One of the 12 reasons that could cause Bitcoin’s price to fall to $1,000 or less is the threat from hacking. There have been numerous successful cryptocurrency thefts over the years with the latest, and potentially the biggest. Coincheck, one...

Recently, rumors began circulating on Reddit that the most popular cryptocurrency exchange in the world by volume, Binance, had been hacked. In a post titled “Binance sold all my Alt coins at market rate,” Reddit user shashankkgg wrote: Binance just...

Shaking off a host of negative news, major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and Monero continued to surge recently. Bitcoin is up 2.05% over the last 24  hours and 17.53% over the last few days, Ethereum is up 1.95% and...

Blockchain startup Ripple has revealed the results of the first pilot tests using the XRP cryptocurrency created by its founders. The third-most-valuable cryptocurrency by market cap, at $31.4 billion, XRP is part of a larger effort within the venture-backed startup...

The man who helped turn Deloitte’s global blockchain practice into a $50 million operation has left the company. After growing the Big Four accounting firm’s blockchain team from three people in 2012 to 1,200 people today, global blockchain lead Eric...

Following in the path of bitcoin futures, launched by U.K.-based Crypto Facilities in 2015, and XRP futures, launched in 2016, the company, which is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the U.K., will start trading Ethereum futures. But...

Cryptocurrency startup Circle Internet Financial has raised $110 million in venture capital to build out what its founders hope will finally be the internet of value. Led by Beijing-based Bitcoin hardware provider Bitmain, the round of investment is the largest...

South Korean regulators are getting very serious in fighting fraud in cryptocurrency markets, as evidenced by the raid in UpBit, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the country on Friday, and the two other exchanges back in April. Is that all?...

Bitcoin continues one of the most dramatic price runups of any asset in living memory, posting prices above $11,800 this morning after starting the year below $1,000 per digital token. In its early years, skeptics with little knowledge of blockchain...

China’s financial technology entrepreneurs keep trying new things with cryptocurrency, meaning border-less digital assets not backed by any country’s monetary authority. For instance, one businessman in Shanghai created an open software system to build an exchange for cryptocurrency trades. But...