RIPPLE managing director Danny Aranda has played down fears of volatile market conditions, insisting it “is a good thing” for cryptocurrency because it “brings an interest” to the wider concept of digital currency. Ripple, whose XRP operates alongside the likes of bitcoin and ethereum in the popular cryptocurrency marketplace, have witnessed the same market shifts […]

The city of Berkeley, California is considering launching an initial coin offering (ICO) in a stated effort to reduce its dependence on federal funding. The ICO would raise funds by selling digital coins that would be backed by government municipal bonds, according to Business Insider, which spoke to a …

Other data was published along with the list, like the average age of crypto's richest compared to the age of Forbes 400 wealthiest Americans (42 vs. 67), and the average daily price volatility in January 2018 for Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Ripple (XRP) compared to Apple, Proctor & Gamble, and …

With governments around the globe cracking down on all aspects of the cryptocurrency market, it seems like new regulatory risks arise every day. Add U.S. sanctions to that list. On Jan. 19, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the primary sanctions enforcer in the U.S., announced that any U.S. […]

Bill Shihara, CEO of Bittrex, confirmed during a Unikrn Radio podcast with Unikrn CEO Rahul Sood on Jan. 31 that the Bittrex exchange will be opening up USD trading to the majority of its customers. Bittrex was founded in 2013 by Shihara and two business partners, all of whom previously worked for …

XRP Ripple has been tipped as the “dark horse of 2018” with its value set to soar if the firm signs more deals with major financial companies, despite being embroiled in a bitter court case and having to overcome progress in regulation laws. The cryptocurrency is the only one in the top-five to have had […]

Charlie Lee, the founder of Litecoin (LTC) and former Director of Engineering at Coinbase, has taken some bold steps recently in the crypto world. In December, Lee announced in a Reddit CHARLIE: Funny, I was just reading a Cointelegraph article [on the Coincheck exchange hack]. Did this just happen right now? CT: Yes, it happened this morning [Jan. 26]. […]

A glance at Coinmarketcap’s top fifty cryptocurrency asset prices Friday reveals even Ether (ETH) to have lost around 7% more than Bitcoin’s 15.5% daily minuses. Ripple shed 31%, Bitcoin Cash 20% and Cardano 37%, putting it just behind Ardor’s 39% as the top fifty’s biggest loser as of press time. The only asset to buck the trend […]

Jaitley also stated that the government does not recognize crypto as legal tender and would seek to freeze out crypto from the “payments network”. However, industry participants claim his words do not mark any real change in India's regulatory perspective. Others, such as BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen …

South Korean crypto markets have seen turmoil this past month after stricter regulations on crypto trading were introduced, including prohibiting the opening and use of anonymous trading accounts, a law which took effect Jan. 30, and a false report of a country-wide crypto ban. CT reported earlier today …