Former Ripple CTO's Blockchain Project Coil Enters Closed Beta

Former Ripple CTO's Blockchain Project Coil Enters Closed Beta
The new company, which incorporates the Interledger and Codius technologies Thomas helped develop at Ripple, is now available to try out.

Firefox Plans to Block Crypto Mining Malware in Future Releases

Firefox Plans to Block Crypto Mining Malware in Future Releases
Mozilla Firefox intends to add a function to block cryptomining scripts on websites by default in one of its upcoming releases.

Ethereum Developers Move to Alter the Blockchain's Economics

Ethereum Developers Move to Alter the Blockchain's Economics
Developers agreed to reduce ethereum issuance from 3 ETH to 2 ETH in an upcoming hard fork, Constantinople.

Eminem's Latest Album 'Kamikaze' Features a Bitcoin Shout-Out

Eminem's Latest Album 'Kamikaze' Features a Bitcoin Shout-Out
The rapper Eminem has given bitcoin's public awareness a boost with a mention of the cryptocurrency on his just-launched album "Kamikaze."

Neo Price Bleeds 40% to End August as Worst-Performing Big Crypto

Neo Price Bleeds 40% to End August as Worst-Performing Big Crypto
NEO was the worst performing cryptocurrency over the course of August out of the world's 25 top cryptocurrencies by market valuation.

Japanese Police to Fund Crypto Criminal Tracking Tool

Japanese Police to Fund Crypto Criminal Tracking Tool
Japan's top police agency is to fund development of new software aimed to help track individuals behind illicit crypto transactions.

Bitcoin Lost 10% in August But May Have Made Long-Term Bottom

Bitcoin Lost 10% in August But May Have Made Long-Term Bottom
Bitcoin is reporting a monthly loss for August, but its quick recovery from lows below $6,000 likely indicates a long-term bottom has been made.

Rakuten Is About to Buy a Bitcoin Exchange for $2.4 Million

Rakuten Is About to Buy a Bitcoin Exchange for $2.4 Million
Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is planning another step into the cryptocurrency industry with the acquisition of a local bitcoin exchange.

Messaging Giant LINE Is Launching Its Own Cryptocurrency

Messaging Giant LINE Is Launching Its Own Cryptocurrency
Japanese messaging giant LINE has become one of the first public companies to have launched a proprietary blockchain network with its own token.

Yahoo Finance Now Allows Trading of 4 Cryptos on Its iOS App

Yahoo Finance Now Allows Trading of 4 Cryptos on Its iOS App
After having tracked crypto prices for years, Yahoo Finance now adds a new feature to let users trade 4 cryptos on its iOS app, including dogecoin.

PwC Creates Digital Skills Program to Boost Internal Blockchain Expertise

PwC Creates Digital Skills Program to Boost Internal Blockchain Expertise
Consultancy firm PwC is kicking off a new program aimed at improving the expertise of its employees on new technologies like blockchain.

Apple Abruptly Orders Coinbase Wallet to Remove Crypto Collectible

Apple Abruptly Orders Coinbase Wallet to Remove Crypto Collectible
Coinbase went out of its way to get a new crypto collectible loaded onto its dapp store, but Apple had other plans.

Ripple Scores Small Win Against Investors Claiming XRP Is a Security

Ripple Scores Small Win Against Investors Claiming XRP Is a Security
Ripple saw a victory Wednesday as a lawsuit against it received a "complex" designation, meaning it will be coordinated with another case.

ICO Advisor Satis Claims $96K Bitcoin Price Possible in 5 Years

ICO Advisor Satis Claims $96K Bitcoin Price Possible in 5 Years
An ICO advisory firm believes bitcoin's price might jump to $96,000 in the next five years, according to a new analysis of the crypto market.

VMWare Claims Greater Scalability With Open-Source Blockchain Project

VMWare Claims Greater Scalability With Open-Source Blockchain Project
VMWare has revealed "Project Concord" – an open-source blockchain effort that addresses scaling issues by altering a common consensus algorithm.

India Eyes State Digital Currency to Cut $90 Million Banknote Bill

India Eyes State Digital Currency to Cut $90 Million Banknote Bill
The Reserve Bank of India is mulling a central bank digital currency as a means to reduce the country's huge spend on minting physical cash.

Polychain Leads Ether Wallet MyCrypto's $4 Million Fundraise

Polychain Leads Ether Wallet MyCrypto's $4 Million Fundraise
Ethereum wallet service MyCrypto has raised $4 million in a Series A round led by Polychain Capital.

8 Blockchain Projects Enlist Early to Test Secret Enigma Contracts

8 Blockchain Projects Enlist Early to Test Secret Enigma Contracts
Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Enigma's "secret contracts" privacy protocol has eight partners gearing up for its launch later this year.

Bitmain's BTC.com Is Launching an Ethereum Mining Pool

Bitmain's BTC.com Is Launching an Ethereum Mining Pool
BTC.com will now offer ethereum and ethereum classic mining pools, as well as a block explorer, the company announced Thursday.

Bitcoin's Price Pullback Risks Bear Revival Below $6.9K

Bitcoin's Price Pullback Risks Bear Revival Below $6.9K
The bullish mood in the bitcoin market could turn sour if the cryptocurrency finds acceptance below the 100-day moving average.

Korea's Jeju Island Appeals to President in Push for ICO Hub Status

Korea's Jeju Island Appeals to President in Push for ICO Hub Status
The governor of South Korea's Jeju island is maintaining his push to turn the autonomous region into a blockchain and initial coin offering free zone.

Ethereum's Next Upgrade Could Be the $29 Billion Blockchain's Biggest Test Yet

Ethereum's Next Upgrade Could Be the $29 Billion Blockchain's Biggest Test Yet
Disagreement surrounding an upcoming upgrade, Constantinope, is putting ethereum to the test.

Crypto Exchange Huobi Acquires Public Firm for $70 Million

Crypto Exchange Huobi Acquires Public Firm for $70 Million
Crypto exchange Huobi has become the largest shareholder of a public firm listed in Hong Kong, inching a step closer to a possible back-door listing.

Russian Agency to Track Crypto Wallets of Criminal Suspects

Russian Agency to Track Crypto Wallets of Criminal Suspects
Rosfinmonitoring is seeking to expand its internal systems to account for cryptocurrencies.

OECD to Examine the Potential Impact of Blockchain Next Month

OECD to Examine the Potential Impact of Blockchain Next Month
OECD plans to host an international conference on blockchain technology next month.

California Legislature Finalizes Blockchain Working Group Bill

California Legislature Finalizes Blockchain Working Group Bill
The California legislature has finalized a bill directing the state to examine blockchain technology and how to update existing law to account for it.

Crypto Mining Attacks Soar in First Half of 2018

Crypto Mining Attacks Soar in First Half of 2018
Trend Micro found that there were nearly 790,000 instances of cryptomining malware detected in the first half of 2018, according to a new report.

Origin Is Rolling Out a Decentralized Messaging App Built on Ethereum

Origin Is Rolling Out a Decentralized Messaging App Built on Ethereum
Origin Protocol, a blockchain project building a decentralized marketplace, has rolled out a P2P messaging app on its demo platform.

Crypto Exchange AirTM Targets Troubled Markets With $7 Million Raise

Crypto Exchange AirTM Targets Troubled Markets With $7 Million Raise
Peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange AirTM has raised $7 million it says it will use to expand in troubled Latin American economies.

$102 Million: A16z, Polychain Back Blockchain Project Dfinity's Funding Round

$102 Million: A16z, Polychain Back Blockchain Project Dfinity's Funding Round
A16z crypto and Polychain Capital lead a $102 million funding round for decentralized cloud foundation Dfinity.

Standard Chartered, Siemens Partner to Put Bank Guarantees on a Blockchain

Standard Chartered, Siemens Partner to Put Bank Guarantees on a Blockchain
Multinational banking firm Standard Chartered is teaming up with manufacturing giant Siemens to put bank guarantees for trade finance on a blockchain.

Australia Poised to Create National Blockchain With IBM Tech

Australia Poised to Create National Blockchain With IBM Tech
An Australian federal agency is developing a blockchain that will allow businesses to carry out transactions based on smart legal contracts.

Chinese Tech Hub Follows Beijing With Ban on Crypto Promotion

Chinese Tech Hub Follows Beijing With Ban on Crypto Promotion
A special economic zone in Guangzhou is following the lead of Beijing's financial district in banning activities that promote cryptocurrencies.

Binance Backs $32 Million Funding for Unicorn Founder's Crypto Stablecoin

Binance Backs $32 Million Funding for Unicorn Founder's Crypto Stablecoin
With an e-commerce company leading the launch of a new stablecoin, its founders and allies believe they can really bring crypto to consumers.

Cautiously Bullish: Bitcoin Price Faces Key Hurdle Above $7.1K

Cautiously Bullish: Bitcoin Price Faces Key Hurdle Above $7.1K
Bitcoin may not cross the immediate resistance at $7,180 in the next 24 hours as the rally is looking overstretched on the short duration charts.

Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb to Restart User Registrations

Korean Crypto Exchange Bithumb to Restart User Registrations
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb is reportedly renewing its contract with Nonghyup Bank after solving issues prompted by a June hack.

Tron Now Owns a Stake In BitTorrent Founder's New Crypto Project

Tron Now Owns a Stake In BitTorrent Founder's New Crypto Project
The peer-to-peer sharing company now owned by Tron's founder has a small stake in a soon-to-be-launched cryptocurrency protocol.

Moscow's Government to Use Ethereum to Promote Transparency In Commerce

Moscow's Government to Use Ethereum to Promote Transparency In Commerce
Moscow's government is planning to use ethereum as part of a system for allotting trading spots during weekend farmers markets.

Hong Kong to Expedite Immigration for Blockchain Job Seekers

Hong Kong to Expedite Immigration for Blockchain Job Seekers
Hong Kong is seeking to attract talents with specialities in innovative technology such as blockchain via a special immigration policy.

Venezuela's Maduro Orders Banks to Adopt Petro Cryptocurrency

Venezuela's Maduro Orders Banks to Adopt Petro Cryptocurrency
Venezuelan banks have been ordered to use the petro, the Maduro government-launched cryptocurrency, as a unit of account.

Filecoin Looks to Mid-2019 for Blockchain Storage Network Launch

Filecoin Looks to Mid-2019 for Blockchain Storage Network Launch
Blockchain storage startup Filecoin announced it would launch its mainnet sometime near the middle of next year.

AP Inks Deal With Blockchain Media Startup Civil

AP Inks Deal With Blockchain Media Startup Civil
The Associated Press is partnering with blockchain journalism startup Civil to license articles for different newsrooms.

US, Canadian Securities Regulators Are Involved in Over 200 Crypto Probes

US, Canadian Securities Regulators Are Involved in Over 200 Crypto Probes
NASAA announced Tuesday that regulators are running more than 200 active crypto-related investigations.

Morgan Creek Digital, Bitwise Partner on New Digital Asset Index Fund

Morgan Creek Digital, Bitwise Partner on New Digital Asset Index Fund
The firms are are teaming up to launch a new index fund aimed at institutional investors looking to enter the digital asset market

Coinbase Survey Shows 18% of US Students Now Own Cryptocurrency

Coinbase Survey Shows 18% of US Students Now Own Cryptocurrency
Students who want to change the world are attracted to blockchain education, a professor says.

Above $7K: Bitcoin Price Pushes Higher In Break Past Resistance

Above $7K: Bitcoin Price Pushes Higher In Break Past Resistance
Bitcoin has broken the $7,000 psychological resistance level after climbing out of a 20-day channel between $5,873 and $6,800.

Lloyd's of London Makes Quiet Entrance Into Crypto Insurance Market

Lloyd's of London Makes Quiet Entrance Into Crypto Insurance Market
Just a month after issuing a warning about crypto assets, insurer Lloyd's of London is beginning to enter the business, a new partnership shows.

OpenFinance Launches Regulated Trading Platform for Security Tokens

OpenFinance Launches Regulated Trading Platform for Security Tokens
Trading platform OpenFinance has now launched a regulated alternative trading system for crypto assets within the U.S.

Ant Financial Is Launching a Blockchain App to Tackle Food Fraud

Ant Financial Is Launching a Blockchain App to Tackle Food Fraud
Alibaba payments affiliate Ant Financial is poised to launch a blockchain platform next month, alongside an application that tracks rice shipments.

China Now Has a Way for the Public to Report Illegal Token Sales

China Now Has a Way for the Public to Report Illegal Token Sales
A Chinese self-regulatory association is working to assist government agencies in cracking down on illegal token sales with a new reporting option.