While Binance Singapore launched in April this year users were underwhelmed to find they could only purchase Bitcoin at fixed prices. Recently, however, it was announced they are launching the option to buy XRP with local Singapore dollars allowing access to the revolutionary digital asset.

French Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning Network (LN) implementation developer ACINQ introduced its second-generation Lightning Network wallet, Phoenix, via Twitter, on Oct. 18. A video accompanying the post demonstrates a number of wallet functions, all accessed via a user-friendly interface.

Computer scientist and general manager of WeWork South Africa, Stafford Masie, has said that Bitcoin (BTC) will change the future of humanity more than any other technological innovation.

Brian Kelly, the CEO of the crypto investment firm BKCM and CNBC’s analyst recently gave his comments on CFTC’s decision on classifying Ethereum as a commodity rather than a security. The decision alone might prove a big step ahead for the crypto space according to Brian. He stated:

The countdown begins to the 18 millionth Bitcoin (BTC) that is expected to be mined on Friday. The most popular cryptocurrency currently has 17,998,550 Bitcoin in...

A German law professor has argued that permissionless networks such as Bitcoin (BTC) pose the greatest challenge when it comes to applying private law to the blockchain.

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum are new, emerging financial technologies and assets. The unfamiliarity with the new technology can make getting started in crypto seem like a daunting process.

The bitcoin market isn’t yet mature enough to support an exchange-traded fund (ETF). So said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week when it rejected Bitwise’s bitcoin ETF proposal in a mammoth 112-page order that included more than 500 footnotes. Legal experts said the decision suggests that a bitcoin ETF may still be years away. But Matt Hougan, Bitwise’s global head of research, sees positives in the decision. The SEC has at least shown it’s willing to raise addressable concerns, rather than rejecting a product out-of-hand with little explanation.

Call it a Freudian slip or simply a message delivered not as intended, the words were indeed uttered. The video link below appears to show Craig Wright coining the possibility that Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto may have plagiarized a thesis he wrote in 2008.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says a lack of crypto clarity from US regulators may have kept the price of XRP from rising this year. When asked why XRP is lagging compared to the rest of the crypto market, Garlinghouse tells Fox Business that regulators could be playing a role.

On Thursday afternoon, an unknown Bitcoin whale transferred more than $12 million worth of BTC to Bitfinex—prompting fears that those dealing with serious money are looking to cash out their BTC.

The CEO of one of the top three Bitcoin mining pools recently stated that Bitcoin needs better privacy in order to avoid a potential regulatory clampdown. The comments were made by Poolin CEO Kevin Pan in an interview with Bitcoin Magazine.

London-based Finastra — the third-largest financial services technology firm in the world — has partnered with Ripple to grant its customers access to the RippleNet blockchain network. As reported by the Fintech Times on Oct. 16, the cooperation between the two firms will see Ripple’s over 200 existing clients reciprocally access Finastra’s extensive banking network, which includes 48 of the top 50 banks globally.

On Sept 24 the Bitcoin price suffered a flash crash of roughly 18% in a day. Since then, it has been trading inside a range of $7,800-$8,800, creating a strong support area.

Leaks within the Bank of Canada show officials are considering the development of a national cryptocurrency. As such, with interest in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) on the rise, could it threaten bitcoin?

The largest dark web child pornography site in the world has been taken down. That was the word today from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), together with the National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom and Republic of Korea at a joint press conference announcing arrests and forfeitures.

Towo Labs software producer receives a strategic investment from Xpring to enable XRP Ledger’s integration in top cold wallets – the Ledger Nano series, Trezor T

Cameron Winklevoss, the co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, sees the growing load of negative yield government debt as more than enough reason to own Bitcoin (BTC).

Notwithstanding the Friday dump which has just sent bitcoin price back below $8k, the global economy is in a bigger mess and is set to deteriorate even further. Central banks are pumping cash back into their systems, interest rates are going negative, and GDP figures are falling. Is BTC still a safe haven in times of financial turmoil?

Bitcoin (BTC) needs to become more resistant to governments as a priority, the CEO of one of its biggest mining pools has said.