As Bitcoin presented a rally from just under $25,000 to more than $27,300 at press time in just over a day, the asset's market capitalization has crossed the half-trillion mark. At the time of writing, Bitcoin's market cap sits at $508 billion. Bitcoin'

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has added support for Segregated Witness (SegWit) deposits, three and a half years after SegWit was activated on the Bitcoin network. The firm announced their integration in a blog post on Wednesday. SegWit is Bitcoin's possibly largest protocol upgrade to date, as it has introduced

Between December 22nd and 23rd, the, digital currency asset manager Grayscale added half a billion dollars to its investment products, the majority of which flowed into the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). At press time, Grayscale counts $16.4 billion in assets under management. Grayscale has served as one of the

After Ripple Labs revealed on Monday that the Security Exchange Commission (SEC) would soon file a lawsuit against the company for conducting a sale of unregistered securities, the SEC has now indeed followed up with official charges against Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and co-founder Chris Larsen, alleging the firm raised

Following speculation as a series of filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) circulated online, Anthony Scaramucci on Tuesday confirmed in an interview on CNBC that his firm SkyBridge Capital has launched a fund tailored to clients looking for exposure to Bitcoin. With a minimum investment of $50,000,

Obi Nwosu is the CEO and co-founder of Coinfloor, the UK's longest-running Bitcoin exchange. He has over 20 years’ experience building online marketplaces and bringing virtual currencies to tens of millions of people. Obi writes The Road to Bitcoin Hegemony, a weekly recap of some of the most

In late November, Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong warned that the U.S. Treasury was looking to crack down on "self-hosted" cryptocurrency wallets. Armstrong suggested that from what he has heard, the Treasury was going to mandate exchanges to take the information of users looking to withdraw capital

Bitcoin's recent rally to a new all-time high above $23,000 has drawn attention to the asset, as analysts and institutional investors increasingly liken Bitcoin to gold. The latter doesn't need to fear for its safe haven status, however, according to Goldman Sachs Group. As reported