Binance sees stablecoins like tether, and potentially the Gemini Dollar, as "critical for our ecosystem," the exchange's chief financial officer says. | Continue reading
Sujay Jaladi will leave Ripple to join another blockchain startup, Harbor. | Continue reading
The Tezos Foundation is launching a grant program to encourage its community to participate on its platform starting next month. | Continue reading
The deputy head of Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission has taken a skeptical tone in statements on initial coin offerings. | Continue reading
Toughened bitcoin trading rules in mainland China may have led to a Taiwanese bitcoin miner being shot by gangland investors, a report suggests. | Continue reading
A hearing at the U.S. Senate Tuesday saw top lawmakers debate the need for new legislation to increase crypto industry oversight. | Continue reading
The head of the Bank for International Settlements has blasted bitcoin as "a bubble," "a Ponzi scheme" and an "environmental disaster." | Continue reading
A major U.S. freight railroad network operator owned by Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway has joined the Blockchain in Transportation Alliance. | Continue reading
A senior official from Taiwan's executive branch has cautioned on the potential impact of cryptocurrencies on the island's financial stability. | Continue reading
Futures may have boosted bitcoin above $10k, but it appears that rally has all but unwound. | Continue reading
If OFAC turns its eye toward cryptocurrencies, it could be only a matter of time before it makes an example of one or more entities to send a message. | Continue reading
Members of Singapore's parliament have asked if the government will reconsider the country's stance on cryptocurrency regulation. | Continue reading
The total value of all cryptocurrencies fell to $276 billion today – the lowest level since Nov. 26. | Continue reading
The chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has spoken of the need for balance when regulating cryptocurrencies. | Continue reading
Crypto tokens are making some companies, especially those with existing virtual currency businesses, rethink the way they make a profit. | Continue reading
Coinbase has confirmed that users from four banks in the U.S. are now barred from buying cryptocurrencies using credit cards. | Continue reading
Bitcoin prices plunged to a 12-week low below $6,000 this morning, reporting double-digit percentage losses amid a continued crypto market sell-off. | Continue reading
Facebook Messenger is unlikely to adopt cryptocurrencies soon, says vice president of messaging David Marcus. | Continue reading
When Augur first goes live, it's going to invite everyone to break the protocol. But don't worry, it's all part of the plan. | Continue reading
South Korea cryptocurrency exchange Coinpia has halted trading amid concerns it has been unable to comply with new government rules. | Continue reading
Silicon Valley startup Lino has raised $20 million to take on YouTube with a decentralized, blockchain-based platform. | Continue reading
An Illinois government task force is eyeing blockchain tech in the management of state citizens' identification and tokenizing public sector assets. | Continue reading
Regulators want cryptocurrency exchanges to know who their customers are – but that requires these companies to collect very sensitive information. | Continue reading
Bitcoin has seen huge loses since early January, and may drop below $9,000 if the bulls don't take charge. | Continue reading
China-based cloud content delivery network Xunlei has been hit by two class action suits over alleged illegal ICO activity. | Continue reading
Chinese mobile app company Cheetah Mobile has released an Android-based digital wallet for ethereum and bitcoin. | Continue reading
A controversial social network seeks funding via an ICO to develop its platform for those disaffected by today's social media monopoly. | Continue reading
Cambridge Blockchain has partnered with IHS Markit to help financial institutions resolve compliance issues relating to know-your-customer information | Continue reading
After a year in which the company suffered a high-profile hack, ethereum startup Parity is now moving forward on key project development. | Continue reading
Global shipping company FedEx has become the latest to join the Blockchain in Transport Alliance. | Continue reading
The 58 billion yen worth of XEM tokens are on the move, according to the NEM Foundation, but no attempt to sell them on exchanges has been made. | Continue reading
The heads of the SEC and the SEC are set to testify on cryptocurrencies before Congress next week. | Continue reading
Photo company Kodak announced it was delaying its token sale by "several weeks" on Wednesday, the day it was originally supposed to launch. | Continue reading
Digital payments company Square has rolled bitcoin payments out to most of its Cash App users. | Continue reading
Lawmakers in Arizona have advanced a proposal that would allow residents in the state to pay their taxes in bitcoin. | Continue reading
Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan warned on Wednesday that cryptocurrencies are dangerous, but that blockchain technology is not to blame. | Continue reading
The president of Venezuela has said the pre-sale of the country's proposed oil-backed cryptocurrency will launch next month. | Continue reading
A temporary restraining order freezing BitConnect's assets has been granted in the U.S. after a second lawsuit was filed against the exchange Monday. | Continue reading
The price of the cryptocurrency LSK saw a boom Wednesday on news it will list on a major exchange and see a rebranding soon. | Continue reading
Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has exclusively shared with CoinDesk its list of criteria for listing and delisting tokens on its platform. | Continue reading
Tennessee lawmakers have put forward a new bill that would bar state government retirement funds from investing in cryptocurrencies. | Continue reading
"It's not useful for anything," Krugman and his cohort claim. The problem of this blinkered mindset is that it fails to recognize the cost of trust. | Continue reading
Bitcoin is back above the $10,000 mark, but may soon head back below $9,800, the technical charts indicate. | Continue reading
Japanese messaging app provider Line Corporation has announced the launch of a new company that will provide in-app cryptocurrency services. | Continue reading
Samsung is manufacturing bitcoin mining chips in partnership with an unidentified Chinese firm, according to an Asian news report. | Continue reading
South Korea does not intend to "ban or suppress" cryptocurrency trading, the country's finance minister said today. | Continue reading
With ICO burnout coming, investors at the Blockchain Connect conference last week discussed what projects really pique their interest. | Continue reading
The South Korea government is investigating the use of cryptocurrency in illegal foreign currency exchange, according to a statement. | Continue reading