Bitcoin

Virtual currencies are a sea of green today, as the crypto market cap experiences a sudden surge upwards in the first few hours of trading.At around 17:00 GMT on Sunday, the total crypto market cap was around $121.5bn. Things began to…

Crypto markets are rising, and Bitcoin (BTC), which constitutes more than half the market's value, is among the big winners. Most BTC trades have been against fiat currencies and the stablecoin, Tether (USDT), suggesting that some investors…

Ray Youssef has always dreamt of building schools, especially for those who need it the most.For him, Bitcoin for social good is a game changer.As the CEO of Paxful, a peer-to-peer Bitcoin marketplace that connects buyers with…

Bitcoin (BTC) can indeed be used as a hedge against the uncertainties and tumult of another economic recession. But the best investments are not decentralized, a new report by BitMEX suggests.Researchers at BitMEX suggested a portfolio…

While multiple projects struggled in the crypto crunch, for Grayscale Investments 2018 was the best year they've ever had.In their quarterly report, released on Thursday, Grayscale said that despite declining prices and market…

It's been more than ten years since the mining of the genesis block, but Bitcoin (BTC), the original cryptocurrency, remains the most popular coin, at least at the outset of 2019.  Altcoins enjoy only a fraction of the usage that BTC gets…

The Bitcoin (BTC) price could become more stable than that of many other cryptocurrencies, including XRP, so long as investors can accept fluctuating prices, according to a financial academic. He says that Bitcoin becomes more volatile when…

Don't let today's modest declines in the bitcoin (BTC) price fool you. The signs suggest that crypto mainstream adoption is getting closer, at least if you ask the founder of digital asset management firm Morgan Creek Digital, Anthony…

An Irish Fintech firm has ceased all business operations with cryptocurrency exchanges, seemingly without warning. Fire.com, which offers dual GBP/EUR accounts, informed their account holders on Tuesday that they would no longer be able to…

A lending firm which allows borrowers to use their cryptocurrency holdings as collateral has claimed an "amazing performance" after lending out more than half a billion dollars worth of fiat currency in the last five months of 2018.…

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has given a green light to cryptocurrency contracts for difference (CFDs). It's the first time the UK regulator has granted explicit authorization for CFDs backed by virtual currencies.London-based…

Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) has officially launched on Ethereum (ETH), allowing users to make bitcoin-based transactions on a different blockchain. With more than 20 launch partners and approximately 227K worth of WBTC already on the network,…

Ever fancied having dinner with a Bitcoin developer? How about a barbecue with a celebrity Bitcoin developer, who's also a real-life cowboy?If you do, and happen to live in London, you're in luck. Jimmy Song, the famous Bitcoin…

The ETF may be off, but institutional adoption is still trickling in.  Fidelity Investments is reportedly planning to launch its Bitcoin custody service in the final month of Q1 2019, according to Bloomberg.  The commitment from Fidelity is…

With most bitcoin ETF proposals out of the picture and the SEC on forced hiatus, the institutional adoption of BTC and other cryptocurrencies has been put on hold.But why is that the case? Back in January 2017, the launch of bitcoin…