Cryptocurrency News

New film asks: What if the NSA kidnapped and tortured Satoshi Nakamoto, believing him to represent a grave danger to national security?

Whale alert reports that a so-called whale has transferred the equivalent of $2.24 billion in bitcoin for less than $7. In a series of tweets on Friday, the crypto tracking tool said the bitcoin (BTC) whale sent a total ...

About 1.9 billion euros ($2.13 billion) worth of cash is missing from one of Wirecard’s trust accounts and the crypto debit card provider cannot as yet account for the money, the company reported on Thursday. In a stat...

Cambodia's central bankers are riding their hopes of de-dollarization on a national payments blockchain: Project Bakong.

Market data from Glassnode shows that bitcoin holders have increased their positions by 233,000 BTC since January 1, 2020. However, when it comes to holders making money at the current price, bitcoin cash and bitcoinsv h...

SBI Holdings, a Japanese financial giant, crypto exchange operator and Ripple's biggest Asia-based partner, is to begin developing blockchain-powered gift certificates with the Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry. P...

Lower bitcoin spot volumes and flatter-than-usual price action doesn't mean crypto traders have zero opportunities to capitalize.

A local store owner in Winnipeg reported that several of his customers were victims of a Bitcoin scam.

Economists at the New York Federal Reserve think bitcoin is a fiat currency. Nic Carter thinks the New York Fed is "insane."

The realized cap of Bitcoin hit an all-time high just like in February 2020 when BTC price marked a local top.

Startups built on Compound's decentralized lending protocol are now pondering the second-order effects of COMP's price surge.

Tether's volume on decentralized lender Compound has quadrupled to over $224 million in just a few days, and is by far the dominant stablecoin on the platform.

From technology to aging demographics, some of the most important trends shaping the economy have been deflationary. What happens when that rapidly changes?

Assemblyperson Ron Kim has proposed a decentralized contact tracing protocol and a blockchain-based public banking system for New Yorkers.

The cryptocurrency bitcoin is trading at an all-time high relative to its social activity, explains the crypto research firm Tie. The analysts at Tie believe the ratio indicates that bitcoin is being driven by institutio...

The Blockchain community sounds off in support of Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the USA.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moved on Friday to halt an allegedly-fraudulent digital asset investment fund run by two Pennsylvania brothers.

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news - investigating the stories flying under the radar of today's crypto news. Regulation news A new Brazilian tax evasion tool cou...

Most major cryptocurrencies are stuck in a range suggesting a balance between supply and demand.

With DeFi and ETH-backed stablecoins booming, and the ETH 2.0 scaling upgrade imminent, the Ethereum community is gaining near-unstoppable momentum.

North Korea-backed hackers are reportedly preparing a massive phishing campaign to take advantage of the COVID-19 crisis.

The COMP governance token is seeing massive gains and potential listings on Coinbase Pro and CoinFlip, while Reddit looks to scale its Ethereum-based project.