A new agreement has been struck among Chinese Bitcoin exchanges and mining companies representing the majority of Bitcoin’s hashing power....

Since the Japanese government started recognizing bitcoin, an increasing number of merchants in the country have adopted it as a payment...

The Central Bank of Samoa has issued a warning against digital currency, including bitcoin, as part of a larger effort to crack down on...

A May 30tharticle in the Atlantic declared, “Cryptocurrency Might be a Path to Authoritarianism. Extreme libertarians built blockchain to...

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At the start of June, Brave Software raised $35 million USD in 30 seconds, selling out their Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in record time....

Just recently Bitcoin.com reported on the Second Annual Coinsbank Blockchain Cruise that took place this past May 25th through June 3rd....

Back in February a new privacy white paper for the Bitcoin network called ‘Dandelion’ was published and received a lot of attention from...

Yesterday, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase disabled alleged Silkroad founder Ross Ulbricht’s account. They reactivated it later, citing...

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Cryptocurrency prices rebounded today, reversing the price declines seen during this week's broad correction. This rebound was seen across...

A recent survey of retail investors in Japan, the US, and Hong Kong shows that only a tiny fraction of them are currently investing in...

A top German banker, Jens Weidmann, commented Wednesday that digital currencies like bitcoin could cause a financial catastrophe. The...

The BSP (Central Bank of the Philippines) has released official guidelines for the regulation of virtual currency exchanges. The...

According to London-based drug and alcohol research group, The Global Drug Survey (GDS), 25.3 percent of UK drug users have used anonymous...

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is looking hard at Initial Coin Offerings. This information comes after SEC recently piped up,...

Between the 12th and 15th of June, bitcoin lost approximately 30% of it’s value, seeing the largest dollar-value retracement across 4 days...

Bitcoin.com is happy to announce we are raising the base mining pool payout from 110% to 120%. We made this decision as a result of the...

Crypto Fund AG recently announced they are introducing the “world’s first diversified cryptocurrency fund”, which is touted as a...

Cryptocurrency exchange Remitano has expanded beyond Asia to offer its bitcoin remittance services to millions of citizens in Africa. Also...

The discussion around scaling Bitcoin has continued into the summer months of 2017, with BIP 148 and SegWit2x now the two most talked...

The global proliferation of bitcoin ATMs nearly doubled during May when compared with April. The United States and Canada saw increases in...

Nepal has emphasized the need to develop a legal framework for monitoring Bitcoin and other ‘informal channeling of funds’ during recent...

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Just hours after traders reported a shift in strategy, the global cryptocurrency markets appear to be correcting – and fast. At press...

After years with little to say about bitcoin, the Iranian government is reportedly just a few months away from passing proposed...

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The issuer of Europe’s only bitcoin-based exchange-traded notes (ETNs), XBT Provider, on Thursday announced that its assets under...

The South Korean government will hold its first public auction of bitcoins that were seized from criminal proceeds, according to local...

On June 14 the Beijing-based bitcoin company Bitmain released a contingency plan for the upcoming so called user activated soft fork...

The left opposition leader of Australia, Bill Shorten, has indicated he wants to deter use of cryptocurrencies and bitcoin. The leader...

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The price of bitcoin continues to edge lower. At press time, bitcoin was down 5.5% across global exchanges, falling to a low of $2,547.18....

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Investment bank Morgan Stanley stated in a report they have been receiving many calls from people interested in investment opportunities...

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Internet security experts are warning of new Mac-targeting viruses available for sale on the darknet. Also Read: Scam Alert Round-Up: We...

Media giant Thomson Reuters is opening up its data to smart contract authors building on private versions of the ethereum blockchain and...

In the face of rising Bitcoin network transaction fees, the premier over-the-counter exchange Localbitcoins is enacting several changes to...

Just recently a darknet marketplace (DNM) vendor who details he’s been involved with the bitcoin industry for five years, says the rising...

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After testing $3000 USD, bitcoin entered a sharp retracement which saw several major bitcoin exchanges experience significant technical...

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After numerous client requests, Goldman Sachs has reportedly started covering bitcoin. The firm released a report on Monday with a bearish...

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No stranger to strange milestones, the cryptocurrency sector may soon see a historic first, one that could upend long-held perceptions of...

Bitcoin changed the landscape of digital money when it was introduced to the world in 2009, and was followed by many other types of...

Bitmari, the largest pan-African wallet provider, is making history by partnering with the Zimbabwe Bank of Agriculture to integrate...

An initial coin offering (ICO) for a blockchain project called Bancor has set a new industry record, raising $153m in ether, the native...

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The price of bitcoin has been surging over the weekend almost touching $3000 per BTC on Sunday, June 11 across most global exchanges. The...

The price of bitcoin may have just topped $3,000 for the first time, but that doesn't mean the digital asset is leaving its historical...

The bitcoin exchange Bitpoint has partnered with Japan’s largest online travel agent Evolable Asia to bring bitcoin payments and exchange...

Noelle Acheson is a 10-year veteran of company analysis and corporate finance, and a member of CoinDesk's product team. The following...

Reports have emerged detailing the alleged forceful cessation of large-scale bitcoin mines in China’s southwest, with insiders quoting a...

Recently there have been numerous reports of people losing their bitcoins to hackers and malware as bitcoin’s price continues to grow in...

The price of bitcoin has topped $3,000 for the first time in history today, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI). After...

By Lester Coleman Is bitcoin’s price in a bubble? Those who say so believe people are buying the cryptocurrency is for speculative...

A recent trial in the Tel Aviv district court ruled in favor of a large bank which dropped a bitcoin exchange as a client, despite the...

This week Bitcoin.com’s podcast host Richard Jacobs talks with the ‘bitcoin folk hero’ Charlie Shrem, and the Jaxx Wallet founder and CEO...

This article highlights findings from CoinDesk Research's new Q1 2017 State of Blockchain report, and expands on the composition of...

Founder of Litecoin, Charlie Lee, tweeted Friday that he will no longer be working for Coinbase. He is leaving the company to focus on his...

Bitcoin’s price has gained over 180 percent this year, while hedge funds have only returned 3.5 percent on average. Most hedge fund...

By Jamie Redman - On June 6 the MIT Media Lab graduates who created Project Enigma announced a new platform called ‘Catalyst.’ The...

By Kevin Helms - With all the media attention and the skyrocketing price of bitcoin of late, it is common to hear that bitcoin is in a...

By Sterlin Lujan - With the bitcoin price point on the upswing, investors are negotiating opportunities to take advantage of its momentum....

By Samuel Haig - US lawmakers have been urged to take action against unlicensed offshore bitcoin exchanges, following a subcommittee...

 by Chuan Tian The US State Department is looking to boost its research resources in support of a new working group focused on blockchain....

Ether prices are on the move, and they're headed north. The cryptocurrency, which powers the world's second-largest blockchain, ethereum,...

This article highlights findings from CoinDesk Research's new Q1 2017 State of Blockchain report, expanding on ICO and VC investment in...

The backend issue with romit.io has been resolved, and the machine is back up, as of 13:30 PST. We apologize for the issue, and thank you...

Please note, the machine will be operating as “Buy Bitcoin” only, for this week, then we’ll be enabling the “Sell Bitcoin” option next...

By Jamie Redman - This week Montana’s Governor Steve Bullock announced the distribution of $1,124,030 in economic development grants that...

by Chuan Tian China’s central bank is reportedly expected to release new rules for bitcoin exchanges later this month. According to a...

This article highlights findings from CoinDesk Research's new Q1 2017 State of Blockchain report, focusing on data around...

BTC.com, a Bitcoin wallet owned by Chinese Bitcoin firm Bitmain Technologies, has announced a new partnership with US-based cryptocurrency...

Colu, an Israeli blockchain startup and one of the developers of the Colored Coins protocol, has announced the open sourcing of Bankbox, a...

Don't expect to get a ride from a self-driving car in Beantown just yet, though: the company still has to secure the necessary...

Blockchain, the foundation of digital currencies like Bitcoin, could also come in handy to securely store ride sharing and...

The price of bitcoin has hit a new all-time high, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI). The market average has risen...

Eyeing Tesla, Mercedes plans to greatly ramp up battery production as it plans new electric car models and begins selling its...

Roborace hopes its car will one day have its own races, in which teams of software developers will compete against each other with...

Global retail giant Walmart hosted a presentation on its work with blockchain during an annual investor event last week. The...

The thinking on sidechains might be shifting. While historically seen as an avenue for experimentation and increased operability on...

Sterlin Lujan Bankers, governments, and other trusted centralized organizations require society to be steeped in runaway inflation. These...

Internet data mining expert Clif High has just finished an in-depth dive on crypto currencies such as Bitcoin. High uses what he calls...

Piotr Piasecki is a senior developer at Factom and an MSc in Computer Science who wrote a master thesis on the subject of bitcoin security...