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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has taken the opportunity to plug XRP as a solution to the concerns raised by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. Speaking on Twitter, Garlinghouse said that he hopes regulators recognize that not all cryptocurrencies are cut f

After touching past the $12,000 mark the past week, leading digital currency Bitcoin fell below the $10,000 price level on Monday as U.S. President Donald Trump joined in the fray on bashing cryptocurrencies.

One of Donald Trump's top allies in Congress has diverged from the president on what has suddenly become one of the federal government's top priorities: bitcoin. Kevin McCarthy Is a Bitcoin Fan House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told CNBC that u

Bitcoin investors are concerned that lawmakers' pressure on Facebook's Libra could ripple throughout the cryptocurrency market.

Facebook's Libra stablecoin a big mistake, according to Dallas Mavericks basketball team owner and billionaire investor Mark Cuban

As massive banks like JPMorgan and Wells Fargo prepare to release their Q2 earnings report next week, a growing threat to traditional finance, cryptocurrencies, are becoming too disruptive to ignore. While many of these banks have resisted the coming chan

"I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air," Trump said.

The bitcoin price crashed below $11,000 on Thursday. It has lost more than $3,000 - or 20% - since peaking near $14,000 less than 24 hours ago.

Facebook unveiled a cryptocurrency called Libra yesterday as well as the Libra Association, a not-for-profit that will oversee all things Libra. While Libra's white paper draws a lot of inspiration from other cryptocurrencies, the current governance m

A US lawmaker asks Facebook to wait before launching its digital currency, hours after it was announced.

Facebook made a renewed push into payments on Tuesday, announcing plans for a cryptocurrency called Libra.

Now that Facebook, together with an army of partners, has entered the crypto space with Libra , the blockchain community is as polarized as ever. Some are merely brushing it off as just another coin; others think it will crush the major cryptocurrencies o

By CCN Markets: Facebook has revealed the white paper for its much-hyped cryptocurrency, "Libra." After months of speculation, Facebook has outlined the vision for its crypto project and released the test-net for its blockchain. "Libra's m

By CCN Markets: Avowed Bitcoin critic Nouriel 'Dr. Doom' Roubini has found another target Facebook's upcoming cryptocurrency Libra, on the day of its announcement. According to the New York University economics professor, Libra is 'blockch

By CCN Markets: Bitcoin educator and promotor Andreas M. Antonopoulos published a new video today in which he pointed out that Facebook's Libra project doesn't amount to a "real" blockchain. Is Facebook's Libra a real blockchain? No. W

Updated: Reports suggest the new virtual coin will be revealed next week with the backing of major companies.

Bitcoin is slowly picking up the pace and is recovering from a steep downfall that started at the beginning of 2018. One of the most popular cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin, is currently trading at $8,730, falling a few dollars below the day's all-time high

The trade war is turning Bitcoin into the new gold

By CCN: Coinbase has expanded its exchange platform to support XRP trading in New York. In a tweet on Monday, the cryptocurrency exchange confirmed that New York state residents can now buy, sell, convert, send, receive, or store XRP online or via the Coi

XRP (XRP) is now available to Coinbase users who are New York residents. New Yorkers can now log in to buy, sell, convert, send, receive, or store XRP on Coinbase...