Financial Conduct Authority warns bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies have no intrinsic value
FCA finds that derivatives and ETNs referencing crypto-assets are 'poor products' and too risky to be sold to retail investors
Facebook's Libra plans help Bitcoin jump 10 percent to reach 15-month highs, as investors hope to see cryptocurrencies move into…
The emblem for Facebook's new virtual currency subsidiary, Calibra, bears a striking similarity to one in use since 2016
Digital asset aims to put financial transactions into the hands of millions without bank accounts, but with access to a…
But the social network faces tight regulatory scrutiny over its poor track record on protecting users' personal data
The Aura system is designed on a consortium model, allowing any luxury firm to use it to provide tracking services…
The ION network would use Bitcoin's blockchain for identity assurance, while creating a secondary network to vastly speed up processing…
The volatile cryptocurrency has regained some of its losses after shedding some three-quarters of its value last year
Major crypto-currency exchange is hacked, but wners pledge to cover the millions stolen in the cyber heist
Rakuten Wallet is one of several major crypto-asset platforms arriving in Japan in the coming weeks, even as authorities battle…
The biggest crypto-mining companies are based there, but China may now list the activity amongst the 'undesireable' economic sectors destined…
After a 74 percent drop in 2018, Bitcoin has showed relatively little activity this year – but its sudden rise…
Scams and fraud involving cryptocurrencies rose to £1.3bn last year – in spite of an 80 percent drop in crypto-asset…
Users of blockchain-based information services will have to register their real names and identity numbers in latest crackdown – even…
Popular JavaScript library injected with malicious code to steal coins from cryptocurrency wallet
Regulators and government finance officials in the UK are backing away from immediate regulatory action on cryptoassets, as investor interest…
The notoriously volatile cryptocurrency is down about 75 percent since a high of nearly $20,000 late last year, as investors…
Fintech fantasy? Nation states should build their own digital currency to prevent its use by money launders and fraudsters
Regulators must bring in a minimum of oversight to provide consumer protection and stem money-laundering, argues an influential Parliamentary committee
The Blockchain Cloud Service is already in use for tracking international shipments, keeping tamper-proof records and simplifying funds transfers
The Financial Stability Board wants to look into possible volatility threats posed by the likes of Bitcoin
May will see arrival of more Oracle products utilising Blockchain digital-ledger tech
MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis aims to 'give Facebook a bloody nose' for false adverts
Attackers used a counterfeit software update to launch the massive Windows malware campaign
Eleven suspects have now been arrested in connection with the crime spree, the biggest in Iceland's history
Murder on the Bitcoin express? Microsoft co-founder Gates wades into cryptocurrency debate
Chippy business. South Korean electronics giant is making chips designed to harvest crypto-currency coins
No more mountains of paperwork? Global supply chain to be bolstered by blockchain joint venture
Opera uses ad-blocking tech to stop websites using your computer to mine for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin