11 Nov 19 @ 14:44

Worldline and Bitcoin Suisse, the oldest and largest crypto financial-services company in Switzerland, have signed a letter of intent for a partnership to offer cryptocurrency payment services to Swiss merchants... read more

15 Apr 19 @ 13:47

Coinbase, a small cryptocurrency exchange is launching Coinbase Card, a Visa bitcoin debit card in the UK, letting users pay with bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin. Coinbase says that the card, which... read more

08 Apr 19 @ 10:23

A recent research report by Bitwise Asset Management revealed that 95% of the reported trading volumes in Bitcoin by CoinMarketCap.com is fake and artificially created by unregulated exchanges. Surprisingly, this fake data... read more

05 Nov 18 @ 13:10

Bitcoin is Ten! Ten years ago, as Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy and the global economy nosedived into recession, the idea for an alternative digital currency was being built online. On... read more

31 Jul 18 @ 13:41

Mastercard recently won a patent to protect a method that would manage “fractional reserves of blockchain currency”, meaning consumers might one day be able to charge their purchases on their credit... read more

16 Jul 18 @ 09:05

Since last year the bitcoin hash rate — the amount of computing power used by bitcoin’s network of computers to create new coins — has soared as it rushes to catch... read more

30 May 18 @ 16:40

The US Justice Department is reported to have opened a criminal probe into whether traders are manipulating the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, dramatically ratcheting up US scrutiny of... read more

25 Jan 18 @ 14:48

Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, is not really money and Visa will not get involved in processing Bitcoin related transactions won’t touch it, the CEO has said in an interview with... read more

08 Jan 18 @ 10:14

Bitcoin, despite its stratospheric price, is losing its allure with some of its earliest and most avid fans, the criminals, giving rise to a new breed of cryptocurrencies. Privacy coins... read more

13 Dec 17 @ 16:28

As HSBC escaped the threat of criminal prosecution for having allegedly laundered at least $880m for Mexican drug barons, it does not feel coincidental that the bitcoin frenzy lifted the... read more

05 Dec 17 @ 08:55

The UK Treasury has said that Anti-money laundering regulations should be updated to include Bitcoin and other virtual currencies. The Metropolitan Police says criminals are using crypto-currency cash machines to... read more

14 Nov 17 @ 10:23

In recent months, the Bitcoin community has been in a bitter fight that escalated to an all-out war over the seemingly natural question of how to allow more transactions through the... read more

31 Oct 17 @ 14:50

Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a new malware, CryptoShuffler Trojan, which steals cryptocurrencies from a user’s wallet by replacing their address with its own in the device’s clipboard. Criminals are targeting... read more

21 Aug 17 @ 14:25

Defying its naysayers once again, Bitcoin’s price surged above $4,500 for the first time late last week to reach a market value of $73.6 billion. While the cryptocurrency has since pared some of its... read more

01 Aug 17 @ 16:36

Today, the cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, split in two as a ‘breakaway’ group of Bitcoin miners and developers plan to create the new Bitcoin cash network that increases the transaction capacity of... read more

19 Jun 17 @ 13:53

Bitcoin plummeted 19% over the weekend, putting the digital currency on pace for its worst week since 2015, as volatility climbs following a record-setting surge in the price. After hitting... read more

08 Jun 17 @ 09:34

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that operates independently without banking institutions and the government, there’s nothing physical about it – all virtual! It’s non-tangible, but renders gains for real. It flows... read more

27 Mar 17 @ 12:42

The surge in Bitcoin price has led to an uptick in related crimes during the first three weeks of March, just as the cryptocurrency was moving to integrate into conventional... read more

06 Mar 17 @ 13:49

Bitcoin hit a new high on last Friday, a day after soaring past the price of an ounce of gold for the first time in its short but turbulent history. One... read more

19 Jan 17 @ 09:29

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has barred deposit taking banks and all other financial institutions from the operation of any form of virtual currency. The warning by the Apex bank... read more