According to rumors, Tether and Friedman LLP, their auditor, have severed their relationship. Suspicion grows.
Something’s Fishy: Tether, Auditor “Dissolve Relationship” According to Rumors Payment Processor Stripe Ends Support for Bitcoin, Hypes Altcoins Payment processor Stripe ends support for Bitcoin, citing high fees and slow confirmations.
Morgan Stanley Now Clearing Bitcoin Futures for Clients, Helping Institutions Gain Exposure Morgan Stanley joins Goldman Sachs and others in clearing Bitcoin futures for clients, lends additional credibility to Bitcoin.
Arizona State University Partners With Dash to Fund Research, Scholarships Dash is providing $350,000 in funding to ASU for scholarships, to create a Blockchain class and fund the Blockchain Research Lab.
Poloniex Displaying Incorrect Customer Balances, Experiences Customer Service Woes Poloniex has responded to customer complaints by tweeting of technical difficulties with order cancellation and balances displaying incorrectly.
Bitconnect Closes Virtually Its Entire Operation, BCC Token Drops 87% Bitconnect essentially closes its doors following regulatory troubles, bad publicity.
Kraken Down Nearly 48 Hours, Gives Engineers Time to ‘Rest' Before Resuming Service Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken sees extended downtime after major upgrade goes wrong, infuriates users by giving engineers time off to rest before relaunching site.
Goldman Sachs Admits Bitcoin is Real Money, Cites Use Cases in Developing World When Goldman Sachs talks, Wall Street and Washington listen. Now Goldman says Bitcoin is real money.
Several Bitcoin-related ETF Proposals Withdrawn at SEC’s Request SEC asks three firms to withdraw their Bitcoin-related ETF proposals, citing concerns about “liquidity and valuation” of Bitcoin.
Kodak Sees Stock Price Soar Following Unveiling of KodakCoin Kodak plans to release its own cryptocurrency to help photographers license and track works.
SEC Suspends Trading of UBI Blockchain Following ‘Unexplained Market Activity’ The SEC has suspended trading of UBI Blockchain, citing concerns about market manipulation. The company, with a market cap of $800 mln, has no revenue.
Texas Regulator Orders Bitconnect to Cease and Desist Marketing ‘Securities’ Texas Securities Commissioner condemns Bitconnect for promoting what it considers unregistered securities, promising outsized returns.
Egypt's Top Cleric Declares Bitcoin Trading 'Unlawful' Grand Mufti Shawki Allam cited Bitcoin’s potential use in money laundering and supposed use in financing terrorism when issuing his ruling.
ICO to Build Next Generation AI Raises $36 Million in 60 Seconds Startup aims to revolutionize AI market, raises tens of millions of dollars in under a minute.
Exclusive: Telegram to Release Blockchain Platform, Native Cryptocurrency Telegram is about to launch their own cryptocurrency and Blockchain network, according to sources.
Bloomberg: Goldman Sachs to Setup Cryptocurrency Trading Desk Elite investment bank Goldman Sachs to setup cryptocurrency trading desk, according to Bloomberg, will be launched by end of June 2018.
Dash Soars Past $1,500 as Market Warms to Big Blocks Dash explodes upwards, passing $1,500 mark. One likely culprit for the increase is Dash’s embrace of big blocks.
Digital Currency Dash Surges Past $1,000 Barrier to New High of $1,250 Dash breaks the four-digit barrier, becoming the second altcoin to do so, after Bitcoin Cash.
Media Continues to Slam Bitcoin as CME Futures Market Opens, Price Slips 4% The massive CME Group opened Bitcoin futures trading today and prices stumbled slightly. Media jumps on the decline.
Bitcoin, Altcoins Combined Reach Market Capitalization of Half Trillion Dollars The combined digital currency market has hit the half trillion dollar mark as debate rages over bubble versus mass adoption.
Ethereum Surges Past $600 on UBS Announcement of Ethereum-based Initiative Ethereum surges to all-time high, topping $600 as UBS plans to use an Ethereum-based Blockchain to comply with EU data regulations.
Bitcoin Markets Really Like CBOE Futures, Prices Spike Sharply Bitcoin soars following CBOE futures release, with futures going even higher.
CBOE Launches Bitcoin Futures, Site Immediately Crashes CBOE opened Bitcoin futures at 5 PM Central today, but their website almost immediately went offline due to high demand.
Elite Investment Bank Goldman Sachs to Clear Bitcoin Futures for Clients Goldman Sachs has announced they will allow clients access to the new Bitcoin futures markets developed by CBOE and CME.
Steam Stops Accepting Bitcoin Payments Citing Extreme Volatility, Fees Gaming platform Steam will no longer accept Bitcoin payments due to transaction fees of up to $20, high volatility.
Bitcoin Goes Parabolic, Blows Past $14,000 to Post $2,500 Single Day Gain Bitcoin’s price surges over $2,500 in largest single-day move in history, blows through $14,000.
In Unexpected Move, South Korean Regulator Suddenly Bans Bitcoin Futures Trading Members of the Korea Financial Investment Association were surprised when regulators abruptly quashed their plans to begin offering Bitcoin futures.
Mining Service Nicehash Hacked, $60 Million in User Funds Stolen Mining service Nicehash hacked, over $60 mln in user funds stolen.
Dash Aims for Mass Adoption: Announces New Integration, Activates 2 MB Blocks With new integration, 94% of world’s population is able to buy, send and sell Dash. To prepare for increasing adoption, Dash doubles blocksize.
Another First: SEC Filed Emergency Order to Freeze Assets of Fraudulent ICO US Securities and Exchange Commission freezes assets of PlexCoin’s issuers, calls the ICO both a securities offering and a scam.