Cryptocurrency News

Blockchain-powered medical data marketplace Longenesis and biotechnology company Insilico Medicine have entered into an agreement with South Korean hospital Gil Medical Center to create a blockchain-based health data management solution. The development was announced in a press release published on April 23.

Tech giant IBM (NYSE:IBM) has been awarded a patent for a mobile data sharing method that uses distributed ledger technology (DLT), according to documents published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on April 23.

French specialized credit institution Societe Generale (PA:SOGN) SFH issued a 100 million euro ($112 million) bond as a security token on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain. The company announced the development on its website on April 23.

Remember CoinBene, the cryptocurrency exchange platform that denied being hacked at the end of March 2019, and instead saying it was undergoing maintenance? Well, it turns out the platform is still under maintenance, or so the company says.

BlockFi crypto wealth management and lending company now has over $53 million in client crypto assets under management. BlockFi announced the update in a blog post on April 23.

Head of digital market assets at Credit Suisse (SIX:CSGN), Emmanuel Aidoo, said that the desire among financiers to maintain the status quo is holding back the adoption of blockchain technology, Business Insider reported on April 23.

Japanese billionaire and founder of multinational conglomerate SoftBank Group, Masayoshi Son, reportedly lost over $130 million with his bitcoin (BTC) investment, the Wall Street Journal reports on April 23.

A project at the University of Nevada, Reno is developing a new blockchain-powered autonomous vehicle project, according to a press release published on April 23.

The custodians of global financial order have been prominent in crypto news recently. The weekend kicked off with the announcement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) joining forces with the World Bank to launch a private blockchain coupled with a “quasi-cryptocurrency” for training purposes, then continued with the Spring Meetings of the two organizations’ Boards of Governors in Washington, D.C., which ran throughout the whole week.

The Bittrex exchange denied allegations for allowing two accounts originating from North Korea to trade on its markets. Following a document revealing failures to screen users issued by the financial authorities of the state of New York, the exchange issued explanations on its screening tactics.

The #1 largest cryptocurrency by market capital hit a new 6-month high during the early hours of this morning at 05:00 (UTC+1). A sudden surge in bullish momentum during the Asian trading session drove BTC up nearly 4% from $5,460 to the peak at $5,647, before correcting.

Bitcoin rose above the $5,545.5 threshold on Tuesday. Bitcoin was trading at 5,545.5 by 10:34 (14:34 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 5.00% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since April 2.

Bitcoin rose above the $5,546.4 threshold on Tuesday. Bitcoin was trading at 5,546.4 by 10:27 (14:27 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 5.02% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since April 2.

The world's second-largest stock exchange, Nasdaq, is allegedly testing trading of a bitcoin (BTC)-based product, according to a tweet by an analyst at quantitative trading analytics service StrongMarket on April 22.

Bitcoin rose above the $5,551.6 threshold on Tuesday. Bitcoin was trading at 5,551.6 by 10:15 (14:15 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 5.11% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since April 2.

Bitcoin rose above the $5,553.3 threshold on Tuesday. Bitcoin was trading at 5,553.3 by 10:16 (14:16 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 5.14% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since April 2.

Stock and crypto trading platform Robinhood has applied for a bank charter with regulators in the United States, S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) Market Intelligence reported on April 19.

Bitcoin rose above the $5,556.0 threshold on Tuesday. Bitcoin was trading at 5,556.0 by 09:32 (13:32 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 5.50% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since April 2.

Bitcoin rose above the $5,551.1 threshold on Tuesday. Bitcoin was trading at 5,551.1 by 09:33 (13:33 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 5.42% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since April 2.

Crypto payments processing startup Moon is launching a web browser extension that allows e-commerce shoppers to use their Lightning Network (LN) bitcoin (BTC) wallets for purchases on sites like Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). The news was reported by Moon’s official Twitter on April 22.

Bitcoin rose above the $5,539.9 threshold on Tuesday. Bitcoin was trading at 5,539.9 by 09:18 (13:18 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 5.23% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since April 2.

Bitcoin rose above the $5,540.8 threshold on Tuesday. Bitcoin was trading at 5,540.8 by 09:19 (13:19 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 5.24% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since April 2.

Just days after the Binance Chain genesis block launch, the leading Malta-based exchange swapped out its holdings of the old ERC-20 tokens. With this, Binance Coin (BNB) “graduated” from the Ethereum network. Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, underlined the fact that Binance Chain was using the more energy-efficient proof-of-stake protocol.

A “blockchain bandit” has managed to amass almost 45,000 ether (ETH) by successfully guessing weak private keys, according to a report released by Independent Security Evaluators on April 23.

Bitcoin rose above the $5,547.9 threshold on Tuesday. Bitcoin was trading at 5,547.9 by 08:46 (12:46 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, up 5.42% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since April 2.