New York’s S&P Dow Jones Indices set to unfurl cryptocurrency price index in 2021

04-12-2020
On Thursday, S&P Dow Jones Indices said in a statement that it had agreed to set out cryptocurrency price indices as early as by next year

New Jersey startup BlockFi partners with Visa to launch bitcoin rewards credit card

02-12-2020
On Tuesday, a New Jersey-headquartered cryptocurrency start-up BlockFi said that the crypto firm had teamed up with Visa Inc., Evolve Bank and credit card firm Deserve to offer a credit card that would enable users to earn bitcoin for each transaction

Menlo Park’s Facebook to launch US Dollar-backed Libra as early as January 2021

28-11-2020
Facebook Inc. had been mulling an option to launch a US Dollar-backed Libra digital currency as early as by January 2021

Bitcoin leads crypto sell-off as red-hot rally hits the buffer

27-11-2020
On Thursday, almost all of the crypto assets had taken a tattering header with Bitcoin leading the tally of the losses by market share

Bitcoin boasts three-year peak, all-time high in focus

21-11-2020
On Friday, Bitcoin, the original crypto hit its highest level since December 2018, while other crypto assets had followed by footprints of Bitcoin with Ethereum rising as much as 7.2 per cent

Bitcoin hits three-year peak as demands soar on expectation of mainstream acceptance

18-11-2020
On Tuesday, Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market cap, had soared to its highest level since December 2017 when it had reached its all-time high of roughly $20,000

Bitcoin surges pass $15,000 key resistance, hits highest level since January ‘18

06-11-2020
On Thursday. Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency gains as much as 8.2 per cent amid a post-election catch-22 in the United States

San Jose’s PayPal to open up network to cryptos as Bitcoin storms past $12,000 handle

23-10-2020
On Wednesday, digital payment processor PayPal Inc. said in a statement that it would soon open up its network for crypto trading, a move that led to a robust rally of the cryptocurrencies with Bitcoin surging as much as 7.42%

China to issue 10 million digital yuan in first public test

14-10-2020
In a bid to fend off a growing influence of the privately issued digital currencies, the People's Bank of China would be issuing about $1.5 million worth of digital yuan on Friday as a standard test

BitMex cryptocurrency founders charged with money laundering in the United States

03-10-2020
US Justice Department had filed a criminal charge against the officials and executives of a Seychelles-registered cryptocurrency exchange BitMex over accusations of money laundering

3 charged including a 17-year-old Florida teen in massive Twitter hack, bitcoin scam

01-08-2020
On Friday, US authorities had told that they had arrested three individuals including a 17-year-old teen over charges of massive Twitter hack

Bitcoin briefly breaches $10,000 technical handle for the first time since June

28-07-2020
On Sunday, the original cryptocurrency bitcoin had briefly surpassed a critical technical handle of $10,000 for the first time in one month and a half

Twitter hackers leave bitcoin transaction trails as investigation begins

18-07-2020
On Thursday, at least three bitcoin analysis firms said that the Wednesday's Twitter hack had left a trail of bitcoin transaction that could be used to track down the criminals

Japan’s Nomura and partners launch cryptocurrency overseer Komainu

18-06-2020
Japan's Nomura Holdings Inc. alongside its cryptocurrency partners Ledger and CoinShares had revealed a custodian for digital assets named Komainu

Canadian cryptocurrency firm collapsed due to Ponzi scheme by late-founder: Regulator

13-06-2020
Canadian securities regulator had confirmed that the last year's collapse of a crypto-trading platform Quadriga CX after the death of its founder Gerald Cotten, was linked to a Ponzi scheme operated by the founder himselff

California’s CipherTrace says crypto crimes surge in first 5 months amid pandemic

05-06-2020
CypherTrace, a CA-based crypto intelligence company said earlier this week that the crypto-scam related losses had hit $1.4 billion so far this year

Facebook sues Bangkok-resident Indian for selling fraud ad tools promoting cryptos

14-04-2020
Late on Thursday, the 9th of April 2020, Facebook Inc. had filed a lawsuit against a Bangkok-resident Indian, Basant Gajjar, alleging him of developing and marketing a software that could bypass the Facebook Inc.’s advertising review process

Facebook to scale back on Libra, to offer currency-backed digital asset

04-03-2020
On Tuesday, The Information said in a report that the global social networking tycoon, Facebook Inc. had been shelving its planned blockchain-based crypto project, Libra

Cryptocurrency crime losses more than double up to $4.5 billion in 2019

12-02-2020
Losses from the crypto-related crimes appears to be mounting intransigently with no remedy in sight thus far

US securities regulator unfurls framework for digital coin offering (ICO)

08-02-2020
A top US financial regulator had submitted a proposal on Thursday, the 6th of February 2020, saying that the technology trading start-ups could be spared current securities legislations during raising capitals in form of digital currencies

Bitcoin rally tops double digit gain in 2020 as crypto cap soars 23% in two weeks

17-01-2020
Crypto markets have already posted double-digit gains over the first two weeks of 2020 as a number of traders were leaning towards cryptos despite a slew of legal backlashes and regulatory setbacks

Fidelity Investments’ cryptocurrency wing makes headway into Europe

15-01-2020
On Tuesday, the 14th of January 2020, Crypto wing of American multinational financial services company, Fidelity Investments marked its first thrust into Europe

Crypto scams surge, losses hit $4.4 billion by mid-September: CipherTrace

28-11-2019
Crypto-related theft had surged substantially in 2019 compared to last year, as bigger-sums were flowing through the digital coin exchanges

China’s Central Bank to crack down on crypto trade, cryptocurrencies plunge

24-11-2019
On Friday, the 22nd of November 2019, the People’s Bank of China had issued a public statement saying that it would soon launch a sweeping crackdown on cryptocurrency trading activity in the Shanghai municipality

Bitcoin extends rally after China pledges support to blockchain technology

30-10-2019
Over the weekend, the original crypto, Bitcoin had spiked to a fresh one-month peak of $9,226.50 after momentarily breaching its 1-1/2 month peak of $10,504.50 on Sunday (October 28th)