After announcing a $30-million hack last week, Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint says it’s discovered that another $2.3 million is missing. A report from Japan Today on Monday said the extra losses were discovered…

Lawmakers in the U.S. are discussing a bill that seeks to prevent large technology institutions in the country from issuing cryptocurrencies. According to a report from Reuters on Monday and a copy…

Let’s be clear: It was not the substance of Donald Trump’s tweet that made his critique of bitcoin and Libra so important last week. It should be of no surprise that this…

The cryptocurrency markets fell sharply on July 14 after bitcoin (BTC) endured another $1400 sell-off, denying the bulls a chance to revisit 2019 highs. At 09:00 UTC on July 14, BTC began…

Police in eastern China busted a bitcoin mining operation following a surge in local electricity usage, according to a wire report from Agence France-Press. The police, who confiscated 4,000 “mining devices,” allege…

Donald J. Trump has just tweeted his disapproval for cryptocurrency. On Thursday evening, the US president stated in a tweet that unregulated crypto assets possess the ability to facilitate unlawful behavior, so…

Facebook is continuing to grow the team for its Libra cryptocurrency project with the hiring of a new economics researcher. The social media giant currently has almost 40 posts open for roles…

Veil, the crypto-focused prediction market and derivatives platform, is closing its doors. Launched in January, the Veil web interface allowed users to place bets on Augur prediction markets, offering an instant settlement…

Jon Montrol, the operator of defunct bitcoin-denominated trading platform BitFunder and WeExchange deposit service, was sentenced for securities fraud and obstruction of justice, according to a statement from the Southern District of…

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may consider subpoenaing major tech companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft in search of taxpayers’ unreported cryptocurrency holdings. That’s according to a slide deck presentation from…