BITCOIN

Cryptocurrency is a major plot of the longest-running British soap opera Coronation Street this week, each of the show’s episodes currently has about 8 million viewers.

Multinational investment bank Morgan Stanley is preparing to offer bitcoin swap trading to clients, allowing investors to gain exposure in digital currency without the need to own it.

A cryptocurrency wallet stores public and private keys of users which can be used to receive or spend a cryptocurrency.

Observers of cryptocurrencies should be careful not to mistake the current bear market for a failure of the technology itself.

Crytocurrency mining is the process of adding transactions to the blockchain and also releasing new currency. 

The SEC has suspended trading of cryptocurrency products issued by XBT Provider AB, a Swedish-based subsidiary of the U.K. firm CoinShares Holdings.

San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is reportedly planning a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund and has been in talks with the investment management firm, BlackRock.

After three weeks of gains, the price of Bitcoin dropped by over 4 percent in the span of one hour Wednesday morning. Several other cryptocurrencies — like Ethereum, Ripple and Bitcoin — following suit.

Staff at the SEC on Wednesday rejected applications for new funds from three companies, suggesting they were not yet convinced that the products would not be subject to fraud or manipulation.

U.S. entrepreneur and cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin filed a $224 million lawsuit on Wednesday against telecommunications company AT&T, accusing it of fraud and gross negligence in connection with the theft of digital currency tokens from his personal account.

The term blockchain is brandished about a lot these days, usually in the same breath as cryptocurrencies, but there is a lot more to the technology than digital currencies.

Coffeehouse chain Starbucks announced Friday it might allow bitcoin payments in the future.

Financial analysts from major banks and research houses are yet to start regular forecasts for cryptocurrencies, indicating how far away those are from being accepted widely as an alternative investment option.

Some engineers tout the maxim that “code is law.” Catchy though the phrase is, it is, unfortunately, not true.

Anticipated flood of institutional money into cryptocurrencies is being slowed by three main obstacles.

Square Inc., the payments company founded by Twitter Inc. CEO Jack Dorsey, has obtained a license to offer New York state residents the ability to buy and sell bitcoin through its Cash App, the company said on Monday.

Apple has revised its guidelines for cryptocurrency apps on its App Store.

HTC is currently preparing for the launch of its first blockchain-enabled phone, called HTC Exodus.

A Kickstarter campaign is raising funds for a Bitcoin-inspired card game, aptly called “Bitcoin: The Crypto Card Game.”

Even by the end of 2018, bitcoin transactions and mining could consume as much as 0.5 percent of the world’s electricity consumption, as much as the entire country of Austria, according to latest research.

HTC has revealed that it is preparing for the launch of its blockchain-enabled smartphone, called Exodus.