Ranjitha Shastry

Bitcoin is not a legally accepted currency in China but that does not prevent it from being protected by law as property, according to the Asian country's arbitration body.

Canada-based cryptocurrency exchange MapleChange said Sunday it had no money left to pay anyone, and hence was forced to close down operations and its associated social media accounts as well.

The system aims to improve processing of blockchain transactions via the use of fractional reserves, transaction messages, risk evaluation and payment network processing.

North Korea's Kim regime had developed a model for using and exploiting the internet, and the leadership was fast to adopt new technologies when useful and cast them aside when not useful anymore.

The patent allows Nasdaq to create a blockchain platform which would include encryption and speed up the process of disseminating information.

Funds that were dispensed for the shipment to be carried out were held in escrow by the smart contract and were automatically released to the carrier upon delivery.

The Financial Services Agency's approval gives the country's cryptocurrency exchange dealers association the right to set rules to safeguard investor assets, prevent money laundering and give operational guidelines.

The platform will serve real-time pricing data for the top 200 cryptocurrencies. Currently in its beta phase, the Forbes platform would also aggregate news from major cryptocurrency publications.

The proposed new regulations require blockchain users in China to register with their real names and national ID card numbers, taking away one of the intrinsic properties of blockchain — anonymity.

USD Coin was launched by a joint venture between two cryptocurrency companies, Coinbase and Circle. It is a stablecoin, designed to minimize price volatility.

OxyMonster, the dark web dealer, confessed to selling drugs like oxycodone, heroin, cocaine, fentanyl, and Ritalin in exchange for cryptocurrencies bitcoin and bitcoin cash.

Through his Infinitum Nihil production banner, Johnny Depp will develop and produce digital content for blockchain-based content sharing platform TaTaTu.

One of the video gamers involved in the theft revealed the hackers intimidated him to be a part of the thieving group by threatening to SWAT him —  the act of making a hoax call to emergency services.

Recent research suggested that for many months now, bitcoin has met all the important criteria of financial maturity and it could be a better currency than might seem at first glance.

The announcement by US Marshals said the sealed bid auction will sell bitcoin — worth approximately $4.3 million in today's prices — that were forfeited in federal criminal, civil, and administrative cases.

Traders can use LINK, traded from Bitbox, for payments on LINE's decentralized application services on a number of online platforms.

The crypto compliance company, Chainalysis, will provide Binance access to Know Your Transaction compliance software that will enable the exchange to monitor crypto transactions in real time.

Apple co-founder Wozniak said this was the second time in 20 years he had said yes to an idea and that he believed in EQUI Global, an ethereum-based venture capital firm, of which he is a co-founder.

Gary Gensler, former chairman of Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said a market for cryptocurrencies would need more protection than commodities like oil, corn or weed.

The outgoing chairman of Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission said a total ban on cryptocurrency trading platforms was not necessarily the right approach.

Fidelity Digital Assets was launched after a survey found 70 percent of institutional investors said new asset classes would likely emerge because of advancing technologies, such as blockchain.

A teaser for the device released by the HTC team on Instagram suggested the phone may launch Oct. 22. It also gave a sneak peek into the new smartphone’s design.

The second-largest stock exchange in the world by total capitalization, Nasdaq is now interested in developing a platform for companies to stage security token offerings.

BK Global Consortium, a group led by plastic surgeon and startup investor Kim Byung-gun, became the largest shareholder of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb for $352 million.

A panel constituted by the Indian government's Ministry of Finance would likely soon recommend the country should launch a government-backed cryptocurrency.

This kind of volatility in the cryptocurrency market could indicate that more "seasoned investors" with wider portfolios were getting into cryptocurrencies, according to some experts.

The Financial Services Agency in Japan has not approved any virtual currency licenses since December, shortly before the Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck was hacked in January.

Compared to 2017, hacks at cryptocurrency exchanges in 2018 have risen by 250 percent and with three months still left in the year, have already crossed $900 million.

During an initial coin offering in February, an investor subscribed to buy 530 token of the ICO, but was instead sent 530 ethereum tokens instead by the cryptocurrency exchange.