The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted an ethereum-based token a Reg A+ qualification, the startup YouNow said Thursday. Props is an ethereum-based blockchain token that integrates with streaming platforms like…

Donald J. Trump tweeted Thursday that he is “not a fan” of cryptocurrencies, saying they were “not money” and referencing their price volatility relative to the dollar in his first public comments on…

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said he can envision a return to an era where multiple currencies are in use in the United States. During Powell’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee…

Law enforcement officials in Spain are arguing that a recent effort to break up a criminal organization — which utilized bitcoin ATMs — has exposed a gap in European anti-money laundering statutes…

Japan’s interminable winter for cryptocurrency exchanges seems to have thawed. The Financial Services Agency (FSA), Japan’s top financial watchdog, told crypto news site Bitcoin.com that 110 exchanges are in “various stages of registration.”…

A bitcoin price indicator is about to turn bullish for the first time since the early stages of the 2016-17 bull market. The 50-candle moving average (MA) on bitcoin’s three-day chart is…

Protestors set fire to paramedic-turned-bitcoin entrepreneur Sphelele “Sgumza” Mbatha’s home, following the collapse of his Ponzi-like “investment scheme,” according to Ladysmith Gazette. Mbatha’s company, Bitcoin Wallet, promised investors 100-percent returns by investing…

IDEO CoLab, a subsidiary of design firm IDEO, has partnered with 20 blue chip and crypto firms to launch a blockchain accelerator dubbed Startup Studio. Partners include Amazon, Deloitte and Fidelity, in addition…

Fidelity Digital Assets, the crypto-focused branch of the major asset manager, is looking to boost its team with the addition of 10 new blockchain professionals. Posted within the last two days, the…

For a moment, it worked as planned. As CoinDesk reported last summer, a user in South Africa could pay their mom’s electricity bill in Uganda using a crypto-powered payments app called Wala.…