Congress Advances Bill to Study Crypto Use in Drug, Sex Trafficking
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives have passed a bill that would approve a study of the use of cryptocurrencies in the sex and drug trades.
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives have passed a bill that would approve a study of the use of cryptocurrencies in the sex and drug trades.
Zcash has successfully activated its Overwinter hard fork, setting the privacy-focused cryptocurrency up for its major Sapling upgrade in the autumn.
The continuing efforts by China's central bank to build a fully-featured digital currency product are revealed in its many patent filings.
Privacy is needed to enhance the "moneyness" of cryptocurrency. As it is, our entire global system of money has also seen its fungibility deteriorate.
The central banks of both Australia and New Zealand have said they do not plan to create their own digital currencies – at least for now.
The recently introduced, and controversial, "trans-fee mining" revenue model is starting to change the cryptocurrency exchange landscape.
Stealth project Cordite, led by the Royal Bank of Scotland, promises the equivalent of an ERC-20 token standard for R3's open-source Corda platform.
A new exchange from South Korea leaked critical information about 19 of its users, a mistake that could have cost them $620,000 in cryptocurrency.
A long-held bitcoin secret is about to come out - and for good reason - but it could cause problems for older altcoins.
An official for the U.S. Secret Service has called on Congress to consider legislative action over privacy-enhancing cryptocurrencies.
Regulators, lawyers and cryptocurrency experts discussed ways of protecting investors at the FTC's "Decrypting Cryptocurrency Scams" workshop Monday.
Silicon Valley investment powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has launched a new $300 million fund focused on cryptocurrencies.
Tron says its technology officially went live today, but the migration of its users funds from ethereum to its mainnet has yet to be fully completed.
International shipping giant Merck may be looking to blockchain technology to protect against counterfeit goods, according to a patent application.
A pilot test was successfully conducted for a Spanish-backed blockchain project to increase the efficiency of registering issuances.
China's Global Public Chain Assessment Index has released its second monthly evaluation of blockchain networks – with perhaps surprising results.
Tezos announced its handing the blockchain over to the community after launch. And that's not the only way the project is similar to EOS.
A senior executive from the provider of China's top photo-retouching app will now lead HBUS – the U.S. arm of crypto exchange Huobi.
The payment affiliate of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba has launched a blockchain-based remittance service between Hong Kong and the Philippines.
BTCC's mining pool has provisionally agreed to sell a large portion of its equity to a Hong Kong-based financial service firm for $17 million.
The German bank is building on five different blockchains, and not just to hedge its bets – it sees a multi-chain future.
Ebang, one of the largest bitcoin mining chip makers from China, has filed for an initial public offering with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Valued at nearly $3 billion, the Tron blockchain is set to go live in the coming days, finally putting the much-debated technology to test.
Ethereum, the world's second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, dropped to a 74-day low below $430 Sunday.
Hydro-Quebec has submitted to the Quebec government the main guidance to select crypto companies to work with.
Chinese police have arrested a suspect on charges of alleged power theft, seizing 200 bitcoin and ethereum mining computers in the process.
With its community aligned, Zcash's first hard fork, Overwinter, might not be exciting. But as always, you never really rule out a blockchain split.
From luxury cruises to Middle East startup tours, crypto enthusiasts are traveling the world, but it's not always seen in a positive light.
Entrepreneurs and developers behind four different blockchain startups can add their names to the list of Thiel Fellowship awardees.
Ahead of the Zcash Foundation's first big gathering, crypto aficionados are watching to see if the non-profit can redeem a maligned governance model.