Cryptocurrency news from around the world and beyond. We cover what happening with cryptocurrency today. We cover things like countries embracing or rejecting cryptos, price milestones for Bitcoin and Alts, new projects, upcoming forks, etc.

SEC Appoints Crypto Specialist Valerie Szczepanik

The SEC has appointed their first “Crypto Czar” (a Cryptocurrency specialist who will coordinate efforts across all SEC Divisions and Offices regarding the application of U.S. securities laws to ICOs, cryptocurrencies, and digital assets in general.

Ethereum Classic Difficulty Bomb Fork (May 2018)

Ethereum Classic is doing a fork in May to remove a difficulty bomb that would essentially stop new ETC from being created down the road. No new coins are created from this fork, it is just a software update. The fork will occur at block 5,900,000.