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The head of Singapore's Central Bank thinks the cryptocurrency economy will eventually crash, yet he is keeping his fingers crossed that the blockchain technology would still exist, when this happens. This negative statement is much less damning than the official attitude of government officials of many...

As Kraken became evidently unable to handle the large number of users trading on its platform, they successfully upgraded the platform to keep up with the increased number of traders using the exchange. This followed a downtime of around 48 hours that negatively affected thousands of traders on Kraken's...

Ripple has cancelled its partnership with R3, following the recent unprecedented surge of Ripple's price. The partnership was expected to give Ripple access to R3's Consortium of banks. The cancellation was justified by Ripple's executive, Brad Garlinghouse, who stated that R3 knowingly deceived Ripple...

ICOs have taken the financial industry by surprise as billions of dollars have been gathered through them. However, ICOs have their limitations. To solve these problems, Buterin has designed a new approach, which is a combination of Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) and the Initial Coin Offering...

Despite certain actions taken or planned, it is important to clarify that there is no outright South Korea cryptocurrency ban on exchange of bitcoin or any other coin — yet.

Novogratz has recently stated that he’s willing to stake his entire cryptocurrency net worth of $400 million, and team up with Bradmer Pharmaceuticals, in order to establish a cryptocurrency retail bank, which was described by observers as the Goldman Sachs' equivalent of the cryptocurrency economy.

Microsoft stopped accepting bitcoin payments a week ago. However, the ban on bitcoin lasted only a week, after which bitcoin payments were resumed. The company cited “instability” as the reason behind the short-lived ban.

The Chinese government has advised cryptocurrency miners in the country that they should plan on ceasing mining operations by January 10th. This comes after China's blanket ban on cryptocurrencies in September, 2017.

Goldman Sachs recently acknowledged the value of bitcoin, following a long dispute over its utility in everyday life. Despite the encouraging acknowledgment, the report cautions investors against expecting the same growth that was experienced particularly by bitcoin in 2017.

Ripple's digital token, XRP is only one of its many products. Most of the company's focus is on developing solutions for banks and financial institutions in order to be able to replace the SWIFT system with RippleNet.