'Before investing in a fund that includes Bitcoin futures contracts, make sure you carefully weigh the possible risks and benefits,' the SEC said on one of its Twitter accounts, fueling speculation of an imminent approval.

Bitcoin, the world's most valuable cryptocurrency, has increased in value by more than half since September 20 and is presently approaching its all-time high of $64,895.

Illegal crypto mining was responsible for 20% of of blackouts over the summer, Iran's state electricity firm said.

More people are buying and selling Bitcoin(BTC) than they are trading in shares of Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Tesla — the world’s most valuable company.

Tesla's German Gigafactory, according to Elon Musk, should start production in November or December.

With Bitcoin's meteoric 360 percent gain in asset values over the last year, Facebook has been pushed to seventh position, according to Asset Dash.

The rise was powered by a record-breaking August that saw over $5.2 billion in trades.

BEIJING, China (Reuters) – A document released by the state planner on Friday, China has added cryptocurrency mining to a draught list of industries in which investment is limited or barred, albeit reducing the number of sectors on the list overall.

This year, investing in cryptocurrency has become much more mainstream.

In Africa, there are geographical differences in cryptocurrency adoption. While countries with currently unstable currencies, such as the naira, see a lot of use, the CFA franc is only used sparingly in other parts of the globe.

A new report from Chainalysis says that cryptocurrency usage in Vietnam, India, and Pakistan topped the Global Crypto Index.

In the second half of the year, crypto mining malware accounted for the majority of crypto-threats. Crypto-malware was the only type of trojan that didn't rise over the era among data thieves.