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Coinbase, the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, moved a step closer to listing on the Nasdaq with a filing on Thursday to go public, revealing that it had swung into profit last year as bitcoin surged.

The SEC's case over allegedly unlawful sales of XRP by Ripple to retail investors is entering the discovery phase.

Canada's main securities regulator has cleared the launch of the world's first bitcoin exchange traded fund, an investment manager said on Friday, providing investors greater access to the cryptocurrency that has sparked an explosion in trading in

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen faces the first major hurdle of her tenure with the question of how to handle social media-driven security trading.

The latest target of Reddit traders provides plenty of volatility — and losses — as XRP sees a burst of volatility on Monday.

"Traditional Crypto-Pump groups are being copied and legitimized by WallStreetBets," Jehan Chu, co-founder and managing partner at Kenetic Capital, told CoinDesk.

Ripple Labs has officially responded to the complaint by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Besides explaining that the XRP cryptocurrency is not a security, Ripple accuses the securities regulator of being out of step, picking winners and

Even though Bitcoin has struggled to reclaim its recent high of $42,000, projections of BTC reaching $100,000 still seem achievable to some.

Joe Biden's pick to become the new U.S. Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, has clarified her stance on bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. This follows her remarks during a Senate hearing when she said that cryptocurrencies are mostly used for illicit financ

Janet Yellen said she thinks "we need to look closely at how to encourage" legal crypto use cases, but illicit use should be curtailed.

The price of bitcoin plunged more than 10 percent on Thursday amid fears of a US regulatory crackdown on the controversial cryptocurrency. Janet Yellen, President Biden's pick to head the Tre...

Former Ripple board member and Treasury official Michael Barr may be the next Comptroller of the Currency, succeeding Brian Brooks.

American publisher Steve Forbes has attacked bitcoin's fixed supply saying this feature actually curbs the ability of the crypto to "meet the needs of a growing economy." He also argues that bitcoin cannot replace the dollar because it is pres

The latest from the Treasury's most crypto-forward office says that national banks don't have to fear stablecoin nodes.

Banks can act as nodes on a blockchain or conduct payments using stablecoins, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Monday.

Ripple will begin the trial phase of its lawsuit with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission with a pretrial conference next February.

In a Christmas present for the crypto industry, broker-dealers who abide by existing rules while holding security tokens in custody will not face enforcement action for the next five years.

Minerd based his analysis on bitcoin's scarcity and relative value to gold.

JPMorgan analysts said MassMutual's recent $100 million bitcoin purchases are a sign of growing mainstream acceptance for the cryptocurrency.

MassMutual becomes the latest announced institutional buyer of bitcoin, and this one could be even more significant in terms of precedent.