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Source: a screenshot, Instagram/binance Major crypto exchange Binance seems to be well on its way to re-establishing a presence in China, but by taking the 'blockchain, not crypto' entrance. CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), say...

Ransomware group Maze claims to have hacked United States egg producer Sparboe in a post on its website.

Celo, a blockchain project that has been deemed as a competitor to Facebook's Libra project, says its mainnet is now live, following almost three years' worth of development. The project's operators stated that the mainn...

Antitrust agencies should reconsider blockchains as they can help them fight monopolies, Vitalik Buterin and Thibault Schrepel argue in a new paper.

Activity in the Bitcoin options market shows BTC has a 9% chance of reaching $20,000 by the end of 2020.

CME customers would rather trade cash-backed Bitcoin products at present.

A study from Group-IB reveals the modus operandi of the newly discovered ProLock's ransomware attack.

Recently there has been a rise in the number of attempts to impersonate Cointelegraph team members and request money from organizations and individuals in return for the promise of positive coverage.

Ether is outperforming bitcoin in 2020 but has lower liquidity and different technical dynamics than the world's largest cryptocurrency.

Crystal Blockchain Analytics unveiled figures that show an increased value of Bitcoin transferred through the dark web, though the amount of Bitcoin was less.

The halving could both increase the rate at which bitcoin's price rises and bring forward the point at which it crashes, says our columnist.

As a wobbly recovery tries to take hold, was the coronavirus pandemic simply the pinprick on a larger economic bubble?

The price of Bitcoin continues to reject the $10,000 resistance level, crypto traders explain where BTC is headed next.

Legislation proposed this week would make it increasingly difficult, and risky, for cryptocurrency exchanges to sell bitcoin in Iran.

French consumers can now buy Tezos from 10,000 mini-marts, tobacco stores, and petrol stations using prepaid coupons or cards.

Ukrainian police have arrested a hacker who allegedly sold 773 million email addresses, along with passwords, bank PIN codes and cryptocurrency wallets.

Michael Rogerson, PhD Candidate, University of Bath, and Glenn Parry, Professor of Digital Transformation, University of Surrey. _____ Food supply chains were vulnerable long before the coronavirus pandemic. Recent scand...

When a famed macro investor like Paul Tudor Jones invests in Bitcoin, you know it's a serious play. Next step: central banks buying crypto too.

A SIM swapping exploit revealed BlockFi customer names and addresses while BitMEX is hit with RICO accusations.

Harmony announced Tuesday that its mainnet has incorporated staking, allowing users to earn ONE tokens for locking in their current holdings.

BTC hits a golden cross while hackers break into COVID-19 researching supercomputers. It's CoinDesk's Markets Daily podcast.

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