Bitcoin & Crypto News

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Cryptocurrencies and their potential for growing use shouldn’t be ignored, according to IMF chief Christine Lagarde.

A growing number of companies are looking to launch ETFs tied to bitcoin derivatives contracts, public records show.

A former trader at the high frequency trading HFT firm Virtu Financial is launching a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange.

The price of bitcoin is still holding strong above $4,000, but a failure to move above a key indicator could temper bullish sentiment.

An senior analyst forMacquarie Group has pushed back against some of the criticism against bitcoin coming from Wall Street.

The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission is worried about the risk of pump-and-dump schemes in the ICO space.

Russia’s cryptocurrency bill is expected to be completed by October, according to a senior government official.

A former Russian central banker has spun a blockchain startup out of a traditional payments firm, focusing on helping merchants mint cryptocurrency.

Japanese telecom giant KDDI has become the latest major corporation to join the ranks of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.

The Superintendency of Banks and Financial Institutions of Chile, one of its two banking regulators, is partnering with R3 as a regulatory member.

South Koreas financial regulator has prohibited blockchain token sales today, as well as ordering a halt to cryptocurrency margin trading.

The acting U.S. Comptroller of Currency made remarks at an event yesterday that supported new cryptocurrency licensing and regulation.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency has issued operating licenses to 11 bitcoin exchanges, the regulator announced today.

Barbados-based payments startup Bitt has hired Rawdon Adams, the son of an ex-prime minister, as its new CEO.

Music producer DJ Khaled has become the latest in a line of celebrities promoting initial coin offerings on social media.nn

The price of ether stayed mostly in range on Friday despite news one of the industry’s most active markets would outlaw one of its major use cases.

Noted whistleblower Edward Snowden has said that the privacy oriented cryptocurrency zcash is the most interesting alternative to bitcoin.