Caitlin Ostroff

Russia is planning to allow a limited number of entities to mine cryptocurrencies for use in foreign trade. Officials in the country are working on experimental legislation that would allow cryptocurrencies to be used in export-import deals, state news agency TASS reported this week, citing officia

Stocks were muted Wednesday as another heavy day of corporate earnings got under way, with companies broadly posting results that have beaten analysts’ expectations. The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ended the day flat while the Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked down 0.2%, or 79.62 points. Investors are watching earnings to determine company health following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve and elevated inflation.

United Nations hosted a series of speakers ahead of its 30th World Press Freedom Day.

The number of journalists imprisoned worldwide has reached a 30-year high as of the end of last year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Middlemen companies are providing banking services to the nascent industry.

Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, said it will no longer serve Canadian users, citing changes in regulatory policies. In February, Canadian securities regulators [told crypto-trading platforms](https://www.osc.ca/en/news-events/news/canadian-securities-regulators-strengthen-oversight-en

An annual bitcoin conference is poised to attract about half as many people as last year, a sign of how a downturn in crypto prices and escalating regulatory actions are reverberating throug

The owner of a 1981 bitcoin-branded DeLorean is hoping to fetch the equivalent to $300,000 in bitcoin for its “Back to the Future” inspired car. Plutus Properties, which is coordinating the auction, took bids at the annual bitcoin conference in Miami Beach. Unlike in the film, the three dates displ

Bitcoin believers gathered for a toned-down version of Bitcoin Magazine’s Bitcoin Conference this year with the industry hit by a crash in crypto prices and a series of bankruptcies.

The scaled-down gathering reflects the crypto industry’s hardships in the past year.