Ripple continues to make waves as an alternative cross-border payments solution As much as banks around the world don’t want to admit it, cryptocurrency is here and it is only going to become more embedded as a financial alternative as the space matures. Ripple was one of the earlier companies that recognized the power of […]

A new zero-day vulnerability is wreaking havoc on systems It was only last week that Mozilla provided a patch for a new zero-day vulnerability that affects Firefox browsers. The flaw was discovered and targeted Coinbase employees, as well as those of other cryptocurrency companies, and Firefox users who interact with those companies. However, it has […]

You don’t have to be a fan of the heat to celebrate the start of summer. There’s another chart that’s far more interesting than the long-range weather forecast for your region and it involves the world’s most popular blockchain asset. Obviously, we’re talking about any chart that displays the recent price of bitcoin. In case […]

Millions of dollars are still missing after the exchange’s founder suddenly passed away It appears that the sob stories surrounding Canada’s QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange and the death of its founder may have been for nothing. The company had become embroiled in a lawsuit with Canadian banks that froze its accounts and, while the debacle was […]

Bitcoin could be catching up to gold The number-one largest monetary system in the world is gold. It is valued at $8 trillion, which is actually lower than the value of the USD; however, the $25 trillion the US has in debt pushes the country down to number four on the list, right behind Japan, […]

Several lawmakers want to investigate Facebook’s latest creation a little more closely Facebook is putting the final touches on what it has called a stablecoin. The Libra has been in the works for some time now and is billed, among other things, as a method of allowing the unbanked to gain access to financial systems. […]

The crypto company puts $50 million into the money remittance company As Ripple continues to find more footing for its services and XRP cryptocurrency, it has decided to back a major money remittance service. MoneyGram is the beneficiary of a $50-million investment by Ripple, as the latter looks for ways to stir up more support […]

The stablecoin project has found additional support from Uber, Visa and others The wait for Facebook’s stablecoin, the Libra, is almost over. The possibility of the social media giant introducing its own cryptocurrency first surfaced a few months ago, but came into vigor last month. Facebook is apparently launching its testnet tomorrow, and has already […]

The platform is finally ready to move forward with its crypto investment options After a series of issues caused it to delay the launch of its investment platform, Bakkt is finally making real progress. The company, which is owned by Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) is rolling out Bitcoin futures products and has reportedly had its offerings […]

Bancor, Bittrex and Binance sign on to an accountability group launched by CoinMarketCap There have been reports floating around for the past several months, based on concrete evidence, that many cryptocurrency exchanges had been inflating their numbers in order to enhance their volumes. CoinMarketCap launched a service meant to provide better transparency and accountability to […]

The new Exchange Benchmark will rank more than 100 spot exchanges CryptoCompare, which has been offering cryptocurrency data and indices for the crypto space, is hoping to give traders a little more comfort when they look for a viable exchange. It has announced the development of its Exchange Benchmark, a tool that ranks more than […]

Another week, another cryptocurrency malware discovered If nothing else, cryptocurrency malware creators are consistent. It seems that not a week goes by without a new hacking software being discovered, and most of them target the Monero digital currency. This week isn’t any different, but the target has changed. Now, malware creators are going after Oracle […]

The exchange is being forced to make modifications over US regulations Two months ago, New York turned down an application submitted by the Bittrex cryptocurrency exchange to receive a BitLicense. That authorization is required to operate any crypto trading company in the state, but New York officials said thanks, but no thanks. It appears that […]

Komodo is able to stop a hack that could have cost its customers almost $13 million This is the new version of fighting fire with fire. Komodo, a blockchain company that offers a cryptocurrency wallet, recently stopped a hack by hacking itself, preventing what would have amounted to a massive breach and the potential loss […]

This is the second suit filed against the company The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a new lawsuit against cryptocurrency firm Longfin Corp, as well as it’s CEO, Venkata S. Meenavalli. The commission is accusing Meenavalli of committing fraud by falsifying data to list on NASDAQ. Longfin and its CEO had already been […]