The world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization climbed after data provider CoinMarketCap showed a sudden jump in the supply of stablecoin tether (USDT). The 5 percent rise in bitcoin’s (BTC) price initially appeared to be preceded by a $500 million...

The global blockchain market is growing very fast and it is forecast that its market size will reach US$23.3 billion by 2023, representing a CAGR of 81% over the period from 2018 to 2023. The global fintech market also showed a significant...

On 11 December, blockchain system BigBang Core held their very first conference at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. Also known as “the only blockchain technology applied for the IoT reality”, the team announced the launch of the BBC project and showcased their...

Bitcoin jumped the most in two weeks after a U.S. drone strike killed a top Iranian military commander, fueling speculation that heightened geopolitical turmoil might spur demand for the cryptocurrency in 2020.  The digital asset’s price jumped 5 percent Friday...

Last spring, Anand Aanchal of the World Bank spoke to the teething problems of blockchain. “Tech can look big and flashy, and like it can solve all our problems … but the Big Mac burger never matches up to the...

China’s State Intellectual Property Office has revised its guidebook to specify patent examination procedures regarding new technologies like blockchain. Effective Feb. 1 2020, patent applications concerning blockchain technology, artificial intelligence and Big Data (among others) will be subject to the...

Bitcoin investors believe the world’s biggest cryptocurrency is in for material gains in 2020 due to a network quirk. The halving — or sometimes referred to as the halvening, in a nod to the fantasy film and TV franchise ‘Highlander’...

(Bloomberg) — If in the throes of this bull market’s earliest stages of recovery someone told you to forgo stocks, forget commodities, renounce fixed-income assets and buy an unknown digital token, the first of its kind, and watch it grow...

United Nations secretary-general António Guterres says the intergovernmental giant needs to embrace blockchain. In a statement provided to Forbes by the office of the former prime minister of Portugal’s United Nations office, Guterres touted the technology first made popular by bitcoin as...

Bitcoin advocates are taking a more measured approach over the introduction of options for the world’s largest cryptocurrency after the wild ride they took with futures. While the contracts that provide the right, but not the obligation, to buy or...