Bloomberg  partners with leading digital asset firm Galaxy Digital Capital Management to launch the Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index; the index is  designed to track the largest, most liquid parts

Ethereum community members are pledging support for a governance plan produced  at a recent summit; the summit addresses issues in governance stemming  from the network’s rapid growth as well

The  first release of Casper, a planned change to how the Ethereum network  reaches a consensus, has been released for public scrutiny; the 0.1.0  ”first release” of the Casper code was

A  critical vulnerability discovered in Bitcoin’s ABC software may  potentially impact Bitcoin Cash miners; users of ABC mining software are  now being urged to update their builds immediately;

05/07/2018 - Korea to implement more lenient cryptocurrency regulation under new FSS governor, Steph Curry to launch the first celebrity-branded CryptoKitty

05/05/2018 - PwC Hong Kong & PwC Singapore announces a joint business relationship with VeChain, Ripple to face a class-action lawsuit over ”never-ending ICO”

05/03/2018 - Telegram shelves plans for a public ICO, Goldman Sachs set to begin trading Bitcoin futures within coming weeks

05/01/2018 - A new UN program uses Coinhive to ask users to donate CPU power for crypto mining, Japan’s FSA looking to reduce the use of private cryptocurrencies

04/28/2018 - US SEC Chairman Jay Clayton tells the House Appropriations Committee Bitcoin is not a security, Hong Kong High Court rules in favor of Binance CEO

04/27/2018 - Vitalik Buterin boycotting 2018 Consensus conference, French State Council lowers the tax rate on gains generated by cryptocurrencies

Nasdaq  is open to launch a cryptocurrency exchange in the future; this news  comes from the head of the exchange, who stressed that the only  prerequisite is that ”the regulatory environment

Hackers leverage a DNS exploit  to hijack nearly 1300 IP addresses; this allowed the hackers to  redirect traffic to rogue destinations, acting as the cryptocurrency  website MyEtherWallet.com;

04/24/2018 - Japan receives a self-regulatory body for its cryptocurrency industry, ConsenSys proposes ERC-948 to facilitate subscription-based transactions

04/23/2018 - Iran’s central bank enforces harsh stance on cryptocurrencies, Coinbase blocks CheapAir following block on WikiLeaks

04/21/2018 - Venture capitalists and law firms lobby SEC to protect cryptocurrencies from securities categorization, Coinbase blocks payments to the WikiLeaks shop

04/20/2018 - EU introduces new KYC regulations for cryptocurrency exchanges, Amazon launches new AWS blockchain templates

Coinbase  announced it has acquired Cipher Browser; the service is a  decentralized wallet and app browser for the Ethereum blockchain;  Coinbase will be combining the Cipher Browser team

Moscow court blocks Telegram telecommunications app; Bitmain cleared for Bitcoin mining operations in the US

United Arab Emirate announces ”UAE Blockchain Strategy 2021”, Bithumb’s revenue spikes compared to 2016

Monero confirms support for Ledger Wallet; the privacy-centered altcoin’s lead developer, Riccardo Spagni, said as much in a podcast interview; moreover, the integration has ”already” happened - if you