New report from the ratings agency calls entire space "speculative" A new report on cryptocurrencies from leading ratings agency S&P has described the market as merely “a speculative bet on future value”. Titled The Future Of Banking: Cryptocurrencies Will Need Some Rules To Change...

Chief financial officer of the world's second largest payments processor refuses to throw any weight behind the world's biggest cryptocurrency Global payments processor Mastercard’s chief financial officer, Martina Hund-Mejean, has shut down any speculation that the company would be...

Crypto news: Ethereum founder urges caution, Australians complain The price of cryptocurrency NEO has surged on Monday with the news that it is to be added to the eToro trading platform. The UK-based platform offers trading in stocks, commodities, ETFs, currencies and eight...

DMCC enables proprietary trading firms, but holds off on licensing brokerages and exchanges Dubai Multi Commodities Centre has begun issuing licences to allow firms trading in 'cryptocommodities' - including currencies - to operate from its free zone. The organisation issued a...

Crypto news: Good news for Ripple as Chinese payment platform signs up After a tumultuous start to the year for cryptocurrencies, there have been plenty of financial gurus predicting a swift and painful demise for the new asset class – with Warren Buffet and Steve Strongin, head of...

Crypto News: No regulation in the EU but a new crypto for India? As the cryptocurrency market sell-off – which saw more than 60 percent wiped off their value in a little over a month – appeared to hit bottom this week, financial experts offered wildly differing views on where Bitcoin and...

Appointing regulator to oversee unregulated exchanges that trade in "crypto assets" India is planning steps to ensure cryptocurrencies are illegal within its payments system, while at the same time appointing a regulator to oversee unregulated exchanges that trade in "crypto assets," a...

Crypto News: Litecoin set to unveil new payment processor, UK bank bans crypto purchases It might seem an unlikely combination, but the worlds of cryptocurrency and the NFL are colliding with increasing frequency. Ahead of Superbowl LII between the Philadelphia Eagles and the...

Transparency is blockchain’s main advantage and disadvantage - experts In 2009, an individual whose identity remains unknown, using the name Satoshi Nakamoto, created bitcoin – a new form of digital currency known as a cryptocurrency that could be bought and traded online between two...

Stanley Ford one of the men accused of raising funds without proper registration The US Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained a court order to freeze the assets of Arisebank, a Texas-based institution claiming to be the world’s first “decentralised bank”. The assets...