Ranjitha Shastry

Speaking in Singapore, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Christopher Giancarlo said the internet was able to develop because the regulators took a "do no harm" approach to it, and advocated the same for cryptocurrencies.

A Lex Machina report found securities lawsuits filed over cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin, have risen sharply in 2018 as SEC announced a crackdown on the industry.

Cryptocurrency is a major plot of the longest-running British soap opera Coronation Street this week, each of the show’s episodes currently has about 8 million viewers.

Multinational investment bank Morgan Stanley is preparing to offer bitcoin swap trading to clients, allowing investors to gain exposure in digital currency without the need to own it.

A cryptocurrency wallet stores public and private keys of users which can be used to receive or spend a cryptocurrency.

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday it charged and arrived at agreements with two companies and their owners that operate in the cryptocurrency space.

Chain has been acquired by the for-profit arm of the Stellar Foundation, joining an enterprise that’s backed by big financial firms like Khosla Ventures, Nasdaq, Visa and Citi Ventures.

Nasdaq is said to be beta testing new cryptocurrency analysis tools geared toward institutional investors.

Crytocurrency mining is the process of adding transactions to the blockchain and also releasing new currency. 

The SEC has suspended trading of cryptocurrency products issued by XBT Provider AB, a Swedish-based subsidiary of the U.K. firm CoinShares Holdings.

Marijuana cryptocurrencies could be the instrument that allows the cannabis industry to gather investment while bypassing the hindrances of traditional financial markets.

San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is reportedly planning a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund and has been in talks with the investment management firm, BlackRock.

The Supreme Court of India was scheduled hear Sept. 11 the final arguments regarding the ban on offering banking services to cryptocurrency-related entities.

After three weeks of gains, the price of Bitcoin dropped by over 4 percent in the span of one hour Wednesday morning. Several other cryptocurrencies — like Ethereum, Ripple and Bitcoin — following suit.

The decision by Iran's Supreme Council of Cyberspace is also planning to launch a national cryptocurrency soon, lifting the current ban on the country's banking system supporting cryptocurrencies.

Users blamed Google Chrome for automated testing of source codes that might have resulted in the new version of MEGA extension being hacked to steal the Monero cryptocurrency.

Grant County Public Utility District in Washington state is increasing the rate of electricity by almost threefold in 3 years for cryptocurrency mining farms.

Cryptojacking, by installing malware through web browsers, to mine cryptocurrencies has gone up dramatically in 2018, prompting browsers – like Chrome, Firefox and Opera – to upgrade.

Ripple’s existing product xRapid has already been adopted by companies like Western Union and SBI virtual currencies. IBM wants to enter the cross-border payments space with its Blockchain World Wire service.

In an attempt to sidestep U.S sanctions, Russian lawmaker Vladimir Gutenev suggested using a gold-backed cryptocurrency for weapons exports to other countries.

The process of tightening the screening for cryptocurrency exchanges in Japan was kicked off after the $520-million cyber-theft at Coincheck.