Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

We're all excited for self-driving, even autonomous, cars, and many tout blockchain as the technology needed to make that happen.

Eight years ago today, the first reported exchange of bitcoin for a consumer product - a pair of Papa John's pizzas - took place.

The global chief economist of a major investment firm has criticized cryptocurrencies in an op-ed on investment fund news site ETF.com published yesterday, May 21.

The mayor of the South Korean capital Seoul has pledged increased support for blockchain development as he pitches for re-election in June.

In January of 2018, Coincheck, Japan's largest crypto exchange joined the list of exchanges compromised by a devastating hack.

Bitcoin's failed bull move on Sunday has left the doors open for the bears to make a comeback.

We take a look at four of the five richest people in the world and their take on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued an advisory statement for listing virtual currency derivative products, according to a CFTC press release published yesterday, May 21.

China Central Television, the country's highest-level government mouthpiece, has hit out at domestic initial coin offerings that it says are still "Rampant," despite a 2017 ban.

A platform is combining "Cutting edge" artificial intelligence with the "Immutable reliability" of blockchain to create a system where retailers and manufacturers can predict whether they are overstocking or understocking products - an issue estimated to cost the industry $500 bln a year.

CoinGate has unveiled sandbox testing for Lightning Network, making the Lithuanian payment processor one of the first businesses to integrate the Bitcoin scaling solution.

Cryptocurrency brokerage Bitcoin Suisse AG has filed a motion to dismiss its involvement in a class-action lawsuit launched against the Tezos Foundation and other entities, saying it had nothing to do with the startup's 2017 initial coin offering.

Ohio may become the latest U.S. state to legally recognize smart contracts and records stored on a blockchain, according to a newly proposed law.

A former CEO of Visa, Marc O'Brien, has been appointed Chief Executive of Crypterium - a crypto mobile payments solution.

As we grapple with the potential future of crypto-tokens and related developments, Wells' volume - and particularly the way he thought about the future - bears closer consideration.

Argentina's Banco Masventas has revealed that starting Monday it will enable customers to send cross-border payments using bitcoin.

Brian Kelly, the founder and CEO of BKCM LLC, an investment company focused on cryptocurrencies, came out bullish on Bitcoin Cash on CNBC May 21.On Saturday, BCH miners reportedly had a meeting dedicated to funding for a BCH development fund.

On May 18, the Bank of England released a staff working paper, laying out various scenarios of possible risks and financial stability issues of central bank digital currencies.

The decentralized exchange protocol, 0x, announced a significant update in the form of V2. With a projected launch of July, the newest version brings some exciting features for trading tokenized assets.

We had anticipated the start of a new trend once prices broke out of $745 the higher levels attracted selling and prices fell to $637 levels where buying emerged.

Australian consumers lost approximately $2.1 mln to cryptocurrency scams last year, according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's annual scams report published May 21.The ACCC's analysis reveals that the use of digital currencies as a payment method in scams peaked in the last quarter of 2017.

US and Canadian state and provincial securities regulators have opened probes into potentially fraudulent crypto investment programs in what has been dubbed "Operation Cryptosweep", according to a press release May 21.

A company billing itself as "The world's first decentralized streaming platform for gamers and esports fans" is preparing to host a virtual Hearthstone tournament within the coming days.

Google is apparently trying to recruit Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin to join their team, according to a since removed tweet by Buterin, reportedly posted May 20.Buterin posted a since deleted tweet with a screenshot allegedly from a Google recruiter asking if Google "Ma[d]e sense for you now or in the future," along with a poll to the Twitter community over whether or not to take the job.

All of these raise tax issues, and can be confusing.

One of the largest financial supervisors in Europe met with the National Bank of Georgia and other members of the finance sector to discuss cryptocurrency regulation, according to a post on the NBG's site May 18.According to the post, a representative from Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority met with members of the NBG, the international financial institutions, private sector, commercial banks, brokers, audit, and legal companies to increase awareness of crypto in the country.

Part of what has cemented cryptocurrencies on the map since they exploded into the mainstream investor market has been their volatility.

Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission held a focus group on cryptocurrency regulation today, May 21, streamed on Facebook Live.

Walmart has filed a patent for a blockchain-based marketplace for reselling purchased products, according to a US Patent and Trademark Office USPTO patent filing from May 17.

A new patent application from retail giant Walmart shows how blockchain could be used to augment its digital offerings for consumers.