Verge (XVG) is the latest crypto currency to have catapulted into the top 20 crypto currencies with incredible gains over the last 24 hours.

The value of Bitcoin Cash has touched a new high of $3782.70 on Wednesday. The forked currency is the third largest crypto currency with a market cap of $58 billion.

A Singapore-based blockchain technology, QTUM has been one of the biggest gainers in the crypto market recently. The digital currency has tripled its value since Sunday.

The value of Bitcoin has touched a new high of $19,783.06 on Sunday. The largest crypto currency by market cap has registered 1800 percent gains this year.

The chief of Bank of Canada, Stephen Poloz said that the hoopla around Bitcoin keeps him awake at night. He was speaking during the year-end speech titled “Three Things Keeping Me Awake at Night” at the Canadian Club of Toronto.

A woman has been charged with sending tens of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoins to ISIS fighters overseas. The woman, identified as Zoobi Shahnaz of Brentwood, used bogus information to swindle money from the banks.

It is Bitcoin that has been making the ripples in the finance sector for quite some time now. It was about time for Ripple to take the driver seat of the crypto market with record gains, to move closer to $1.

Given the headlines Bitcoin has made in the recent time, it is not strange to see it TWICE in the Google’s most-searched list for 2017.

The government of South Korea has banned its financial institutions from dealing in virtual currencies such as Bitcoin on Wednesday. The announcement has come amid soaring crypto currency prices fuelled by retail speculators in the country.

Two of its best-known rivals of Bitcoin – Ethereum and Litecoin – have soared to new records. The crypto currencies have had some crazy runs in the recent time, however, mostly Bitcoin. This time, not Bitcoin, but Ethereum has been making the news for hitting a new all-time high and going past $600 price barrier for the first time.

Australia’s central bank chief Philip Lowe is the latest dignitary to raise the alarm on Bitcoin. Lowe said that the current fascination with the crypto currency feels more like a speculative mania and in all likelihood it poses a grave threat to appeal to criminals than consumers.

Bitcoin has taken over the world. Not just Bitcoin, but most crypto assets, have had crazy runs this year. Would 2018 be any different for ballistic Bitcoin?

Hong Kong-based gaming company Dragon Corporation is attempting to raise more than $400 million to construct a floating cryptocurrency casino in Macau. The token sale was open for investors in “most countries except the United States, mainland China, and Singapore.”

An app pretending to be MyEtherWallet, a free service for storing digital currencies, soared to the top of the iOS App Store before being taken down. The threat has come following a great week for Bitcoin and other crypto currencies wherein the crypto currency market witnessed an increase by more than 20 percent while the price Bitcoin broke $17,000 barrier for the first time.

Bitcoin entered the world of mainstream finance on Sunday, December 10, 2017, with the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Global Markets’ launch of Bitcoin future contracts. In the debut session on CBOE’s exchange, the crypto currency surged as much as 25 percent.

A Bitcoin mining company in Slovenia, NiceHash, has reported a heist of tens of millions of dollars. The incident has happened just days before the virtual currency starts trading on major U.S. exchanges.

Bitcoin has carried on its unstoppable rally to pierce through $17000 amid speculations of the nearing bubble bust. According to the latest available data on coinmarketcap.com, the BTC/USD pair is trading at $17,096.80.

After having put a lot of thought into the idea of futures contracts on crypto currencies such as Bitcoin, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has held back the move. According to the chief executive of ICE Jeff Sprecher, the opaque nature of the underlying markets has made them stay put.

The value of Bitcoin has experienced a surged on the back of a strong trading session at night on Tuesday, having risen by 10 percent to top $14,000 for the first time

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a public warning on the use of crypto currencies for the second time this year. India's central banking institution warned adopters (“users, holders and traders”) of virtual currencies (VCs) such as Bitcoin, regarding “potential economic, legal, financial, operational, customer protection and security related risks.” The first caution had come earlier in February this year.