On the back of a bitcoin (BTC) rally, the price of ether (ETH) is also surging.
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Ethereum’s native token ether has jumped to 28-month highs, taking year-to-date gains to nearly 290%.
Japanese banking giant MUFG plans to launch its blockchain payment network across the country in 2021 with U.S.-based fintech company Akamai.
Goldman Sachs predicts China’s digital yuan will attract 1 billion users within a decade, helping China’s commercial banks compete with fintech companies.
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Many of the alleged crypto scams had a common tactic: savvy social media posts to draw victims in.
Monaker Group, which builds booking platforms for the travel industry, is venturing into tokenized assets with the indirect acquisition of Thailand’s Longroot initial coin offering (ICO) portal. The Nasdaq traded company took an “indirect controlling stake” in the entity that owns Longroot on Thursday, one day after buying up a third of Longroot minority shareholder […]
Bitcoin’s price pulled off the bull road for a rest stop Thursday while ether holders pull out of DeFi.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is assessing different approaches to rules on cryptocurrency taxation, a government official said during an event on Thursday.
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It’s conceivable. Here are the scenarios where a $100,000 bitcoin valuation might begin to become feasible.
