Latest Blockchain and Crypto News

Binance declared a new blockchain, based on BNB token. A blockchain named Binance Smart Chain (BSC) is going to support the functionality of smart contracts. “Ethereum is the first widely used smart contract platform. To take advantage of its relatively popular applications and community, the BSC...

BitGo announced the purchase of a startup Lumina, which contributes economic and tax reporting services. The new procurement will let BitGo extend the range of services and create a universal cryptocurrency platform for investors. Organization CEO Mike Belsh said that now BitGo customers will be...

Purse startup team announced a decision to close the company after 6 years of work in the crypto market. We've made the very difficult decision to dissolve the company. We're grateful for the opportunity afforded by our supporters to build products and services for the cryptocurrency...

An odious entrepreneur John McAfee announced the release of a new private coin GHOST based on the Proof-of-Stake protocol. On May 15, the white paper of cryptocurrency will be presented on the project website. McAfee is positioning GHOST as a way to become a "ghost in online...

The rapid rise in the value of bitcoin by $500 on Thursday, led to mass liquidations on the BitMEX crypto derivatives exchange. The price of bitcoin has shown rapid growth from $6650, peaking at $7145 around 03:00 AM CT. According to data from analytic company Skew, the sudden movement led to the...

The police began an investigation into the theft of 1 million 660 thousand rubles ($22.000) from a 65-year-old resident of Adygea under the guise of investing in cryptocurrency. This was reported on the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The victim was going to purchase shares of one of...

The Enjin game platform opens access to its wallet for the Chinese region. According to a report on Monday, ENJ is now "approved and submissive with regulatory requirements in China." In a comment to CoinDesk, Brian Kortendik, vice director of marketing at Enjin, said the wallet was...

The developers of the confidential Zboard news hub based on the Zcash blockchain plan to receive a $23,000 grant from the Zcash Foundation to resume the project. Hi all, our z-board ZF grant proposal is now online! Looking forward to hearing your feedback and ideas! https://t.co/YAtESdcwbo(Thank...

Silicon Valley US venture company Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) has begun raising funds for investors in a second blockchain-oriented fund with assets up to $450 million, the Financial Times reports. The company expects that due to the continued interest of investors in the industry despite the...

NYPD warned US citizens of fraudsters posing as employees of energy company Con Edison and demanding payment of bills in bitcoins. Beware of scammers visiting, emailing, or calling about @ConEdison bills or disconnecting service. @ConEdison will not turn off service during #coronavirus pandemic....

Etherscan, one of the most popular observers on the Ethereum blockchain, has launched an “illegal activity” monitoring feature. The Etherescan team will now compile and supplement the blacklist of Ethereum addresses, and the ETHProtect function will allow you to check the origin of incoming...

One of the participants in the project to launch a regulated token (CBDC) in China presented his version of the interface for operations with this asset. As the portal Coin Desk clarifies, customers of the Agricultural Bank of China will be able to use the interface in test mode....

The Ministry of Industry and Informatization of the PRC has declared a list of affiliates of its national blockchain committee, which is going to establish rules in the field. To ensure that the federal criteria set by the team were consistent with applicable laws and additionally contributed to...

Huobi Group seeks to stop illegal activities on its platforms and therefore launches its transaction analysis instrument. Star Atlas is the new Huobi Group program that is going to block accounts with “suspicious” transactions automatically. The decision to unlock will be made by specific...

Cryptocurrency owners most often use them to pay for everyday goods, while every third of those who are not related to them associates digital assets with the purchase of weapons and drugs. Visual Objects have come to such results. Among the 983 respondents surveyed, only 157 had experience buying...

The non-profit organization Litecoin Foundation, which supports the popular crypto coin, has produced the comedy horror film "We Summon the Darkness". Check out "We Summon the Darkness", a fun movie produced by a member of the #LitecoinFam, @CommonEnemyInc!Litecoin Foundation is...

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said in a recent interview with the South China Morning Post that the exchange reinvests approximately 25% of its profits each year on expansion and acquisitions. Zhao’s commentary answered the question about several recent acquisitions - the popular data aggregator...

Chinese tech titans Tencent and Alibaba recorded the highest quantity of blockchain patents last year. Tencent and its affiliates listed 718 applications, Alibaba Group - 470 of more than 5800 (20% of the whole number of applications)....