The International Money Fund (IMF) has warned that banks are at risk of being left behind as big tech companies shake up the financial system. In the paper entitled The Rise of Digital Money, IMF authors Tobias Adrian...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has identified regulatory gaps in the licensing regime for fintech firms engaged in the area of crypto- assets, initial coin offerings (ICOs), and distributed ledger...

Mark Cuban is the billionaire mogul who has made it abundantly clear that he sees cryptocurrency as nothing more than a scam. In a recent round of tirade against the industry, he directed his ire at Facebook Libra. He...

Several days ago, it was reported that famous crypto critic Nouriel Roubini challenged BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes to release the tapes of their debate earlier this month. The discussions were so heated, in fact, that it was...

Big Three credit rating agency Fitch Ratings sees Facebooks cryptocurrency Libra as the latest challenge to the conventional bank payment mechanisms. In a press release dated July 08, Fitch Ratings said that the social...

A new study by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab revealed that only 1 out of 10 people has a full understanding of cryptocurrencies. The report, entitled Uncharted Territory: Why Consumers are Still Wary about Adopting...

In a true case of using blockchain for the greater good, Binance recently announced that it is forming a charity stable coin called Pink Care Token (PCAT). It will be doing so through the Binance Charity Foundation (BCF)...

The United States is leading the world in the number of tweets that talk about bitcoin and Facebooks cryptocurrency project Libra, according to new research by crypto trading platform The TIE. According to a new Twitter...

New research coming out of the University of Cambridge revealed two things about todays modern life that will surprise no one. One is the fact that bitcoin uses up an astounding amount of energy to operate. The other is...

The first half of 2019 saw a considerable level of enthusiasm among backers and investors in blockchain, as proven by a recent report by Outlier Ventures. According to the data gathered, as much as $822 million was raised...