Bitcoin’s Price Snaps Longest Monthly Losing Streak Since 2016

As part of a plan to put all property transactions into the digital realm, a department of Australia's New South Wales (NSW) government is turning to blockchain technology. With the state having ordered the digitization of all property transactions from July 1, 2019, NSW Land Registry Services – the operator of land titling and registry operations…

The International Organization of Securities Commissions is devoting new attention to tokenization, the body said in its 2024 strategy.Crypto continues to be a high priority for IOSCO, which published a series of recommendations for the sector last year.The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) is turning its attention to tokenization, the standard setting body set

Jun 17, 2020 at 18:55 UTCUpdated Jun 17, 2020 at 19:18 UTCBikers in Vienna, Austria, don protective masks, April 14, 2020. (Marion Carniel/Shutterstock)Austrian Government Funds Development of Blockchain-Based COVID-19 AppThe Austrian government is taking a considered approach to COVID-19 tech solutions after an initial rush to get some kind of contact tracing app out the…

Mar 3, 2020 at 12:00 UTCUpdated Mar 3, 2020 at 12:41 UTCThree Delta Exchange co-founders, including CEO Pankaj Balani (center). (Photo courtesy of Delta Exchange)India’s Appetite for Crypto Derivatives Is Growing, Exchanges SayIndia is developing an appetite for crypto derivatives, even as the country's Supreme Court continues to deliberate over the future of the exchange…

Oct 22, 2020 at 13:45 UTCUpdated Oct 22, 2020 at 14:40 UTCPaul Tudor Jones II on CNBC (Screenshot)Hedge Fund Billionaire Tudor Jones Says Bitcoin Rally Only in ‘First Inning’: ReportPaul Tudor Jones II, a billionaire pioneer of the modern hedge fund industry, said he’s even more bullish on bitcoin and lauded the “intellectual capital” behind…

Dec 23, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 23, 2020 at 4:15 p.m. UTCTyler Herro of the Miami Heat(Michael Reaves/Getty Images)Miami Heat’s Tyler Herro Lends Voiceover Chops to Dapper Labs’ NBA Top ShotWhen opening Dapper Labs blockchain game NBA Top Shot for the first time, users will hear Miami Heat shooting guard Tyler Herro guiding…

Blocknative, a blockchain infrastructure company that cut staff in October after suspending work on a major business project, is releasing a new tool to examine the "mempool" of pending transactions awaiting processing on Ethereum, an effort that could ultimately help to reduce instances of block-level manipulation and protect users from front-running bots.The real-time explorer tool

news Cryptocurrency is coming to the Mall of America. Flexa, a startup making it easier to use crypto for purchases in the real world, will be an advisory participant in a new demonstration store at America’s largest mall, which is located outside Minneapolis, Minn. The store, meant to showcase new brands and technologies for enhancing the retail…

Cryptocurrency traders look to be unwinding long positions in bitcoin perpetual futures listed on crypto derivatives exchange BitMEX, which has been charged by regulators with facilitating illegal transactions in the U.S.On Thursday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed civil charges against the exchange while the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed criminal charges accusing…