Bitcoin hot on the heels of Google as market cap nears $2 trillion

Law enforcement requests sent to Switzerland-based cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift rose 175 percent in the second half of 2018, according to a new Compliance Transparency report published by the exchange Jan. 18.In a blog post accompanying the report, Shapeshift outlines that it typically receives requests from law enforcement agencies for data including crypto addresses (in or…

U.S. retail giant Walmart has applied for another patent, which describes the management of smart appliances using blockchain technology, according to an application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office August 2. The application outlines systems and methods for managing a smart appliances such as a desktop or server computer, a kiosk, a tabletop…

Paxos will partner with Southeast Asia’s largest bank, DBS, for the stablecoin launch.

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United States Representative Tom Emmer is confident about the bright future of Bitcoin and blockchain technology. The largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC), is not going away once the ongoing financial crisis subsides, United States Representative Tom Emmer (R-MN) believes.A known industry advocate, Emmer says that Bitcoin will only be getting stronger after the world eventually emerges…

ApeCoin (APE) caught its bulls off-guard with APE price losing nearly 40% in just three days.No dutch auctionAPE's price reached its second-highest level, hitting $27.57 on April 28, up more than 2,650% from its mid-March debut.Nonetheless, traders started unwinding their positions after Yuga Labs, the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT collection's creator, released the…