Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

A Canadian judge approved more than $1.6 million in fees for firms that are seeking to recover funds from the now-defunct Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX. Nova Scotia Supreme Court Judge Darlene Jamieson ruled Wednesday that all activities undertaken and fees incurred by Ernst & Young, Stikeman Elliot, Kirkland & Ellis, Miller Thomson and Cox & Palmer under the ongoing Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act proceeding on behalf of Quadriga would be approved.

The 2018 program now boasts 33 participants including Princeton University, Carnegie Mellon, and the National University of Singapore, among others.

Because of its pseudo-anonymous, censorship-resistant nature, cryptocurrency has become a popular payment method in the adult entertainment industry.

United States Bitcoin derivatives provider LedgerX has officially launched physical Bitcoin futures trading, becoming the first to do so on the domestic market.

A rule embedded within litecoin's code is set to soon reduce rewards for the miners who today ensure transaction processing on the world's fourth-largest blockchain by total value.

The regulated spot and futures crypto exchange Kraken announced a wire service through Etana Custody that will allow users to transact in U.S. dollars, euros, Canadian dollars, British pounds, and Japanese yen from anywhere in the world.

Wednesday, July 31 - After falling below the $10K barrier on July 27 and splashing around in the mid-$9,000s for the intervening days, Bitcoin is back in the five figures as of 3:15 PM UTC.Infographic courtesy of CoinMarketCap.

Firstly, Libra was introduced: a new global reserve-backed cryptocurrency built on top of the new Libra Blockchain, with everything governed by a not-for-profit consortium dubbed the Libra Association.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has flagged an online Bitcoin scam scheme that offers Bitcoin investment using forged claims by a former prime minister.

Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi announced that it partnered with industry membership body Global Digital Finance to develop crypto standards in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on July 31.

The National Basketball Association and Dapper Labs are teaming up to announce the launch of a digital platform for blockchain-based collectables, NBA Top Shot.

Bitcoin derivatives provider LedgerX announced it has launched the first physically-settled bitcoin futures contracts in the U.S. Wednesday.

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has just acquired a firm offering a way for institutional investors such as hedge funds and asset managers to better manage their portfolios.

Germany-based Bitcoin bank Bitwala announced that it received €13 million in funding in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on July 31.Connecting Bitcoin and banks.

Russia's second largest airline is touting the benefits of blockchain technology after a ticketing platform it developed raked in over $1 million in a month.

Lawyers for Bitfinex, Tether and parent firm iFinex Inc. have said the respondents have already spent over $500,000 responding to document requests for their ongoing legal battle.

View Bitcoin looks set to end its five-month winning streak with prices currently down 9 percent from the monthly opening price of $10,759, according to Bitstamp data.

Germany-based blockchain finance firm Bitwala has raised €13 million in a Series A funding round.

Since its humble origins among academic circles and DARPA researchers, the Internet evolved from a limited, fragmented set of networks to the ubiquitous global behemoth that it has become today.

Wednesday, July 31 - crypto markets are seeing widespread green, with Bitcoin breaking back above $9,700 and many large market cap altcoins seeing solid gains of between 3 and 9% on the day.

Bahrain-based cryptocurrency exchange Rain has become the Middle East's first exchange to receive a regulatory license.

The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has finalized its guidance on crypto assets, clarifying which tokens fall under its jurisdiction.

The crypto payments startup Fold, which launched a portal for buying Domino's pizza using the Lightning Network in February, now offers cash-back rewards in bitcoin to shoppers who use the mobile app for purchases at Amazon, Uber, Starbucks, Burger King, REI, and Target, just to name a few.

The Bitcoin network is approaching its billionth dollar charged in cumulative transaction fees-a threshold due to be broken nearly 10 years after the creation of the original cryptocurrency.

While fresh data confirms that the crypto community continues to be male-dominated, the gender imbalance may be less extreme than previously thought.

The CEO of cryptocurrency trading and investment firm Circle thinks the United States will create appropriate regulation as more companies move overseas.

B3i, a consortium startup working to use blockchain tech in the insurance industry, has launched its first product on R3's Corda platform.

Chinese Bitcoin mining giant Canaan Creative has allegedly filed a $200 million initial public offering request with United States regulators.

As Justin Sun's reputation continues to suffer from media fallout, the price of TRON and BitTorrent plummeted over the past week.

Canaan Creative, the major bitcoin miner manufacturer, is said to have confidentially filed for an IPO in the U.S. According to a report from IFRAsia on Wednesday citing "People with knowledge of the matter," the Hangzhou, China, based firm is seeking to raise $200 million via the public listing.