Facebook Inc. unveiled plans for a new cryptocurrency Tuesday that the social media giant hopes will one day trade on a global scale much like the U.S. dollar. Called Libra, the new currency will launch as soon as next year and be what's known as ...

The cryptocurrency boom appears to be alive and well for Binance, the world's largest digital-asset exchange by trading volume. One of the hottest coins right now is the Malta-based exchange's eponymous token, Binance Coin, which has more than tripled in value in the last three ...

IBM Corp., a group of four gold and diamond industry companies, and an independent laboratory are developing a blockchain network for tracing the provenance of finished pieces of jewelry from mine to store. The TrustChain Initiative, which will run on IBM's technology, includes precious-metals refiner ...

In the quest for a faster and more traceable way to transfer money internationally, banks were gravitating a few years ago to Ripple, a platform backed by Silicon Valley luminaries and global financial institutions. Now it's gotten complicated. New options are surfacing that, like Ripple, ...

Music legend Prince left as big a mark behind the recording industry scenes as he did on his millions of fans. The artist, who died Thursday at age 57 at his home near Minneapolis, waged a relentless campaign for control over his music empire as ...

With growth slowing in the $358 billion handset market, Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. are developing digital watches that allow people to make calls, check map coordinates or monitor their physical activity.