252 | Latest Cryptocurrency News, Bitcoin & Crypto Updates 2025

Venezuela Gets Closer to its ‘Petro’

The pre-sale of the Venezuela's oil-backed national cryptocurrency, the petro, will begin on February 20, while President Nicolas Maduro is clearly hoping that the release will ease some of the country’s current economic hardships, according to CNBC. In the meantime, critics are up in arms...

, by Priyeshu Garg

KODAKCoin ICO Delayed By Several Weeks

The Initial Coin Offering (ICO) for the Kodak-branded cryptocurrency, KODAKCoin, was supposed to launch January 31st, but has been delayed by several weeks, according to the official statement.The official statement reads that “With over 40,000 potential investors expressing their interest in...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Revolut Announces: Cryptocurrencies For Everyone!

Revolut, a digital banking alternative charging almost no fees, has announced they will be offering cryptocurrency trading for everyone using their app after brief delays.According to their website, it is now possible to buy cryptocurrency in 25 fiat currencies “at the touch of a...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Coincheck Partner Ceres Indirectly Applies for Crypto Exchange License

Ceres, a Japanese rewards point operator, subsidiary Mercury has applied to become an officially recognized cryptocurrency exchange platform. Japanese legal authorities confirmed that Mercury’s application is now undergoing review.Ceres has a partnership deal with Coincheck, another Japanese...

, by Tim Alper

Morning News: S Korean Crypto-crook Arrested, Russian Mine Raided

USD 165m Worth Crypto-funded Crime Japan Still Feeling the Burn from Coincheck Hack Taipei Strikes Blockchain Deal Chinese District Makes Blockchain Bid Police Arrest USD 150m Crypto Fraudster Men Arrested After USD 36,000 Raid on BTC MineCatch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and...

, by Tim Alper

Facebook Banning ICO Ads Is ‘Good for the Industry’

Blockchain media experts support Facebook’s decision to ban all ads that promote cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs). "Facebook banning ICO ads is good for the industry in the long run. The ability to promote potentially scammy ICOs with ads that the general public may get...

, by Samantha Yap

Coincheck Hackers Trying to Move Stolen XEM

After the biggest crypto theft in the history of the industry, the hackers had already started moving the funds onto six exchanges where they would be sold, according to Reuters.NEM Foundation had traced the stolen XEM tokens to an unidentified account, the news outlet reports. Lon Wong, President...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitfinex And Tether Subpoenas – What Does the Community Think?

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission sent subpoenas on Dec. 6 to crypto exchange Bitfinex and token issuer Tether, according to a “source familiar with the matter.”The two firms share the same CEO.The subpoenas seem to be resolving the situation around Tether and Bitfinex, one...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

4 Influential Cryptocurrency Projects

2018 has a number of exciting innovations that might be going live this year. Some of these could potentially change the entire way we interact with cryptocurrency today. They could also impact our financial lives in a far more direct way than we have ever seen before. Today, we will be going over...

, by Robert DeVoe

How Crypto World Puts Pressure on Government – India Case

Bitcoin fever had been on the rise in India for the past few months. However, the Indian Government’s recent high-handed approach against high net-worth cryptocurrency investors has created a state of unrest amongst the people. “Every three months, our volumes [Bitcoin trading] have...

, by Saket Singh

Thinking of Opening Your Own Crypto Startup? Read This Advice

The Chinese government’s crackdown on the country’s bitcoin mining companies has raised concern over the prospects for China’s cryptocurrency industry, and its potential impact on the price of bitcoin. Sonic Zhang, the founder of Value Net Capital, and also the co-founder and...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

A Restaurant Says Yes to Crypto and No To Visa

Recently, a photo surfaced on the social network Reddit, showing the door to a restaurant in which, markedly, several different cryptocurrencies are accepted.The restaurant in question is the La Sirène in Manhattan, a French restaurant at the corner of Amsterdam Ave and 80th St, opened by...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

What the Coincheck Hack Tells Us About Australian Regulators

Philippa Ryan, University of Technology SydneyNew risk rules for cryptocurrency exchanges will be put to the test with the latest hack on Japanese exchange Coincheck. Hackers stole US$660 million worth of NEM (its native cryptocurrency).In the past eight years, more than a third of all...

, by Philippa Ryan

Prodeum ICO Pulls an Exit Scam

The website for the Prodeum ICO project has gone offline unannounced on Sunday, leaving only a nasty message to investors behind.Prodeum, with reportedly stolen identities of its “team” was supposedly a startup from Lithuania “about to revolutionize the fruit and vegetable...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

How Are Crypto Funds Performing

In 2017, a wave of new digital currency funds have entered the market to benefit from the high returns potential of digital assets. But how well have these and other crypto funds performed since their inception? Digital Asset Investment PlatformsThe tokenized close-ended digital asset fund TaaS has...

, by Alex Lielacher

16 y/o Crypto Entrepreneur: The Future of Crypto in Africa Is Bright

Elisha Owusu Akyaw, a 16-year-old Ghanaian, is the founder and CEO of Token Media, a cryptocurrency marketing company. Founded in 2017, the company aims to assist new and existing blockchain projects to reach their target audience using global best practice marketing solutions.Although the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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