Mysterious Investor Yi Mei Makes $1 Billion Bitcoin Buy

February 24 2018

As online rumors go, this one’s a doozie. According to multiple media outlets, a mysterious cryptocurrency investor bought a whopping

Payment Declined – Credit Card Companies Ban Crypto Purchases

February 7 2018

The cryptocurrency markets got a little less speculative last week when three of the largest U.S. banks announced that they

Fearing Scams, Facebook Bans Cryptocurrency Ads

January 31 2018

Just yesterday, Facebook announced a surprising change to its advertising policies. The company will no longer circulate ads from any

Coincheck Exchange Loses Over $500 Million in Apparent Hack

January 27 2018

In what was an undoubtedly stressful day for the company’s PR department and its users, Coincheck issued a press release

Kraken Re-Activates Margin Trading

January 26 2018

The popular cryptocurrency exchange, Kraken, has just re-activated margin trading today which is once again available for a variety of

Can Exchanges be the Key to Mainstream Adoption of Cryptocurrency?

December 4 2017

Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are currently rising steadily in popularity. In fact, the total market cap for all cryptocurrencies is

Bithumb Exchange Temporarily Crashed Due to the Rise (and Fall) of Bitcoin Cash

November 15 2017

Over this past weekend, Seoul-based bitcoin exchange, Bithumb, temporarily went out of service. Due to the site encountering more traffic

Russia Announces Ban on Bitcoin Exchanges; Bitcoin Price Breaks New Records

October 12 2017

At a meeting on Tuesday, Vladimir Putin told a roomful of Russian financial officials that “the use of cryptocurrency bears

Goldman Sachs Considers Offering Crypto Trading Operation

October 11 2017

Wall Street and cryptocurrency have never really been friends.  There have been a few flirty glances between these two worlds

South Korea Announces Ban on ICOs

October 11 2017

On Friday, the South Korean financial regulator announced that the country was banning Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), saying that “raising