Tag: Bitcoin

International Monetary Fund (IMF) director Christine Lagarde has used a speech at the Singapore Fintech Festival to explore the case for state-backed digital currencies. The future...

The UK government's Treasury Committee has called for greater regulation of cryptocurrencies, citing volatile prices, hacking vulnerabilities, minimal consumer protection, and money laundering risks...

Cyber criminals are increasingly hijacking computing power to mine cryptocurrencies. The impact is much greater than firms might think, warns Kate O’Flaherty. But what...

UPDATED The more popular cryptocurrencies become, the less trustworthy and efficient they are, according to a key central banking organisation. Cryptocurrencies are “not scalable and...

Switzerland-based fintech company Eidoo has been granted a coveted anti-laundering licence for its cryptocurrency solutions. The company’s cryptocurrency wallet and hybrid exchange system have been...

E-commerce giant Amazon has unveiled a new solution that allows users of its cloud computing platform to create and deploy secure blockchain networks. Blockchain Templates...

Investment bank and financial services giant Morgan Stanley has claimed that most Bitcoin miners will be losing real money unless the cryptocurrencies’ real-world value...

Startup AidCoin aims to transform the charity sector using blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Can it succeed? Chris Middleton investigates. Trust in charities is at an all-time...

The Guardian and other titles report today that the Bitcoin blockchain includes illegal material. However, this kind of problem has been known about for...

Blockchain specialist Denis Baranov, principal consultant at consultancy group DataArt, has warned the UK’s Institute of Directors of the dangers of jumping on the...

South Korea-based Penta Security has unveiled a range of hardware cryptocurrency wallets, which feature built-in encryption and authentication. Set to hit global markets in June,...

The cryptocurrency market is now so popular that you can heat your house while mining for bitcoins. Chris Middleton explores whether a new product...