Ransomware attacks demanding cryptocurrency payments have been on the rise, striking police stations, hospitals, and (most recently) the city of Atlanta, Georgia. But no locale is suffering as much, say researchers, as South Korea - leading to speculation…

Twitter, a popular social media platform within the cryptocurrency industry, is reported to be joining Facebook and Google in banning a range of cryptocurrency advertisements. But will the crypto ban actually help long-term adoption, by increasing confidence…

The Trinity Protocol, NEO’s off-chain scaling solution, has announced the Trinity Token (TNC) cross-chain asset converter, which will allow NEP-5 tokens (assets on NEOs blockchain) to be converted to ERC-20 tokens (assets on Ethereum). Blockchain interoperability…

The highly-anticipated LitePay payment application, which was set to allow users to use Litecoin (LTC) for transactions, has reportedly ceased all operations. The project's creator, Kenneth Asare, was reported to have been “refused any further funding..."…

The Unibright ICO (UBT Token) is led by a highly competent, cohesive team with an established grip on their target market. They are designing a blockchain for large-scale customers to implement or integrate template-based ERP solutions on their Unibright…

Coinbase will be looking to add ERC20 support, potentially paving the way for many more cryptocurrencies to be listed on its exchange. Announced on Monday, Coinbase said they planned to support the Ethereum ERC20 technical standard in the coming months. There…

Mike Judge may very well be a precog. First, his Idiocracy movie predicted a cartoonish wrestler in The White House, and now his Silicon Valley TV series (which features the Coinbase logo on a stack of bitcoins in the season 5 intro) is starting to seem like…

The value of Ontology (ONT) tokens has nearly doubled in the past 24 hours as rumours over a possible agreement with four other cryptocurrency tokens have led to increasing investor interest. Becoming part of the Blockchain Interoperability Alliance seems…

eddit recently removed the option to pay in Bitcoin for their premium membership program Reddit Gold. A Reddit moderator mentioned that the upcoming Coinbase changes and  presence of bugs in the Bitcoin payment option were reasons why they decided to drop…

Paxful, the international Bitcoin marketplace, reported last week $40,000,000 of monthly transactions in Africa alone. CEO Ray Youssef spoke of the opportunities cryptocurrency can offer people who are unable to engage in commerce because of a lack of banking…

Huawei Technologies, a telecommunication equipment manufacturing giant, is giving strong signals that it will be building a smartphone that runs blockchain-based applications. But what is the consumer need for a mobile device that runs blockchain apps? Sirin…

An Ethereum ASIC miner could be your worst nightmare, or your best friend - depending on your interest in technology. Talk to a gamer about your intent to mine cryptocurrency, and you may get a dirty look. Talk to an Ethereum fanatic about ASIC rigs and you…

As the markets teeter on a tide of bearish sentiment, one coin is riding a very different wave. The Syscoin price is making a splash with a 40% surge on its new Binance listing, trading at $0.40 at the time of writing (4:20pm UTC).

Dashlane, an application that manages passwords and digital wallets, has discovered that cryptocurrency exchange security is far weaker than most large tech companies: over 70 percent of crypto exchanges leave users’ accounts exposed to fraud and financial…

NEO Global Capital (NGC), NEO’s investment arm recently financed $1M into Bluzelle, the decentralized blockchain-based database service for decentralized apps (dApps).The leading Chinese blockchain platform also has investments in Trinity, Fortuna, and decentralized…

Australians are no strangers to Bitcoin. In fact, it’s possible to buy Bitcoin and Ethereum at over 1,200 newsstands. And Brisbane, one of Australia’s state capital cities, can boast the first airport that accepts a range of cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin…

Bitcoin can be used to buy everything from a bar of soap on Overstock, to a trip to Mexico on Expedia, and a Lamborghini from MoonLambos. But there are some things the digital currency can't buy... among them, love, happiness, and Italian football club AC…

Virtual Reality (VR) didn’t get off to a flying start. After a lacklustre performance for VR headset sales in 2017, critics have argued the technology is a poor substitute for traditional video games and consoles, with others writing it off as the next Google…

Request Network, the payment system that allows anyone to send or request cryptocurrency payments, officially launched today after a successful ICO last year. The startup promises to deliver financial transfers at a fraction of the cost of traditional bank…

The securities regulator for the Canadian province of Ottawa has said it will be looking to address investor protection issues associated with blockchain and cryptocurrency in the upcoming fiscal year. "The crypto world is moving fast, and is largely unchecked…

Despite the US not recognising virtual currency as legal tender, a Texas town near Dallas might be introducing its own cryptocurrency - if mayoral candidate Winston Edmonson gets his way. Blue Coin would be a ‘municipal cryptocurrency’ to generate revenue…