Segregated Witness (SegWit) is special. And it’s not just because the bitcoin code change is focused on scaling the network (it is), or that it paves the way for a new layer for…

Lithuania’s central bank announced last week that it is probing a domestic initial coin offering (ICO) after determining that the token offered counts as a security. In a Feb. 15 statement, the Lietuvos…

Financial services group Citi has bought a stake in blockchain startup SETL. The move, announced today, comes less than three weeks after the French banking institution Credit Agricole also became a minority…

Users of cryptocurrency startup Coinbase have seen repeated charges appear on their bank statements tied to their Visa credit and debit card use in recent days, prompting several rounds of statements from…

Action film star Steven Seagal has become the brand ambassador for a controversial cryptocurrency ahead of an initial coin offering (ICO). A statement posted to Seagal’s Twitter account confirmed the news, the…

Israel’s government confirmed Monday that it would treat bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a kind of property for tax purposes. The notice confirms past indications that the Tax Authority will regard cryptocurrencies as…

Long Blockchain, the beverage company-turned-crypto-firm, is facing a delisting from the Nasdaq stock exchange, public records show. The reason lies in Long Blockchain’s sliding stock price, which rose to nearly $7 in…

Bitcoin price has rallied 84 percent from recent lows, although a long-term bull revival is still not certain, according to the price charts. Over the weekend, CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) rose…

A new Lenovo patent filing suggests that the Chinese technology giant could look to using blockchain as part of system for verifying the validity of physical documents. In an application released by…

The Japanese government said today that inspections will take place at 15 unlicensed cryptocurrency exchanges in light of a recent major hack. According to the Japan Times, the country’s financial services minister…