Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchange Upbit has denied accusations it had manipulated its order book after regulators indicted three of its staff, local English-language news outlet The Korea Times reported 21.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has joined other super-wealthy individuals in pledging to donate much of his net-worth to charitable or other causes.

An article published Dec. 21 by The Wall Street Journal has suggested investors should sell and then repurchase their Bitcoin as a strategy to save on taxes.

Two major Chilean banks have urged the country's anti-monopoly court to revoke its decision that prevents the closure of local crypto exchanges' banking accounts.

Two crypto firms are merging in a bid to make crypto-asset management easier for institutional players.

Wyoming has continued its blockchain integration via a new partnership with online retailer Overstock targeting land records, a press release confirmed Dec. 20.

A Dublin-headquartered startup has teamed up with the Irish Red Cross to use blockchain technology in a new app that improves transparency for charitable donations.

The executives of UPbit, one of South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, have been formally charged by the country's prosecutors.

Bitcoin is looking increasingly bullish on a key technical chart following its strong move above $4,000.

Crypto mining equipment maker Ebang has refiled its draft IPO prospectus with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, stating it has seen "Significant decreases" in revenue and gross profit in Q3 2018.

Social media giant Facebook is reportedly looking to develop its own stablecoin for money transfers.

For the payments industry-companies that enable fast, secure and affordable payments for merchants and consumers-the trade in Bitcoins was less compelling.

Eric Piscini is the CEO of Citizens Reserve and the former blockchain lead for Deloitte.

United Kingdom-based blockchain infrastructure provider Parity has launched a beta version of Substrate, its tool for creating customized blockchains, according to a press release published Tuesday, Dec. 18.The release states that Substrate is designed to provide "Maximum technical freedom" while creating blockchains.

A county in the blockchain-friendly state of Wyoming is planning to put its land registry on a distributed ledger.

Facebook is reportedly making a cryptocurrency for users of the messaging service WhatsApp, Bloomberg reports on Dec. 20.

Blockchain software technology company ConsenSys may reportedly be making significant cuts to its staff, technology news outlet the Verge reported Dec. 20.Citing a source familiar with the matter, the Verge reports that ConsenSys is spinning out startups it previously backed, some of them without financial support.

Venture capitalist and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel has invested in cryptocurrency investment platform Layer1, according to a press release published Dec. 19.San Francisco-based Layer1 has concluded a $2.1 million seed funding round backed by such industry players as Thiel, crypto-focused venture capital company Digital Currency Group, and American investor and Protégé Partners founder Jeffrey Tarrant, among others.

The blockchain development firm confirmed it has leased a fifth satellite on Dec. 17, which is being used to broadcast the Bitcoin blockchain to the Asia Pacific region, in addition to existing coverage over Africa, Europe, South and North America.

A media copyright protection alliance has been established in Beijing to provide copyright protection services using blockchain technology, according to the Chinese state-owned International Finance News on Dec. 19.The newly established alliance - the "China Financial Media Copyright Protection Alliance" - involves more than 30 major financial media outlets such as International Finance News, Economic Information Daily, China Business News, Beijing Business Daily, and the Daily Economic News, among others.

Despite a massive sell-off this year, a former AQR Capital Management executive gave crypto markets' 2018 performance a "B+ grade" in an op-ed for Bloomberg, Dec. 20.Aaron Brown - AQR's former Chief Risk Manager and an author on risk management and gambling-related topics - pointed out Bitcoin's 80 percent fall from its $20,000 one year ago mirrored peaks and falls in previous years, namely in 2011 and 2013.Brown outlined the fact that Bitcoin's decline this year has actually been relatively milder than the rapid drop its saw after its peak in 2011.

Amidst another crypto rebound, crypto investment bank Galaxy Digital said in a note to clients on Dec. 20 that short rallies like the current one are what happens "Before a real rally ensues."

Two congressmen are introducing a bill that would exclude digital currencies from securities classification and substantially improve the tax treatment for cryptocurrencies.

The vast majority of respondents to an ongoing United Kingdom central bank Twitter survey, posted Dec. 17, said they would prefer to receive a gift of money in digital currency.

Why does bitcoin trade at a penny tick size on most major cryptocurrency exchanges?

Two United States congressmen introduced a bill in the House of Representatives on Dec. 20 that would exclude digital assets from being defined as securities.

Cryptojacking malware activity rose by over 4000 percent in 2018, according to a new quarterly report published by cyber security firm McAfee Labs, Dec. 18.Cryptojacking is the practice of using a computer's processing power to mine for cryptocurrencies without the owner's consent or knowledge.

Major cryptocurrency exchange and wallet Coinbase recently made what it claims is the largest transfer of crypto on record, a company blog post reports Dec. 19.According to the post, 5 percent of all Bitcoin, 8 percent of all Ethereum, and 25 percent of all Litecoin, along with "Many other assets" were moved to new cold storage infrastructure in what the firm "Believe[s] is the largest crypto migration on record."

Thailand's securities regulator is planning a public hearing with the aim of loosening rules that form a "Barrier" to initial coin offerings, local English-language news outlet Bangkok Post reported Dec. 20.

Two members of the U.S. House of Representatives are seeking to exempt cryptocurrencies and certain other digital assets from federal securities laws.