Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance delivered what appeared to be the first confirmation it had added margin trading for traders in a social media update on May 24.

Privacy-centric cryptocurrency monero plans to switch to a new proof-of-work algorithm in October.

Proxima Media, a firm founded by film producer Ryan Kavanaugh, has raised $100 million for a token that allows investment in media content.

Kraken paid 250 salaries to staff in bitcoin last month, the crypto exchange revealed in a tweet on May 23.

Tokens for the Polkadot protocol are being offered on secondary markets at heavily discounted rates, The Block reported on May 23.

iSTOX, a Singapore Exchange-backed security token platform, has been admitted into a fintech regulatory sandbox set up by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country's de facto central bank.

Social media giant Facebook plans to launch its own payments-focused cryptocurrency "Globalcoin" in 2020, according to a BBC news report published on May 24.

Facebook, the social media giant that owns WhatsApp and Instagram, is finalizing its plans to launch its own cryptocurrency next year.

"If you have an account already, you will be able to withdraw your bitcoins, but you will not be able to use the platform for trading," reads a response by LocalBitcoins to an Iranian user that has circulated in social media and local news websites.

Grayscale, a New York-based asset management company, received approval from FINRA to list its Grayscale Ethereum Trust shares on OTC markets which will become the first publicly-quoted Ethereum-based securities.

Social media giant Facebook is set to roll out its own cryptocurrency dubbed "GlobalCoin" in 2020, according to a report from BBC. The news outlet said on Friday that Facebook is planning to launch the cryptocurrency-based payments system in "a dozen countries" by the first quarter of 2020 and is looking to start trialing it by the end of this year.

Over the last week, Bitcoin has been trading between $7,000 and $8,000, following a parabolic move since the beginning of April.

Encrypted messaging service Telegram will purportedly launch its Telegram Open Network in the third quarter of 2019, according to crypto news site The Block.

CEO of Morgan Creek Capital Mark Yusko says bitcoin should be in every investor's portfolio in an interview with CNBC on May 22.Yusko remarked that he thinks BTC investments will far outperform the S&P 500 investment fund over the next 10 years.

Thursday, May 23 - Cryptocurrency markets are starting to move upward, having overcome the drop in the beginning of the day, according to Cointelegraph's Coin360.

Trading IT infrastructure company Avelacom has partnered with digital currency exchange Seed CX, according to a press release published on May 23.The partnership aims to allow institutional clients of Avelacom - an IT infrastructure provider for the financial services industry - to utilize Seed CX's real-time market data and order-routing products.

Along with the scholarship announcement, Schembri also stated that the Malta Financial Services Authority will issue the first licences to blockchain companies this year.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba will integrate blockchain technology into its intellectual property system of global enterprises and brands, local news outlet Sohu reported on May 23.Ali Xizhi, the company's director of intellectual property protection, reportedly said that Alibaba is in the process of upgrading the filing of intellectual property rights by utilizing blockchain.

Major cryptocurrency platform Coinbase now supports stablecoin Dai, according to an official press release on May 23.

Individual investors will soon be able to invest in Grayscale Ethereum Trust, billed as "The first U.S. publicly quoted security solely invested in and deriving value from the price of ethereum."

United States-based film producer Ryan Kavanaugh's Proxima Media has unveiled a $100 million investment for a cryptocurrency-based film funding tool, entertainment industry news outlet TheWrap reported on May 23.

Coinbase listed Maker's stablecoin Dai on its retail trading platform.

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has initiated court proceedings against a California resident for allegedly operating a multimillion-dollar cryptocurrency pyramid scheme, according to a press release published on May 23.

Crypto exchange Coinbase will now let its retail customers buy or trade the DAI stablecoin, so long as they don't live in New York.

United States telecom and media giant AT&T now accepting cryptocurrency for paying phone bills online, according to an official press release on May 23.

AT&T, the world's largest telecommunications company, became the first major U.S. mobile carrier to accept Bitcoin for payment.

AT&T's Death Star logo may have really been a moon after all, with the telecom giant announcing Thursday that it will accept bill payments in the form of crypto by way of BitPay.

Announced today, Coinbase Commerce - the exchange unicorn's app for online retailers - has exceeded $50 million in transactions since launching in February 2018.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is suing a California resident on charges of selling unregistered securities and conducting a Ponzi scheme disguised as a cryptocurrency.

"We need a first step toward more privacy," Vitalik Buterin, founder of the ethereum blockchain network, said Wendesday.