Bitcoin

The approval marks the New York’s bank regulator 12th license to a crypto-related business.

The credit card company's filings mirror patents Bank of America, Barclays and TD Bank have submitted in the past two years that focus on how funds transfers and data security would augment blockchain technology.

Regional lenders would be subject to less regulation while the biggest banks would see no change; the insurance giant got hit with claims from several large natural catastrophes.

While volatility is back in global financial markets, only about one in four Bitcoins that weren’t freshly mined moved between the anonymous online addresses holding them in the last six months.

If bitcoin were to become a true global transactional currency, the electricity needed to mine it alone would generate enough carbon dioxide to push the planet beyond 2 degrees Celsius of warming within a quarter-century.

The bank, one of the few that do business with digital currency exchanges like Coinbase, has developed methods for monitoring all customers’ digital currency purchases.

The idea of digitizing cashier's checks is likely to meet resistance, but the Swiss startup says at least two U.S. banks are already showing interest.

One U.K. fintech hopes its cryptocurrency-based prepaid debit card will gain traction with bitcoin and ether enthusiasts here.

Building a blockchain solution that adds greater transparency in transactions has the potential to make KYC and KYT processes for crypto transactions much more efficient than the system in place, writes Ash Shilkin, president of Ivy.

The New York bank, which reported a 25% increase in third-quarter earnings Thursday, recently began serving digital-asset companies and private equity firms.

The Senate Banking Committee's latest hearing offers some clues.

The Senate Banking Committee's latest hearing offers some clues.

There has been a dramatic decline in cryptocurrency market activity, portending a severe contraction

Watt hearing suggests IG lessened her oversight; those who invest in a publicly traded bitcoin mining company can expect volatility.

Australian credit unions can teach American CUs a thing or two about effective use of blockchain and know-your-customer strategies.

Coinbase Inc., one of the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange operators, disputed the notion that it engages in proprietary trading after New York’s attorney general said the firm accounted for almost 20 percent of the volume on its own platform.

The Danish bank updates amount laundered; Goldman near deal for its Simon app.

Brian Brooks, the mortgage giant's general counsel, is leaving this week to head the legal team at Coinbase.

Hackers are illegally generating Monero, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies by exploiting a software flaw that was leaked from the U.S. government, raising questions about the security of one of the fastest-growing corners of financial markets.

Digital currencies can outlast bitcoin's volatility because they are more egalitarian than the traditional payment system and offer a better alternative for emerging countries, the cryptocurrency exchange says.