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A crypto conference planned for Hong Kong in March is one of several postponed over concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.

Someone has just created a smart contract on the ethereum blockchain with source codes in the shape of a monument in memorial of Dr. Li Wenliang, the whistleblower of China's coronavirus outbreak who died of the disease.

While bitcoin hit fresh three-month highs on Wednesday, open interest in monthly bitcoin futures on the Intercontinental Exchange's (ICE) Bakkt platform jumped to record highs.

Bakkt's pending acquisition of Bridge2 Solutions, a loyalty program marketplace, will "expand Bakkt's presence across an asset class that today spans over $1 trillion in value," says its parent firm ICE's CEO, Jeffrey Sprecher.

Justin Sun finally had his $4.5 million charity dinner with Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett last month.

Vindhu Singh is the firm’s first chief risk officer, and will report to Head of Eris Clearing Liz James.

The heads of six major central banks will hold their first meeting in April on potentially developing their own digital currencies, Nikkei says.

Telegram has revealed more details about its TON blockchain's block validation process, even as it fights the SEC in court over its $1.7 billion token sale.

A U.S. court has dismissed UnitedCorp's market manipulation lawsuit against Bitmain, Kraken, Bitcoin.com and others without prejudice.

Intercontinental Exchange, Bakkt's parent firm, has acquired loyalty services provider Bridge2 Solutions to boost Bakkt's efforts to build a consumer-focused crypto payments app.

Ethereum venture studio ConsenSys is shifting focus – and downsizing as a result.

The company, with operations in Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam, will be permanently shuttering its doors on March 4.

Research conducted by Gartner is predicting a 50% increase in overall data quality by 2023 for all businesses and organizations using blockchain smart contracts.

The U.S. Marshals Service plans to auction more than 4,000 bitcoin, worth about $37.7 million at press time, later this month.

A new Minecraft server allows players in the blocky universe to compete against one another to find hidden treasure and receive a bitcoin reward.

The Twitter and Square founder also appears to be pushing Unicode to introduce the bitcoin emoji in the universal web standard.

Reginald Fowler has rejected a plea deal with the U.S. government in an ongoing case that accuses him of operating "shadow bank" services tied to crypto exchanges.

As the United Kingdom left the European Union this week, the Paris-based hardware provider Ledger and Vienna-based exchange Bitpanda made their thoughts known on the theme of “Brexit.”

The “Bitcoin Blast” app is back on the Google Play store, though Google still hasn’t clarified why it was taken down in the first place.

Prosecutors appear to have a strong case against Virgil Griffith, the ethereum developer charged with conspiring to aid North Korea, legal experts say.

Roger Clark, an alleged operator behind the Silk Road darknet site arrested in 2015, has pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to distribute narcotics.

Pegged to Japan's cryptocurrency market, Nomura's benchmark will be available to domestic and overseas institutional investors and crypto exchanges, among others.

Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act on Thursday.

YouNow says two other peer-to-peer sites are now integrating its props token: Camfrog and Listia.