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The rapper 50 Cent has reportedly become a bitcoin millionaire after discovering that an account used to accept cryptocurrency for a 2014 album now holds a fortune.

Steve Bassi of Polyswarm explains how the network can quickly build micro-engines to tackle emerging threats, and be rewarded in cryptocurrency.

Cybercriminals exploit hype and basic coding errors to target Initial Coin Offerings in phishing attacks, Ernst & Young research finds.

One of world's largest bitcoin exchanges by volume gets go-ahead to operate in Europe, Tokyo-based business says.

Seoul plan requires local banks to launch real-name system for cryptocurrency to make all transactions traceable in bid to block money laundering.

The Spherity team consider liquid supply medium exchange: continuous transactions, token streaming and digital twins. 

Status, which last year tokenised to the tune of about $100m, has sunk $5m into non-blockchain decentralisation technology Matrix.

ShoCard removes the need for authentication data to be stored on an organisation's databases.

Technology pioneer John McAfee is urging spooked bitcoin investors not to panic after it emerged that major banks in India were investigating the country's top exchanges.

Despite a rapid rise in value over the past year, the price of bitcoin could fall to $1,000 per coin in the next 12 months, a major Wall Street investment chief has warned.

Richard Ransom, Solutions Lead, Bottomline Technologies says Open banking will be a chief innovation catalyst.

Mercuria, Vattenfall, Petroineos and Freepoint are also joining phase two of BTL's 'OneOffice' trading project.

The enhanced Easy Trading Connect (ETC) blockchain prototype was coordinated by seller Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC); the buyer was Shandong Bohi Industry in China.

As speculation about South Korea's stance on crypto shifts markets, it has emerged that at least one government official in the region is under investigation for insider trading.

Æternity had initially offered a reward of 10% of the funds taken; it's now 20%.

Liz Field, chief executive of investment management lobby group, tells IBTimes UK the British capital is where the "world's business happens."

Users of US cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex claim to be facing lengthy delays in verification, delayed customer service responses and account balance display errors.

The Rare Digital Art Festival, which took place in New York City last week, was packed to the rafters.

Popular digital currency appears to rise in value after chaotic start to 2018 and particularly rough 48 hours.

Republic Protocol is building a decentralized open-source dark pool protocol for the trading of cryptocurrency pairs across the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains.

Swisscoin is an obscure cryptocurrency and its trading was briefly suspended after it was reported to be a ponzi scheme.

Outspoken technology pioneer John McAfee steadies cryptocurrency investors' nerves

As the price of a single bitcoin tumbled for the first time in months, Reddit's cryptocurrency community started posting links to global suicide hotlines.

Cryptocurrency platform joins forces with trusted identity verification expert to comply with KYC regulations.

KODAKCoin will be the first third-party security token to launch on tZERO.

Logistics joint venture plans industry advisory body so suite of products it creates meets the needs of all participants.

deVere Group is one of the world's largest independent advisors with 70 offices across the world, over 80,000 clients and $12bn under advisement.

SWIFT and central securities depositories join forces to demonstrate the value of standards in DLT for securities markets, such as proxy voting and digital assets.

A 24-year-old cybercriminal who ran an online "product-testing service" for criminal hackers called reFUD.me has pleaded guilty to computer misuse and money laundering.

Doug Morgan, Group Chief Executive, Cordium, looks at regulations that are affecting money managers.