03 Sep 18 @ 13:03

China is further tightening its clampdown on cryptocurrency, nearly a year after the government imposed a wide-ranging ban on local exchanges and ICO’s fundraising for digital currencies. Financial officials in an eastern... read more

24 Aug 18 @ 12:46

The Bank of Thailand has outlined a preliminary road-map for Project Inthanon, its central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative. The Bank of Thailand (BoT), the country’s central bank, is partnering... read more

14 Aug 18 @ 13:51

Previously existing only on the fringes of finance or computer science, cryptocurrencies are now being discussed more widely. In the future, banks may not be the only ones making money... read more

25 Jul 18 @ 15:03

The UK Police force in Surrey has become the first UK force to seize and convert bitcoin as part of a criminal probe, netting £1.25m worth of the cryptocurrency, some... read more

26 Jun 18 @ 12:31

A new, focused report by the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee has found in favour of supporting central bank digital currencies which they define differently from cryptocurrrencies. One can distinguish... read more

12 Jun 18 @ 13:23

Cryptocurrency. A decade ago, names such as Bitcoin, Dash, Ethereum, and Monero were merely buzzwords. Fast forward to today, and they’ve become as recognisable as the US dollar and the... read more

12 Jun 18 @ 09:13

Thailand’s central bank chief has confirmed research into Project Inthanon, and a number of blockchain applications in banking, involving a central bank digital currency used for interbank settlements. In a... read more

11 Jun 18 @ 10:13

Cryptocurrencies have slid to a two-month low following reports that US regulators had asked cryptocurrency exchanges to provide trading data for a probe into whether possible manipulation was affecting the... read more

05 Jun 18 @ 09:30

Analyst house P.A.ID Strategies announces the results of research into the onboarding practices of cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges. The research, commissioned by Mitek, a global leader in digital identity verification... read more

16 May 18 @ 11:58

Facebook is exploring the creation of its own cryptocurrency, Facecoin, a virtual token that would allow its billions of users around the world to make electronic payments, people familiar with... read more

02 May 18 @ 15:53

Blockchain technology is probably one of the most impactful discoveries in the recent history. After all, it has a massive potential to change how we handle online transactions. Despite some... read more

09 Apr 18 @ 14:34

Crypto Aware has found that over $1.7 billion-worth of cryptocurrencies were lost to hacks and scams between 2011 and 2018. $670 million-worth of which were lost over the last three months.... read more

23 Mar 18 @ 14:12

TransCrypt is using Telegram as a base to launch a new universal cryptocurrency payment system that acts within the interface of popular messaging platforms, allowing users to send or receive... read more

13 Mar 18 @ 15:27

PayPal has reportedly filed a patent to speed up cryptocurrency transaction times by eliminating the verification time of the payment, however, some experts argue that this is already made possible... read more

13 Mar 18 @ 15:12

The Bank for International Settlements has warned Central bankers that they risk endangering the stability of the global financial system if they launch their own digital currencies in an effort... read more

27 Feb 18 @ 12:39

Deutsche Börse Group has developed a concept for riskless transfer of commercial bank money via an infrastructure based on distributed ledger technology (DLT). By combining blockchain technology with its proven... read more

26 Feb 18 @ 10:38

The Venezuelan government says it raised $735m in the first day of the pre-sale of its cryptocurrency, the petro. President Nicolás Maduro tweeted late on Tuesday that the cryptocurrency reaffirmed the... read more

20 Feb 18 @ 13:29

Upset that you missed the boat on the cryptocurrency craze last year? Millionaires were minted overnight as bitcoin returned 1,700% in 2017, only to see prices crash by more than... read more

15 Feb 18 @ 13:26

It has been  reported that both Visa and Mastercard were planning to change the policies they have in place when it comes to purchasing of cryptocurrency. The reports add that... read more

15 Feb 18 @ 12:38

Thousands of government websites around the world have been hijacked to mine the cryptocurrency Monero. A commonly-used accessibility script was hacked to inject the Coinhive miner into official sites in... read more