Cryptocurrency News

Bitcoin traders may have their eyes on a different kind of chart this week. That’s because Friday, July 27 is the date that bitcoin futures contracts offered by derivatives giant CME Group are scheduled to expire. A financial product that lets institutions and professional traders long or short the crypto …

Cryptocurrency mining, while also being an integral part of many blockchain networks, has become a source of profit and business for exclusive crypto firms. The recently-founded HoneyMiner startup is attempting to make mining more accessible to a wider array of consumers, by providing users, like you or I, with an …

China’s Center for Information Industry Development has released its third ranking of crypto projects. Out of 31 projects, EOS remains at the top of the list while both Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash have improved slightly from the previous month. Also read: Yahoo! Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space Third Ranking …

“Big Four” financial firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ Switzerland branch will audit the Tezos Foundation, the latter announced Monday. The Foundation explained that PwC Switzerland will act as an external auditor and examine at the organization’s finances and operations. This is the first time a “large-scale blockchain organization  [has been] accepted as an …

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stated that they require more time to consider five Bitcoin ETF proposals. All the proposals in question were submitted by Direxion Investments. SEC Requests More Time to Mull Direxion ETF, Not CBOE Global Markets’ Bitcoin’s price continues to grow today amid speculation …

China has led the way in terms of harsh regulations to quash cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. They were the first country to institute blanket bans on ICOs and exchanges, and have never taken to the decentralized and liberal freedoms that comes from cryptocurrencies. However, that does not mean that China is …

“From here on out, people can’t say bitcoin is not private anymore.” That’s how veteran developer Adam Fiscor, now CTO and co-founder of the privacy tech startup Zksnacks, described the importance of the Wasabi Wallet, set to debut on August 1. This desktop-friendly bitcoin wallet, which can only be used …

Here’s what happened this week in Bitcoin in 99 seconds. BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with $6.3 trillion under management, announced on Monday that it’s considering Bitcoin for investment purposes. The firm’s CEO, Larry Fink, said that BlackRock is putting together a team to study cryptocurrencies. Coinbase apparently received …

The City of London Police will become the first force in the country to be trained to use cryptocurrencies in an investigative manner. The announcement of the new training scheme comes amid fears that such technologies allow criminals to launder money more easily than before. City of London Police to …

One of the main points of confusion about Bitcoin stems from the question of whether it is actually regulated or not. After all, the selling point of Bitcoin seems to be the fact that it’s a decentralized currency that does not answer to anyone. However, the actual position of Bitcoin …