Ethereum

Unlike Ethereum, which treats the ERC-20 and ERC-721 standards fundamentally different from ether (ETH), Cardano has taken a much more token-friendly approach to this functionality, allowing users to be deployed on the blockchain without the need for custom...

With the COVID-19 pandemic worsening throughout the world, CoinDesk is taking immediate action on Consensus 2020. As the organizers of Consensus and Blockchain Week NYC, our goal has always been to bring the community together to educate, grow...

The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is asking investors to watch out for coronavirus-related crypto scams.In a March 11 warning to the public, FCA, the U.K’s top financial regulator, said scammers may attempt to take advantage of...

U.S. central bankers pledged Thursday to inject some $1.5 trillion into the financial system in an effort to calm panicky markets after the spreading coronavirus triggered steep price declines on everything from stocks to bitcoin.The move by the...

U.S. prosecutors indicated a Dutch national Thursday for allegedly spearheading a rape and child pornography website that’s made over $1.6 million worth of bitcoin selling videos since 2012.Known as “Michael R.M.,” and “Mr. Dark,” the man allegedly ran...

Bitcoin (BTC) suffered its biggest drop in seven years, as fears over the spreading coronavirus triggered a new wave of selling in everything from stocks and junk bonds to cryptocurrencies. This came despite a new European Central Bank...

A federal court has ordered ICOBox to pay a $16 million penalty to the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) for violating U.S. securities law.On March 5, Judge Dale S. Fischer of the District Court for the Central District...

Washington state resident Kenneth Warren Rhule has been charged with laundering over $140,000 in bitcoin after agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) made a series of undercover cash-for-crypto deals with the 26-year-old.Rhule faces multiple counts of operating an...

Kadena CEO Will Martino had already been considering abandoning his blockchain development company’s Brooklyn HQ before coronavirus came to New York City. The fast-spreading virus, however, recently convinced him the office had to go. On Feb. 21, he...

Cryptocurrency scams in 2019 had more risk for U.S. residents than fraud involving romance or payments.That's the conclusion of a recent report by the Better Business Bureau (BBB), a nonprofit organization focused on marketplace trust. The report found...