Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

MIT Technology Review has published an article today, Jan. 2, arguing that 2019 is the year in which blockchain will become mundane.

Customs authorities in Saudi Arabia have concluded a pilot scheme linking its cross-border trade platform FASAH with IBM and Maersk's TradeLens blockchain platform.

Earlier this year, the total value of all crypto assets reached an all-time high of over $800 billion, driven by a flood of retail customers looking to capture opportunities in a new market.

A crypto assets regulatory working group dedicated to crypto and blockchain has been established by the South African government.

Bitcoin enthusiasts are off to a promising start for 2019 as Bakkt announces the completion of a $182.5 million funding round from a host of influential venture capital funds.

Foreign investors are interested in the Crimean blockchain cluster, local official Georgy Muradov told Russian major news agency RIA Novosti on Jan. 2.

Japanese e-commerce conglomerate DMM.com Ltd. will shut down its crypto mining business, citing deteriorating profitability as the main cause.

Bitcoin chalked up its longest monthly losing streak in seven years in December.

Cryptocurrency exchange HitBTC has yet to respond to accusations it deliberately froze account withdrawals on Jan. 1, days prior to entrepreneur Trace Mayer's Proof of Keys event.

Of course, more downside is always possible, if not likely, but at least the year in which bitcoin prices dropped more than 80 percent and the broarder market lost nearly $700 billion of total capitalization is over.

Ethereum has beaten Ripple to reclaim its position as the largest altcoin by market cap, data from CoinMarketCap confirmed on Jan. 2.

Ethereum's price has surged in the past week, allowing the cryptocurrency to close its gap with its close rival, XRP. Going into 2019, it's possible that Ethereum will regain its dominant position as number two by market capitalization.

I think most can agree that it's been a hell of a long year, in crypto and in general.

Jan. 1 - the top 20 coins are seeing moderate gains over the 24-hour period.

The government of the Republic of Abkhazia has cut power to some cryptocurrency mining farms due to electricity concerns, state electric utility Chernomorenergo RUE announced in a Facebook post on Dec. 31.Per the announcement, Chernomorenergo cut power to 15 facilities with a total capacity of 8,950 kilowatt-hours, which is purportedly equivalent to the electricity consumption of 1,800 households.

United States Senator and cryptocurrency critic Elizabeth Warren has announced her bid for President in 2020, the New York Times reported on Dec. 31.

Retail Row, the merchandise store for the online video game Fortnite, has started "Exclusively" accepting Monero as a cryptocurrency payment option, Monero tweeted Jan. 1.Fortnite is an online video game released in July 2017 and developed by Epic Games, which reportedly accounts for more than 125 million players worldwide.

Venture capital investor Fred Wilson suggested that cryptocurrency will not be a safe haven in 2019 amid a "Weakening" economy, according to a blog post published Jan. 1.Wilson is an American venture capitalist and businessman, who has reportedly backed such companies as Twitter, Tumblr, Zynga, and Etsy.

"Few tangible uses for Bitcoin and its underlying blockchain technology have emerged," according to a Wall Street Journal article published Jan. 1.According to WSJ, in 2017 actual crypto development "Took a back seat to getting rich." The article also states that "At the beginning of 2018, the question was whether Bitcoin could live up to the hype of 2017's manic rally," and at the end of 2018 the answer was "No."

The Reserve Bank of India is pausing its plans to release a digital currency, Indian business news outlet the Hindu Business Line reported on Jan. 1.India's central bank had originally announced its intentions to consider a central bank digital currency in April of this year, at the time noting the establishment of an interdepartmental group to look into potential advantages and feasibility.

Tuesday, Jan. 1 - most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are seeing discreet to moderate losses, while a handful report gains.

A Georgia state senator has reported to jail over allegedly lying about the theft of cryptocurrency mining equipment worth $300,000, The Guardian reported Dec. 27.Republican Michael Williams, who originally reported the alleged theft in May, made a false police report and gave a false statement, court documents claim.

A look at the history of cryptocurrency in 2018 has shown that Bitcoin has risen from a "Dead" designation in the media 90 times, data from industry news and information portal 99bitcoins shows.

Perceptions of Bitcoin versus altcoins changed forever in 2018, as the largest cryptocurrency separated itself from the rest, Bitcoin developer Jimmy Song wrote in a blog post on Dec. 31.An ardent defender of Bitcoin's decentralized values, Song, who is also a frequent social media commentator, argued that last year "Showed what Bitcoin Maximalists have been saying all along."

The Iranian government has taken further steps against Telegram's cryptocurrency development, the Tehran Times reports Dec. 31.Secretary of the Criminal Content Definition Task Force Javad Javidnia has declared that any cooperation with the encrypted messaging app to launch its Gram token will be considered an act against national security and a disruption to the national economy.

Short-term traders can wait for a close above $4,255 to buy.

Jameson Lopp - a crypto industry figure and self-proclaimed professional cypherpunk - described Bitcoin as the first step in a broader transition to an anarcho-capitalist society.

India's government has continued its "Undecided" stance on regulation around the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Most financial institutions will not use Bitcoin, payment network Stellar's co-founder and CTO Jed McCaleb stated in an interview with Yahoo Finance Dec. 31.Speaking to the online news outlet, McCaleb - who is also known as one of the founding fathers of defunct Japanese Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, as well as the co-founder of Ripple - made an argument in favor of the use of permissionless, open blockchains in finance.

The Intercontinental Exchange announced an update on the launch of the Bakkt Bitcoin Daily Futures Contract in an official notice Dec. 31.The document from ICE - the operator of the New York Stock Exchange and creator of digital assets platform Bakkt - states that "[f]ollowing consultation with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission [CFTC], ICE Futures U.S., Inc. expects to provide an updated launch timeline in early 2019 for the trading, clearing and warehousing" of Bakkt's Bitcoin futures contract.