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BlockShow by Cointelegraph’s latest events series, BlockShow MeetUps, launches Sept. 8 in Singapore to bring Blockchain networking to Asia.

While the Indian government continues to advance initiatives to study the regulatory environment for Blockchain and cryptocurrencies, the awareness and use of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency continues to grow within the Asian country.

Market cap and trading records have come to cryptocurrency this week amid a surge in investments versus traditional assets.

The SEC has issued a further warning about ICOs and the promises they often make to investors.

Money and religion often leads to corruption, but now there is the “Karma Token” to stop this.

Mexican central bank Banco de Mexico (Bank of Mexico) Governor Agustín Carstens thinks that Bitcoin should be classified as a commodity rather than as a currency.

Former Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins thinks that major players in the banking industry could be left behind in the adoption of new financial innovations like Blockchain technology.

Major Russian energy providers have announced they are “in talks” with “tens” of Bitcoin miners over cheap energy deals.

ICOs could see a full “suspension” in China if regulators see “large risks” to consumers, reports say.

Standpoint Research founder and analyst Ronnie Moas projected that Bitcoin will reach a value of $15,000-$20,000 in the next three years.

Swedish veteran computer programmer Alexander Bottema has become a millionaire after investing his life savings in Bitcoin in 2013.

The payment card provider China UnionPay has filed a patent for a system that utilizes Blockchain technology to connect a network of automated teller machines.

East Asia-based digital currencies NEO, OmiseGo, and TenX are experiencing slow movement after the “Ghost month” has started.

Blockchain database generator Bluzelle has closed a $1.5 mln Series A funding round with several contributors.

Five top cryptocurrencies share their favourite long term picks

The growth of cryptocurrencies this year has been astronomical, but to put a figure on it, they are up nearly 800 percent.

Low cost electricity and hyperinflation are two main reasons why Venezuelans turn to cryptocurrency mining.

Cyber hackers from North Korea have reportedly targeted Bitcoin exchanges in South Korea in retaliation to new sanctions imposed by the United Nations against the hermit kingdom as of late August 2017.

Russia has unveiled plans to forbid investors who are not ‘qualified’ from purchasing cryptocurrency.

A Lightning Network developer has allayed fears lack of consensus on Bitcoin would cause “destruction.”

Australian solar power panel manufacturing company expects the Blockchain to improve efficiency in the energy market by enabling peer to peer trading.

Litecoin has passed $60 and hit a $3 bln market cap for the first time in its history.

Microsoft has launched its Coco Framework open source solution to help solve the issues confronted by businesses that are adopting the Blockchain technology in their operations.

As Blockchain-based cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether continue to progress in terms of development and popularity, mass adoption dream begins to look more real.

Several major consumer goods companies are adopting Blockchain technology to effectively monitor the movements of their products in supply chains including IBM, Walmart and Nestle.

Blockchain analysis has been used by a UC Berkeley PhD candidate to identify sex trafficking rings, through the linking of Bitcoin payments made for online adult advertisements.

Oraclize has closed on €500,000 in their seed round led by Digital Identity SA, a growing firm delivering services for the Fintech industry.

A new Blockchain database called ‘Atomic Ledger’ timestamps trades within nanoseconds and is completely transparent.

The US Government has encouraged those with Blockchain technology concepts to share them with the government in order to help make government more open and accountable.

A team of software developers supported by serial entrepreneur Mark Cuban has launched the digital currency Ethereum-based Mercury Protocol for the communication industry on Aug. 24.