Bitcoin declined for a fifth day, breaking below $7,000 for the first time since November and leading other digital tokens lower, as Lloyds Banking Group Plc joined a growing number of big credit-card issuers halting purchases of cryptocurrencies on their cards.

The bank will not allow customers to purchase digital currencies on their credit cards.

Canada’s biggest banks still allow customers to buy Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with debit and credit cards, even as some U.S. lenders move to block such transactions.

Offshore platforms targeted after recent efforts to shut down domestic exchanges failed to eradicate trading 

India is planning steps to ensure cryptocurrencies are illegal within its payments system, while at the same time appointing a regulator to oversee unregulated exchanges that trade in “crypto assets,” a finance ministry official said on Monday.

Digital currencies such as bitcoin demand increased oversight and may require a new federal regulatory framework, the top U.S. markets regulators will tell lawmakers at a hotly anticipated congressional hearing on Tuesday.

Regulators have been warning investors to think twice about putting money into cryptocurrencies because they might run afoul of U.S. securit…

Vakhtang Gogokhia’s plan to extract cryptocurrencies from the netherworld of cyberspace relies on a strategy familiar to many old-school manufacturers who use a lot of energy – the cheaper the fuel, the better.

If you’re keeping a finger on the pulse of Bitcoin development, you’ve probably already heard about Schnorr signatures and you probably won’t find much new here. You might rather want to check out…

Potential investors in the upcoming Seele ICO claim they have been robbed of over $2 million in ETH, by members of a trusted project group or those impersonating them. Two accounts listed as approved admins in the project’s Telegram group, “SeeleSupport” and “nicsmith”, allegedly

It appears cryptocurrency startup BeeToken, which promised to disrupt the home sharing industry by putting its service on the blockchain, has been hacked. The attackers are actively targeting its initial coin offering (ICO) with phishing attacks and have already duped gullible investors for over $1 million worth of Ethereum. Ilia Kolochenko, CEO at High-Tech Bridge commented below.

North Korea last year stole cryptocurrency from South Korea worth billions of won, said Seoul’s top spy agency Monday, accusing the reclusive regime of trying to hack into exchanges by sending emails with customer information. The National Intelligence Service also confirmed that Hwang Pyong-so and Kim Won-hong, former head and vice chief of the General Political Bureau, respectively, were removed from their posts f…

Kyle’s note: These North Korea stories are important to watch because they can enable political backlash against bitcoin.

I once had 90% of my life belongings stolen from storage while I was away traveling. Family pictures. Most of my clothes. A bottle of porto wine given to me at birth. Brand new kitesurfing gear. It…

The cryptocurrency frenzy has less to do with intelligence, risk-tolerance or experience and more to do with human psychology

Hackers draining online exchanges. Ponzi schemes. Regulators unable to keep up with heightened interest in virtual currencies. A young industry’s problems have become clearer in recent weeks.

A Brisbane school is planning to hold an information night to educate parents and students about the cryptocurrency amid concerns about student investors who may not be fully aware of the risks.

The European Central Bank is working to identify any financial stability risk from digital currencies but banks so far seem to be showing little appetite to invest in Bitcoin, ECB President Mario Draghi said on Monday.

The US watchdog has set its face against cryptocurrency vehicles for now

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — They call what they are building Puertopia. But then someone told them, apparently in all seriousness, that it translates to …

Even as other Asian nations pull back, the world’s two largest cryptocurrency thefts haven’t turned Tokyo off the blockchain phenomenon

The Crown Prince of Liechtenstein has told CNBC that blockchain and cryptocurrencies like bitcoin could be one way to help his family restore its wealth.

Less than a year after investing a $5,000 principal in cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin and Ethereum, SPS senior Konig Chen has made enough to pay four years worth of NYU tuition, and then some.

Bitcoin millionaire Kingsley Advani made a fortune after investing his savings into bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

He had invested in bitcoin almost two years earlier, so now Jacob Melin had a new house, a new truck, a new consulting business and a line of people coming into

One of the Super Bowl ads this year featured singer Lionel Richie promoting Bitcoin futures for a US brokerage firm | News | Cointelegraph

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Peach Aviation denied rumors that they were rethinking accepting Bitcoin payments, confirming they had simply postponed adding thi… | News | Cointelegraph

Until last night AntPool were not mining transactions with a fee of less than 5 sat/byte. But it looks like they have changed their settings….

BI Prime: Bitcoin is experiencing a rough start to 2018, but that’s not the biggest concern for a developer at one of the world’s oldest crypto exchanges.

CEO of the Bittrex exchange said that they would be adding USD trading for “sophisticated traders” and reopening user signups afte… | News | Cointelegraph

Starting this week, Bread customers around the world will have the ability to use a credit card to purchase bitcoin and have it deposited directly into their Bread. This new feature builds on a partner integration with Simplex to allow high limits and near-instant delivery.

Not just fodder for TV jokes, it’s a goal that continues to capture the imaginations of developers in the blockchain sphere, and Ben Gorlick and Johnny Dilley are no exception.

Today we’re thrilled to announce that Marco Santori is joining Blockchain as our President & Chief Legal Officer. Previously, Marco was a partner at the law firm Cooley LLP, where he led the global financial technology practice and built the most acclaimed digital assets-focused legal practice in the industry.

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Off-chain transactions seem to be the best option for Bitcoin scaling, while multiple companies are building and testing off-chain transaction infrastructures, few people have ever experienced how…

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Police release images after four men entered an Oxfordshire house to try to steal the crypto-currency.

Texas’ securities agency has issued another cryptocurrency-focused emergency cease-and-desist order, this time against a lending scheme called DavorCoin.

Sites telling you that Flash Player is out dated and then offering an update are installing CPU Miners are unsuspecting visitors.

The 25-year-old from Newport, South Wales, admitted supplying dark web customers with Class-A drugs. Police released the full text of his sales pitch.

An Iowa man faces drug charges for allegedly selling narcotics to college students in Athens over the Dark Web using Bitcoin.

In Jacksonville, Florida, United States Attorney Maria Chapa Lopez announced that three law enforcement agencies would be “awarded” with the funds stolen by the Sheep Marketplace hackers between 2013 and 2014. The announcement took place at a Homeland Security Investigations Office in Jacksonville. And even though the ICE-HSI Special Agent in Charge, James Spero, helped make the announcement, and neither Homeland Security nor Immigration and Customs Enforcement received a piece of the $1.7 million in seized Bitcoin.

XRP reached a high of $3.31 on January 4, and has declined 80% to $0.67 since. 
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Baidu, China’s search engine giant, has launched a new CryptoKitties-like service as part of its wider work with blockchain.

The global crypto community is obsessed with collecting virtual cats, and it’s about to get even more so.  Since the game CryptoKitties was launched in late November, players have spent more than $19 million trading cartoon kittens living on the ethereum network, and so far nearly 50,000 cats have been bred or released, according to…

Despite panicked cries to the contrary on social media and cable news, federal authorities are keeping a careful eye on evolving digital currency markets, as regulators are likely to tell Congress on Tuesday.

The Italian government is seeking feedback on proposed cryptocurrency regulations intended to clarify the technology’s use within the country.

Consumers should be wary of cryptocurrency retirement accounts claiming to be approved by the Internal Revenue Service, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has warned.

A financial regulator in the United Arab Emirates has issued a warning to residents on the risk of initial coin offerings (ICO).

A New York lawmaker who previously filed several bills related to blockchain has submitted new legislation that calls for studying the creation of a state-backed cryptocurrency.