Intel Wins Patent for Energy-Efficient Bitcoin Mining
An Intel patent awarded Tuesday outlines a method for mining cryptos using the SHA-256 algorithm more efficiently.
An Intel patent awarded Tuesday outlines a method for mining cryptos using the SHA-256 algorithm more efficiently.
Ethereum developers are aggregating efforts to implement ethereum 1x – a new proposed upgrade intended to act as the intermediary bridge to ethereum 2.0.
Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled settled charges with the SEC, which said they promoted ICOs without disclosing payments from token issuers.
A US District Judge ruled that the SEC has not yet provided sufficient evidence that Blockvest broke securities laws.
The Finney phone should begin shipping next month. It aims to stand out from the rest with a built-in cold storage wallet.
The announcement briefly caused the price of ZEC to spike.
New sanctions from the US government are driving Iranian bitcoin users to pursue more secure and private wallet solutions.
Bitcoin miner maker Canaan Creative has revealed it is temporarily cutting prices to "celebrate" bitcoin's recent price rise.
Fidelity Investments is looking to expand its institutional crypto asset platform to include trading services for the top five to seven cryptocurrencies by market cap.
ConsenSys Labs has led a $2.1 million seed round for AZTEC, a startup working to make ethereum transactions private.
Coinbase Ventures, DCG and others have provided $4.5 million in funding for an analytics startup that wants investors to think beyond market cap.
A blockchain platform built by a group of major firms to bring new efficiencies to energy commodities trading has gone live.
Mike Novogratz’s crypto merchant bank, Galaxy Digital Holdings, has reported losses for the first nine months of 2018.
The FBI has arrested the CEO of cryptocurrency platform AriseBank after he was indicted over an alleged multi-million dollar scam.
A security bulletin released by Kaspersky Labs states that botnets are increasingly being used to distribute illicit crypto mining software.
Following SEC Chairman Jay Clayton's fireside chat at Consensus: Invest, we invited three crypto law experts to unpack what was said.
Clayton spoke Tuesday at the CoinDesk-organized event. Here's the full video of his fireside chat.
Amazon will help clients build blockchain platforms on Hyperledger Fabric or ethereum with its new product.
The number of Google searches for bitcoin has seen a notable uptick this week, now recording its most searches worldwide since last April.
"We've been forced to lay off more than 70% of our organization and begin a restructuring," says Steemit founder Ned Scott.
For the first time, the U.S. Treasury Department is adding crypto addresses to its list of Specially Designated Nationals.
South Korea's National Election Commission says it is building a blockchain-based voting platform to be trialed in December.
U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase opened its over-the-counter (OTC) crypto trading desk this month, Cheddar reports.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission says smart contracts are covered under financial rules in its new primer on the technology.
Birks Group, one of the oldest luxury jewelry retailers in Canada, is now accepting bitcoin payments at eight of its stores.
CLS, the bank-owned currency trading utility, and IBM have gone live with their blockchain-based payment netting service after more than two years in development.
The second largest stock exchange in the world - NASDAQ - is partnering with investment management firm VanEck to bring to market a new generation of cryptocurrency futures products.
Token issuers looking to fund their businesses with the proceeds should "start with the assumption that it's a securities offering," according to the SEC's Jay Clayton.
Mohamed El-Erian, the chief economic advisor for Allianz, said Tuesday that he believes cryptocurrencies will become more “widespread” but as part of a broader ecosystem.
Tether is again offering fiat redemption of its stablecoin USDT. Meanwhile, Bitfinex is now offering tether trading pairs with USD and EUR.