Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi Pro is launching a new market index for its customers, the company announced Wednesday.

Ubanx, a crypto startup, plans to bring digital currencies to the real world and accelerate their mass adoption by opening brick-and-mortar stores in cities around the world, in order to give everybody an opportunity to understand and embrace the emerging world of crypto.

Loyalty points, concert tickets and in-game items will soon appear on a new protocol built on the monero network.

One of them is that blockchain will transform content streaming.

A development fund for Bitcoin Cash is seen by CNBC's Brian Kelly as a possible catalyst for an upside breakout in price and the coin's recent performance amongst a market-wide downtrend indicates strong support from the community.

An MIT test is providing a rare glimpse of how bitcoin might truly work at scale.

In a May 21 article entitled "The Old Allure of New Money," the 2013 Nobel laureate of Economics Robert Shiller calls crypto the newest iteration of alternative currency ideas.

An Argentinian bank may become the first bank in the world to begin using Bitcoin for customers' international remittances.

Bitcoin's price has slipped below $8,000 on Wednesday, reaching its 35-day low since Apr.

On May 21, blockchain startup ShipChain was issued a cease-and-desist order from the South Carolina Attorney General's Office for violating the state's securities statutes.

Argentinian Banco Masventas, has announced a partnership Bitex to enable clients to use Bitcoin for international payments as an alternative to SWIFT, according to a Facebook post May 21.

The recognition of Bitcoin as a form of foreign currency could potentially have an impact on decisions in recruiting new employees to the US Department of Defence, Bloomberg reported May 22.The Pentagon's chief concern is whether investment in cryptocurrencies indicates criminal intent or constitutes an increased predisposition toward risky personal behavior.

Bitcoin Pizza Day is celebrated annually by the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency community - marking an important, yet comical milestone for the virtual currency.

Cryptocurrencies continue to slow down today as all major coins are in the red on Tuesday.

Blockchain startup ShipChain has been hit with a cease-and-desist order from the South Carolina Attorney General's Office, which claimed the company violated the state's securities statutes.

Dubbed "Bitcoin Pizza Day," May 22nd is the annual celebration of one of the worst financial decisions imaginable.

AChain seems to be working quietly to reach the goals declared at its launch, and it has a working product that is being used in the real world.

Russia's parliament the State Duma approved the first reading of new laws regulating the crypto industry Tuesday, May 22.

Bank of America has won a patent for a way to control access to certain aspects of a permissioned blockchain network, newly published documents show.

Taiwanese legislators have formed a parliamentary blockchain group to promote the development of the industry, according to a Facebook announcement by MP and legislator Jason Hsu Yu-Jen today, May 22.The new Taiwan Parliamentary Coalition for Blockchain, headed by Hsu, hopes to achieve cross-party consensus among Taiwanese politicians to decide on a clear, "Friendly" and robust regulatory framework for the blockchain sector and cryptocurrencies.

The Indian Supreme Court will hold a hearing in July in an effort to decide on the growing number of crypto-related petitions filed against the country's central bank.

Employees of the local headquarters of the National Police in Rivne, Ukraine have been mining cryptocurrency at work, local news outlet 368.media reports today, May 22.Citing materials from criminal proceedings, 368.media reports that employees of the local Police's Communications Department have been accused of stealing electricity to mine cryptocurrency in the workplace.

The U.K.'s recently created Cryptoassets Taskforce has taken the first step on its mission to "Develop thinking and policy" around blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Australia's $530,000 blockchain research push this year came as a result of a specific request by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, reports reveal Tuesday, May 22.According to local news outlet ITNews, which quotes government officials, Turnbull had explicitly asked the country's Digital Transformation Agency - a body tasked with bringing government services into the digital age - to study blockchain.

Payments startup Circle has launched the full version of its crypto investment app.

Several major global banks have successfully completed a cross-border payment pilot test using Thai bank Krungsri's Blockchain Interledger, according to a press release May 22.The pilot, conducted in the Bank of Thailand's regulatory sandbox, was executed by Japan's Mitsubishi Group, their banking unit MUFG Bank, and the Standard Chartered Singapore bank.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has released new guidance for clearinghouses and exchanges planning to list cryptocurrency-related derivatives products.

Back in 2014, Pantera announced a partnership with Fortress Investment Group, indicating "a significant step in the push to move Bitcoin into the financial mainstream."

Bitcoin users around the world are celebrating the eighth so-called "Bitcoin Pizza Day" today, May 22.

Lawmakers in Taiwan have today announced the formation of a new parliamentary group aimed to help foster the nation's emerging blockchain sector.