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Making Moves Remember that cryptocurrency exchange that said it lost $196 million of its customers’ money when CEO Gerald Cotten died — prompting conspiracy theories Cotten faked his own death?

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge has selected two law firms to represent users of the insolvent QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange who are owed about $260 million.

Tim Draper has been one of Bitcoin’s most enthusiastic proponents.

Afri Schoedon, a long-time Ethereum contributor, abruptly quit working on the second-largest cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin is going through another period of calm, but the last time Bitcoin was quiet it preluded a 50% crash. So what will happen next? Bitcoin, and the cryptoc

German financial markets regulator Bafin intervened for the first time in the cryptocurrency market by stopping a planned initial coin offering (ICO) late last year, a person familiar with the matt

This is the third update to the prolific GandCrab malware within the past year.

Is cryptocurrency the payment of the future? Or is it another fad that will fizzle out before it really gains traction?

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Blockchain is the technology that underpins the digital currencies, the alternative asset class that is synonymous with wild price swings and feisty investment debates.

As the Yellow Vests burn traditional bank notes in protest, 10,000 French tobacco shops begin offering cryptocurrency purchases via a new voucher system...

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Eight Malicious Crypto-Mining Apps Removed From Microsoft’s Windows App Store.

Cryptocurrency mining pool Sparkpool received a payout today of over $300,000 for mining one block on the ethereum blockchain.

Early last month, the security team at Coinbase noticed something strange going on in Ethereum Classic, one of the cryptocurrencies people can buy and sell using Coinbase’s popular exchange platfor

Looking for an instant cyrptocurrency exchange to trade bitcoins and altcoins, anonymously?

On February 11, Nasdaq, the world’s second-largest stock exchange, launched Bitcoin and Ethereum indices to present accurate prices of the two leading crypto assets.

Latest market surge comes one day before the anticipated release date of the iPhone rival

Yoshitaka Kitao, CEO and representative director of Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings, has singled out Ripple (XRP) and blockchain consortium R3 as reasons to remain optimistic about t

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is facing an increasing publicity nightmare after it emerged the CEO of a company it took over sold private user data to governments.

JPMorgan Chase's splashy new digital coin could change how banks approach blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Despite the bearish cryptocurrency market, global companies are positive about blockchain technology. New reports appear every week of the integration of the di

While critics and proponents trade jabs, cryptocurrency continues its steady march forward. Individual cryptocurrency coins will remain volatile in 2019.

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Bitcoin has surged more than 10% since JPMorgan announced on Thursday that it would launch its own cryptocurrency, called " JPM Coin." Bitcoin touched an intraday high of $4,002.71 a coin

BitGo is providing $100 million of cover against theft of digital assets or the loss of cryptographic keys via Lloyd’s of London.

Bitcoin’s February rally just crossed another milestone on Tuesday when the flagship cryptocurrency touched the $4,000 mark for the first time in more than a month.

Keeping users' keys and crypto secure requires a shift from centralized to individualized key management.

While users of the troubled Quadriga CX cryptocurrency exchange remain unable to retrieve millions in funds, a startup backed by mainstream companies such as Goldman Sachs says they’re able to offe

Leading institutional investment consulting firm Cambridge Associates holds that institutional investors should consider exploring cryptocurrencies for the long term or ‘hodl’ in Bitcoin lingo.

NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Almost half of Millennial online traders have more trust in crypto exchanges than the U.S.

Crypto market maker Cumberland is upgrading from trading by Skype to modern-day Wall Street-style screen-based interactions.

Volatility coupled with one of the longest bear markets ever experienced by the cryptocurrency industry have compelled many investors to consider staking as a method of “playing it safe,” according

Bitcoin prices moved higher on Tuesday, extending the hot streak, which has seen the best-known cryptocurrency log four successive winning sessions reaching its highest level in nearly six weeks.

Investors who purchased Litecoin during the significant November 2018 sell-off earned four times more returns than the investors who bought Bitcoin, highlighted Joe McCann.

The startup that helped Signature Bank beat JPMorgan to the punch is hiring a former Bridgewater Associates manager as its new CEO.

A new, free decryptor available via No More Ransom will unlock systems infected with GandCrab, up to version 5.1.

The world’s largest maker of cryptocurrency mining equipment Bitmain made a $0.5 billion loss in 2018’s Q3, CoinDesk reports.

NVIDIA launched the era of ray tracing about 5 months ago with the release of the RTX 2080 Ti GPU, but so far, it hasn't gone over well -- there's just one game that supports it.

United States cryptocurrency exchange and wallet Coinbase has acquired blockchain intelligence startup Neutrino, according to a post published in the company’s blog on Tuesday, Feb. 19.

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A cashless society is a monitored (and potentially controlled) society.

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Jon Russell / TechCrunch : Coinbase buys Neutrino, which helps monitor, analyze, and track cryptocurrency flows, for an undisclosed sum — Coinbase, the world's most valuable crypto company, is

For the first time in a blue moon, the crypto market underwent a notable rally.

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It isn’t a secret that millions, if not billions of dollars fled the crypto asset markets in 2018.

Alex Sunnarborg's hedge fund shorted ether in May 2018, a month when its average price was nearly $700. Now it hovers around $100.

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Coinbase, the world’s most valuable crypto company, is gearing up to add more cryptocurrencies to its exchange thanks to its latest acquisition.

Coinbase has acquired blockchain analytics startup Neutrino as part of a push to offer more diverse crypto assets.

A virtual bitcoin mining farm in Thailand has allegedly scammed users out of 42 million baht (approximately $1.35 million), according to a report in the Bangkok Post.

Bitcoin bears have been in retreat this week as crypto bulls send the bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency market higher by some $10 billion in less than 48 hours...

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The government has formally opened a cyber security lab and strengthened police powers to investigate possible crypto-based crime.

Banking giant J.P. Morgan Chase is the first major U.S. financial institution to launch its own cryptocurrency, pointing to the growing prevalence and embrace of the technology.

In the last 24 hours, the valuation of the crypto market increased by $8 billion as the Bitcoin price neared the crucial $4,000 resistance level.