Cryptocurrencies are not immune to the gyrations rocking global markets, plunging along with a broad range of assets on Monday in the wake of the collapse in crude oil prices.
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Facebook and its partners are considering redesigning the libra cryptocurrency project so that the network accepts multiple coins, including those issued by central banks, in an effort to woo reluctant global regulators.
Arguments that the largest digital token acts as a place of shelter during market turmoil diminished this week as bitcoin slumped amid an intense bout of equity-market selling.
Cryptocurrency exchange Luno has added the ripple, or XRP, cryptocurrency to its platform in response to growing demand for so-called “altcoins”.
US banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co is broadening its perspective on blockchain technology to show how digital money will change the financial world.
Predictions that bitcoin would collapse have not borne fruit. Despite its bubbles and crashes, the cryptocurrency is now a semi-permanent feature of the financial landscape. What it is not, however, is a generally accepted currency.
Bitcoin volatility is back to levels not seen since early November, with the bulls and bears sparring at the $10 000 price level.
US treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that the US soon will announce new regulations related to crytocurrency and digital payment systems.
The largest cryptocurrency’s recent upward momentum carried it past that psychologically significant level on Sunday for the first time since October.
Every generation or so, money goes through an evolutionary shift, and 10 years from now the fiat currencies currently in use will be regarded as relics of a bygone age, much like the fax machine.