxes for ...
Ripple, the company beihnd the XRP token, offered Coinbase a $100 million loan in XRP for its currency to listed, and Gemeni $1 million in cash. Both exchanges declined the ...
Embattled Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck recently accepted an acquisition bid for "several billion yen" from Japanese brokerage firm Monex. The deal will see Coincheck 's founding president and COO step ...
Mark Karpeles, the chief executive of now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange Mt Gox, recently surprised the cryptocurrency community with an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on Reddit, in which he revealed he doesn ...
Privacy-oriented cryptocurrency Verge (XVG) is up over 58 percent this week, thanks to hype surrounding a mystrious partnership the cryptocurrency crowdfunded over $4.7 million for.
Ethereum, the second biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, surpassed bitcoin as the most searched-for cryptocurrency in India over the past few months, according to Quartz, citing a report published by ...
Cryptocurrency mining hardware giant Bitmain recently revealed its new Ethereum ASIC miner, the Antminer E3. Per the company, the first batch will be ready to ship by mid-July, and orders ...
Japanese online brokerage firm Monex Group is reportedly looking to take over Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, which earlier this year saw hackers take $530 million worth of NEM from its ...
