Cryptocurrency News

From time to time you can hear claims that the Ethereum cryptocurrency uses too much energy during mining and is therefore inefficient and harmful to the environment. After repeated claims of this kind, Ethereum decided to switch to Proof-of-Stake...

A blockchain platform for processing payment data was launched by the General Treasury of the Republic of Chile (TGR), which oversees the payment of taxes and other fees in the country. The solution, operating in pilot mode, is designed to eliminate problems and discrepancies between institutions receiving government

The Estonian regulated exchange DX.Exchange will start offering shares of AlphaBet, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft Corporation, Tesla, Netflix, Baidu, Intel Corporation and Nvidia in the form of digital tokens as early as January 7. Tokenization of classic assets, which many consider the trend of 2019, in action...

The American multinational company Visa has announced that it is acquiring the startup Earthport. Specifically, Earthport is one of Ripple's leading partners, creating solutions for ultra-fast money transfers between financial institutions using Ripple's technologies and network...

With the implementation of a new system developed by Thailand's National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), it will be possible to verify voters during elections using a mobile phone...

You can now pay at the Retail Row store, which specializes in merchandise featuring the branding of the online game Fortnite, using the cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) as well. In addition to the usual payment methods such as PayPal and bank cards, Retail Row supports the GloBee payment service. The latter enables

The TRON development team is expanding. Over the past eight months, the development team has grown from two to more than 40 people. This was announced by the project's protocol lead Marcus Zhao in a YouTube interview...

Over the past 24 hours, the volume-weighted price of Ethereum (ETH) has risen by 7.7%. ETH's market capitalization exceeded $15 billion, allowing it to return to second place in the list of the largest cryptocurrencies, while pushing XRP down to third...

On the night of January 1, the mining difficulty of Bitcoin rose by about 10 percent. At block 556416 it stood at 5.62 T. Similar figures were last recorded in October 2018...

A survey has revealed a significant increase in the use of cryptocurrency for money transfers around the world. The 20 countries that received the largest number of money transfers from the United States over the past year have been identified...