Cryptocurrencies

It’s next-level stuff. “Layer 2” cryptocurrencies native to projects built on top of “layer 1” blockchains such as Bitcoin and Ethereum – have found a new lease of life after…

Cryptocurrency is a precocious industry, in its lows as well as its highs. So it makes sense that Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has agreed to pay a $4.3…

Beleaguered bitcoin miners are finally feeling the spring sunshine after a cold, hard crypto winter. The power-hungry companies that pump new bitcoin into circulation have been thrown a lifeline by…

Major cryptocurrency bitcoin breached the key $30,000 level for the first time in 10 months on Tuesday, adding to its steady gains as investors raised bets that the US Federal…

The world’s biggest crypto exchange Binance and its CEO and founder Changpeng Zhao were sued by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday for operating what the regulator…

Do Kwon, the cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion or more last year, has been charged with fraud by US prosecutors. An eight-count indictment…

About $2.5 billion flowed out from Binance’s stablecoin this week, Binance’s CEO said on Twitter, after US regulators turned their sights on the cryptocurrency. Most of the money has moved…

It’s alive! The NFT market is twitching out of its torpor, defying reports of its demise. Total NFT sales on the ethereum blockchain – which hosts most trading – jumped…

The firm behind Binance’s stablecoin, Paxos Trust Company, said the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has told the company it should have registered the product as a security and…

Revolut is giving customers the chance to earn cryptocurrency rewards if they allow the lender to “stake” their coins to verify blockchain transactions, in a sign the digital bank is…