PayPal’s new stablecoin on Solana will offer ‘confidential transfers’

South Korea's leading virtual currency exchange Bithumb is set to reopen withdrawals and deposits today, according to an official announcement August 4.   The world's twelfth largest cryptocurrency exchange by trade volume noted that the time for resuming withdrawals and deposits has been moved from August 4 at 11 a.m. [Korea Standard Time] to 7…

Top Stories This WeekCEO of Defunct Mt. Gox Exchanges Faces Ten Year Jail Sentence Over EmbezzlementMark Karpeles, the former CEO of now-defunct Japanese Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, could be facing a ten-year jail sentence over charges of embezzlement. Karpeles, who headed the exchange during the major hack in 2014 that resulted in the loss of…

Ransomware is something the "average American" is worried about, says former cybersecurity top dog Chris Krebs 1011 Total views 11 Total shares Former Department of Homeland Security official Christopher Krebs called for greater governmental oversight of cryptocurrency in an interview yesterday, saying that anonymous payments are a threat “the average American is concerned about.” In an…

Bitcoin currently has a market capitalization of roughly $1.3 trillion, while the entire crypto market cap is roughly $2.4 trillion.

United States food and drug chain Albertsons Companies has become the latest client retailer of IBM’s Food Trust blockchain platform, the company confirmed in a press release on April 11.Albertsons, which operates a network of 2,300 stores across the U.S., will use the platform initially to track the supply chain for romaine lettuce, but aims…

The largest bank in the US, JPMorgan, has taken a massive step into the Metaverse, opening a virtual lounge in the popular blockchain-based world Decentraland after it labelled the sector as a “$1 trillion opportunity.”Visitors to the lounge, situated in Decentraland’s Metajuku mall, are greeted by a roaming tiger and a digital portrait of Jamie…

Japanese messaging app provider LINE Corporation announced that its newly-developed LINK (LN) token is now tradeable on its native BITBOX cryptocurrency exchange in a press release Tuesday, October 16.LINE, which launched BITBOX in July, will offer trading against three cryptocurrency assets – Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Tether (USDT) – out of a total of…

Bitcoin price may have taken a temporary breather but the sharp correction below $30,000 did little to dismay the bullish sentiment of crypto market participants.The CME Bitcoin futures market reached an all-time high volume at $2.7 billion on Jan. 4 and the same day, LMAX Digital also achieved a record-high at $2.62 billion in traded…

COVID-19 has infected more than 17.6 million people in India. A crypto-based relief fund is raising millions to help the country cope with the disaster. 1843 Total views 18 Total shares The cryptocurrency community has donated over $2.2 million to help India battle a resurgence in COVID-19 cases that has gripped the South Asian country…