Cryptocurrency News

As a result of another recalculation, the complexity of the first cryptocurrency's mining has risen to a new historical maximum, reaching an indicator of 16.55 trillion hashes. The previous record level of 15.44 T held since January 29. A couple of days ago, The Block noted the possibility of a new...

Former Bitmain CEO Micree Zhan has filed a lawsuit against the Chinese mining giant and subsidiary Zhanhua Intelligence Technologies, according to CoinDesk. A notice from the Changle District Court said the hearing was scheduled for February 11 but was rescheduled due to coronavirus. This is the...

Today, March 9, the price of the leading crypto coin fell below $ 8,000, pulling a broader market. The chart below shows that the fall was sharp, amid a surge in trading volumes. At some point, BTC touched the $ 7684 mark, then won back a bit. Most popular altcoins fell by more than 10%. So, for...

BTC became a verified exchangeable asset in France. The court of Nanterre determined this on February 26, but the fact became known just now. French court did a judgment after a conflict among two organizations: the French platform Paymium and the British corporation BitSpread. The exchange...

One of the largest Bitcoin conferences Bitcoin 2020 in San Francisco was supposed to take place in late March, but due to the coronavirus, it was postponed to the third quarter of this year. The organizers said the decision to reschedule the conference was made in the light of the state of...

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin and CEO of SpaceX Elon Musk supported Twitter head Jack Dorsey, who is facing a threat of firing. Musk succinctly noted that his sympathy is on the side of the current head of the social media platform. Just want say that I support @Jack as Twitter CEO. He has a...

AlphaPoint collected $5.6 million in an extra round of funding. Investments are planned to go towards the development of new trading functions for cryptocurrency exchanges. AlphaPoint provides white-label trading software used by more than 150 customers from all over the world. The company added...

The Reserve Bank of India plans to file a motion to review the Supreme Court's decision to regulate the first crypto coin and other cryptocurrencies. It is reported by the Economic Times. According to the publication, the regulator fears that the decree could lay the foundation for crypto trading...

The payment firm Square, as part of an initiative to develop a bitcoin network, provided financing to two developers. Grant time. We’ve got two going out today, plus instructions on how you can get your bitcoin project funded by us. Learn more about our grant process here:...

Extorting 120 BTC, the “client of the WEX cryptocurrency exchange” has submitted new requirements to government agencies of the Russian Federation and now threatens to mine airports and airlines. This is stated in a letter sent to the Petrodvorets District Court of St. Petersburg on March 4....

Law enforcers began an investigation into the theft of 980 thousand rubles ($15.000) from a resident of the Altai Territory, who became a victim of fraudsters in an attempt to acquire cryptocurrency. This was reported by the press service of the local Ministry of Internal Affairs. The victim became...

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has warned investors that the BitMEX cryptocurrency derivatives exchange has not received permission to operate in the country and could potentially conduct fraudulent activities. The regulator recalled that almost all companies and individuals offering financial...

Facebook does not plan to refuse to launch the stablecoin Libra in favor of a more traditional payment system. The press service of the organization denied a statement circulated by the media. Facebook representatives once again emphasized their commitment to the project: “Libra has not changed...

Libra Association partners are weighing reorganizing the project to soften the position of governors. For this, the project's model may be revised in favor of the inclusion of several coins in the network, including those created by central banks. Libra is projected to become a payment network that...

The head of Tesla, Elon Musk, shared a photograph of a dog on his Twitter and said that they have the best coin. Dogs rock pic.twitter.com/vLJGyZo5Sx— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 3, 2020 Social network users immediately perceived this as yet another statement by Musk about interest in...

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Directive banning accountable organizations from providing banking services to companies involved in the trading of BTC and other cryptos has been repealed by a decision of the country's Supreme Court. Earlier, cryptocurrency exchanges, startups, and other industry...

The largest American cryptocurrency company Coinbase will transfer part of its employees to remote work due to the spread of the coronavirus epidemic. A similar decision was made by the research company Messari. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong shared an updated version of the plan for the spread of...

Bitfinex is planning to perform a large-scale delisting of trading pairs because of low liquidity on March 6. Due to their low liquidity, on Friday, March 6th, we will remove several trading pairs. This measure serves to consolidate and improve liquidity on Bitfinex, leading to a more streamlined...