Cryptocurrency stories

State Street Corporation has launched its new Bitcoin Indicator series, aiming to measure the popularity of Bitcoin and its impact on traditional markets. More

Researchers from Avast, the global digital security and privacy company, say they have identified new cryptocurrency-stealing malware.More

Bitcoin's escalating valuation has made some criminal organisations and malicious individuals very wealthy. The impact of this growth in wealth may have a severe impact on the future threat landscape.More

Bitcoin's epic bull run is backed by strong investor interest, according to new research from analyst firm GlobalData.More

ABI Research says that the revenue drop will not last long, with revenues expected to return to normal by 2023.More

Sektor will now distribute CipherTrace’s Investigate Suite and the CipherTrace Armada risk-scoring service.More

Inland Revenue's new guidance aims to provide more certainty for New Zealand taxpayers who hold crypto-assets, and to help people ‘get things right from the start’.More

The malware, primarily targeting victims in Czechia and Slovakia, prioritises subterfuge through deployment of multiple techniques to avoid detection, and leans heavily on the Tor network and BitTorrent protocol to achieve its goals.More

In this case, the attacks were launched through a phishing document sent via LinkedIn to employees at the targeted organisation. This phishing document was styled to look like a job advertisement for a role in a blockchain company.More

The Dshop e-commerce platform is available on the Google Cloud Marketplace allowing merchants to deploy their own decentralised e-commerce store. More

As part of the attack, the hacked accounts each tweeted a link and implored their millions of followers to send bitcoin to the address, promising to send back double the donated amount back to the sender. More

All industry verticals will eventually be impacted to some degree, says F&S, but four areas are likely to see the biggest changes.More

Once cryptocurrency is stolen, there is no refund like there is with a bank or credit card company, and governments offer no protection for users.More

It could be said that trading is in very good health as we head ever further into 2020.More

The cryptocurrency management platform designed to help investors make more informed decisions when purchasing digital assets.More

Whether it's cryptocurrency salaries or a central digital currency, no agency is quite sure how to tackle this upcoming payment trend.More

"This move by the UK’s tax authority cannot be viewed as anything other than another clear sign that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP are not only part of mainstream finance, but also the future of money."More

They are here to stay. And their influence is set to grow exponentially."More

“The disruptive effects of Libra could arrive in New Zealand as early as next year."More

Launching in 2020, Calibra and Libra may shake up the mobile payment industry.More

For the first time, teams were allowed to trade on cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Cardano, and Ethereum as well as more traditional investments.More

Fake cryptocurrency apps on Google Play have been discovered to be phishing and scamming users out of cryptocurrency, according to a new report from ESET. More

“Blockchain has some way to go before it becomes a mainstream technology."More

It seems that Christchurch-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia has been unable to recover after malicious cyber attackers stole around $20 million worth of cryptocurrency.More