Some envision an apocalyptic battle between cryptocurrencies and regulators, others foresee blockchain innovations becoming too powerful to be tamed. But Ryan Selkis, widely known by his Twitter moniker

The startup that oversees development of the world's third most-valuable cryptocurrency, XRP, is moving to upgrade the underlying technology on which it operates. Announced Wednesday, San Francisco-based

Call it a slow start. A plan to launch a new cryptocurrency by forking the litecoin blockchain went off without a technical hitch over the weekend, but at press time, the market isn't exactly embracing

Social media has been abuzz since Tuesday's initial sale of the forthcoming Venezuelan government-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, though reviews are so far mixed. So far, Venezuelan president Nicolas

Mobile app stock trading provider Robinhood has formally launched cryptocurrency trading, rolling the new service out to five U.S. states today. The company says that residents of California, Massachusetts,

Jared Marx is an attorney at the Washington, D.C. law firm Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis. He represents companies and individuals in civil and criminal proceedings. With the rise and rise of initial

Two board members of the Switzerland-based Tezos Foundation, including its president Johann Gevers, have stepped down from their positions. The pair will be replaced by Tezos community member Ryan Jesperson

A woman peers out from a watchtower. Below her hundreds of people are walking the streets of a bustling marketplace. She has one power: If a vendor tries to cheat a buyer or vice versa, she pushes a button,

Digital money platform Uphold has bought a mobile commerce startup, the company announced Thursday, coming soon after it inked a multi-million dollar investment. Uphold has bought Cortex MCP, a deal that

Germany's financial markets regulator has issued new guidance on how it will classify tokens sold during initial coin offerings (ICOs), including those it will consider securities. On Feb. 20, the Federal

Officials from the Venezuelan and Russian governments discussed the former's newly-launched cryptocurrency during a meeting in Moscow this week. Venezuelan Finance Minister Simon Zerpa Delgado was in Moscow

One of India's leading tech industry organizations is partnering with the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) to help spur a digital economy within the world's second most-populous nation. India's information

Long Blockchain is appealing a delisting decision from stock exchange operator Nasdaq which, according to a letter, believes the publicly-traded company misled its investors. In a Feb. 21 letter, Long

Australia's consumer watchdog has reportedly received over 1,200 complaints about cryptocurrency scams in 2017. According to the ABC's current affairs program 7.30, data obtained from the Australian

The U.K. Treasury has today announced that it will conduct an inquiry into issues around cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Launched by the Treasury Committee, the investigation will take several

New statements suggest that Iran's central bank is developing a cryptocurrency that would be administered by the state government. Information and Communications Technology Minister MJ Azari Jahromi made

Even as Russia stands accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, its national capital is taking a leadership role in making democracy more transparent. Using an existing program called

Energy markets data provider S&P Global Platts has announced the commercial deployment of a blockchain platform for sharing oil inventories in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Marking one of the first

France's stock market regulator released a statement about cryptocurrency-tied derivatives on Thursday, which includes a curb on the advertising of such products. In its statement, L'Autorite Des Marches

Signs of bull market exhaustion in the bitcoin market may be having a knock-on effect across cryptocurrencies in general. All of the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization - bar nano, dentacoin