A dispute between blockchain domain name owners is a preview of what’s to come. Blockchain domain name company Unstoppable Domains has threatened to sue a Handshake domain name service for offering registrations under the .wallet Handshake domain name. The company sent a cease & desist letter (PDF) to Gateway.io, a company that acts a...

The public prosecution of the Federal District, located in the center-west region of Brazil, has launched its own cryptocurrency investigation unit. The newly formed unit will focus its activities on aiding other prosecutors in cryptocurrency investigations, and also educating consumers about the safe use of cryptocurrencies. Cryptocu...

A wealthy expat Salvadoran is set to fund a USD 200m solar-powered Bitcoin (BTC) mining facility – and appears to have the backing of the government. Per ElSalvador.com, the website of the newspaper El Diario de Hoy, Milena Mayorga, El Salvador’s Ambassador to the United States, has spoken about the plan, which was masterminded by Jos...

SEOUL (Reuters) - The nosedive in cryptocurrency markets has wiped out millions of dollars in funds stolen by North Korean hackers, four digital investigators say, threatening a key source of funding for the sanctions-stricken country and its weapons programmes. North Korea has poured resources into stealing cryptocurrencies in recent...

Amazon.com (AMZN) has made a name for itself in part by its ventures into cutting-edge technology and product offerings. The company has flirted with delivery by drone, expanded into media content generation with its own line-up of television shows, and much more. With each step, the company has gained a wider following and a greater ...

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) seem to be everywhere these days. From art and music to tacos and toilet paper, these digital assets are selling like 17th-century exotic Dutch tulips—some for millions of dollars. But are NFTs worth the money—or the hype? Some experts say they’re a bubble poised to pop, like the dot-com craze or Beanie Babi...

More and more companies are accepting cryptocurrencies The exponential growth of cryptocurrencies is a reality, with Bitcoin as the best positioned, something that few would have imagined years ago, much less that people are starting to use them as a form of payment. Much of the positioning of cryptocurrencies has been thanks to the f...

Is cryptocurrency the wave of the future or just a dot-com bubble waiting to pop? Time will tell, but there is good evidence that cryptocurrency will only get more popular and widely used in the months and years to come. Citibank believes that Bitcoin’s numerous advantages are bringing it to a “tipping point” into the mainstream. It i...