Page 39 - Cryptocurrency

Betting on dystopia

The ultimate obstacle for any cryptocurrency is that eventually there has to be a way to buy a range of goods and services beyond illicit drugs and hit men

Crypto 2.0 may be digital cash you can actually use to buy stuff

For the swath of developers working on alternatives, ensuing stability is the biggest challenge

Cryptocurrency coalition plans to pay US lobbyists in digital coins

The new group calls itself the Securing America's Internet of Value Coalition -- a nod to an emerging notion in the fintech world where digital transactions will all be connected

Crypto boom over, blockchain startups tap Nobel winners to stay in business

Covee Network is the latest venture to announce a partnership with an economist of the highest standing, Alvin Roth who shared the economics Nobel in 2012

Cryptocurrencies are in no hurry to gain back lost ground: Here's why

When it comes to Bitcoin and the like, government oversight should be a feature, not a bug

Crypto crash now worse than the dotcom bubble burst as losses reach 80%

Like their predecessors during the Internet-stock boom almost two decades ago, cryptocurrency investors who bet big on a seemingly revolutionary technology are suffering a painful reality check

Cryptocurrency wipeout deepens to $640 bn as Ether leads declines

Cryptocurrencies have declined for five of the past six weeks amid concern that a broader adoption of digital assets will take longer than some had anticipated

SEC halts trading in two cryptocurrency products, citing market confusion

The SEC has taken a strict stance against letting ETFs tracking bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies come to market

Govt grappling with measures to regulate virtual currencies despite RBI ban

Questions are now being asked how exactly the government will find legal backing to tame the trade in virtual currencies

Cryptokidnapping Gujarat-style, or how to lose $3 bn of bitcoin in India

Crypto losses could be larger than India's biggest bank scam

Have a cryptocurrency company? Bermuda, Malta and Gibraltar want you

The race is on to become the go-to destination for cryptocurrency companies that are looking for shelter from regulatory uncertainty in the United States and Asia

Crypto-currency is junk, not a good medium of exchange: Mastercard CEO

Banga said crypto-currency is not a good medium of exchange as it does not have predictability and transparency

Cryptocurrencies would encourage illegal transactions: RBI to SC

These 'currencies' operate independently of a central bank like the RBI, "rendering it immune from government interference"

Crypto-heist insurance is the hot new play in bitcoin wild west

The collapse in the price of Bitcoin this year hasn't helped matters either

Panic selling post RBI ban opens door for cryptocurrency arbitrage

As the deadline approached, people sold their holdings in large enough volumes on Koinex that it resulted in a huge drop in prices for bitcoins, ethereum, and ripple, among other virtual currencies

End of cryptocurrency story in India as SC refuses to overturn ban

Dipak Misra, said the RBI's directive prohibiting banks, financial institutions from providing any services related to virtual currencies will remain implemented

Crypto-universe expands beyond bitcoin

Roubini attributes the recent change of attitude to advances in technology, but previous advances were accepted only in minimal doses

Influencers getting $105,000 per tweet for promoting cryptocurrency

About 18 percent of cryptocurrency-related posts on Reddit, Twitter and online forum Bitcointalk.org now originate from bounty campaigns

You don't have to own cryptocurrency to make money off it

The world of digital currency is poised to draw billions of dollars from institutional investors if it can provide boring back-office services like custody banking and trading systems

Venezuela offers India 30% discount on crude but with cryptocurrency rider

Offers 30% discount on crude oil purchases made in Petro