Crypto exchange and wallet service Coinbase has raised $300 million through its Series E funding round, designed to provide more capital to power its mission to “accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrencies.”
Microsoft Azure will be collaborating with stock exchange company Nasdaq to provide clients with better payment mechanisms.
The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck is determined to operate normally with its deposit and withdrawal services have been restored.
A man who ran a Bitcoin Core (BTC) operation through LocalBitcoins could possibly go to jail.
Financial services giant Mastercard has snapped up yet another patent, this time for fractional cryptocurrency banking.
Digital payments is coming to India, a country considered to be one of the largest cash dependent nations in the world.
60% of Americans believe that it should be legal to donate cryptocurrencies for election campaigns, under the same rules that apply to US dollar donations.
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will be holding consultations on a “potential prohibition” of cryptocurrency-based derivatives.
The Panxora cryptocurrency exchange has introduced a new feature that will allow its users to invest in traditional stock markets using crypto.
Between July and September, Monex Group’s cryptocurrency business, which is entirely comprised of the Coincheck exchange, took in around $2.8 million. This is a 66% decline over what it reported for the previous quarter, which was approximately $8.4 million.
Bitstamp exchange has announced that it has agreed to be acquired by investment firm NXMH in an all-cash arrangement that gives NXMH 80% of the company.
MapleChange claimed a bug was the reason for the alleged hack, and said it has to close down even its social media accounts “because we have no more funds to pay anyone back.”
The German central bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, has partnered with the operator of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange to successfully test the application of blockchain technology in securities settlement.
There are constant whispers – and sometimes outright shouts – that the cryptocurrency industry will eventually be limited to only a small handful of options.
A new law approved by Spain’s Council of Ministers will oblige private citizens to declare their cryptocurrency holdings, in a landmark development for crypto regulation.
The UK government has pulled the plug on plans that would have seen the Royal Mint launching its own cryptocurrency, amid fears over the unregulated nature of cryptocurrency markets.
The platform, called Primetradingbot, claimed to offer high-yield BTC investments, and appeared to be targeting unsophisticated investors who still believe the BTC coin has a future, according to the Malta Financial Services Authority.
Japanese financial services giant SBI Group has teamed up with blockchain security startup Sepior to create a “secure online wallet” for its recently launched cryptocurrency exchange.
Wellington Koo, the chairman of Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has revealed that investing in ICOs will soon be easy and safe in Taiwan.
The Financial Services Commission warned that cryptocurrency funds and mutual funds have similar structures, which may result in investors into assuming that such funds are legal investments under the South Korea’s Capital Markets Act.
