Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

AMD's popular Radeon RX580 graphics processing unit, which has been widely used by crypto miners, is now being sold for $179.99, gaming magazine PC Gamer reported on Thursday, Dec. 19.This means that the GPU, which reached a peak average price around $550 in February 2018, has seen a 67 percent price drop throughout the bearish year, dubbed "Crypto Winter" by some crypto entrepreneurs.

Major United States-based cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service Coinbase has withdrawn its application to trademark the term "BUIDL." The official status of the application was changed to "Abandoned" on Wednesday, Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's website.

The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk's 2018 Year in Review.

Crypto hardware wallet supplier Ledger has signed an agreement with crypto payment startup Crypto.com to allow users to pay for its products with crypto, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Dec. 19.Hong Kong-based Crypto.com has reportedly signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ledger that will enable Ledger to adopt their service Crypto.com Pay.

South Korea-based cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has denied allegations of faking trade volume, Forbes reported on Dec. 19.Cryptocurrency exchange ratings and analytics service CER has accused Bithumb of faking up to 94 percent of its trade volume since the late summer of 2018.

That's the central message of a new blog post from Civil co-founder Matthew Iles about the company's path forward.

XRP/USDThe recovery in Ripple has cleared the 20-day EMA and is facing resistance at the next overhead resistance of $0.4.

A group of German entrepreneurs have come up with a blockchain-based project that aims to help save trees in Paraguay, one of the countries most affected by deforestation.

Malta-based OKEx, currently the second largest crypto exchange by 24-hour adjusted volume, has launched a new bitcoin derivative product with no expiry date, meaning that positions can be held indefinitely.

The lower house of the French parliament has rejected the amendments to the 2019 finance bill which would ease crypto-related taxation.

Coinbase is moving to significantly expand the number of digital assets listed on its platform - a process that has led to a radical rethinking of how the startup safeguards billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrencies.

The departure of Digital Asset Holdings CEO Blythe Masters isn't slowing down the Australian Securities Exchange's plans to roll out a distributed ledger-based settlement system, according to the firm.

Hong Kong stock market regulator is reportedly reluctant to allow Bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer Bitmain to conduct an initial public offering in the city.

Crypto startup TrustToken announced Wednesday that its smart contract has passed three independent security audits conducted by Certik, SlowMist and Zeppelin, with no vulnerabilities found.

Today, CoinList announced that it's making "CoinList Build" into a product.

Coinbase is no longer seeking to trademark the term "BUIDL" following a critical response on social media.

Open source blockchain project Qtum has awarded a $400,000 grant to academics at Columbia University to fund the development of a new programming language for Ethereum-style smart contracts.

Iranians are turning to Bitcoin mining due to economic difficulties caused by sanctions by the United States, International affairs think tank Atlantic Council reported Dec. 17.Despite the recent crash in crypto markets and fluctuations in the national rial currency caused by recently reinforced U.S. sanctions, Iranian people are still reportedly managing to gain profits from mining Bitcoin.

The Supreme Court of Greece has ruled in support of a decision to extradite the alleged former operator of now-defunct crypto exchange BTC-e Alexander Vinnik to France.

There are thousands of pump-and-dump groups on popular messaging apps, a study conducted by the Social Science Research Network revealed Dec. 18.

How players will battle for crypto in War Riders became a little clearer this morning.

MultiChain, the enterprise blockchain framework created by Coin Sciences, has released its beta version 2.0 and added over 40 new partners, including big names like SAP and HCL Technologies.

Please speak to your own tax expert, CPA or tax attorney on how you should treat taxation of digital currencies.

Vitalik Buterin, the creator of ethereum, has just donated $300,000 in cryptocurrency to three blockchain startups - apparently making the decision in response to a Twitter thread. The three projects receiving the 1,000 ETH grants are Prysmatic Labs, ChainSafe Systems and Sigma Prime.

The United Kingdom tax collection service published its first detailed tax legislation for private cryptocurrency holders Dec. 19 following a lengthy consultation period.

Top crypto exchange Binance's philanthropic arm, the Binance Charity Foundation, has opened a new fundraising channel on its blockchain-powered donation platform.

Wednesday, Dec. 19 - Cryptocurrency markets continue a fresh rally with Bitcoin touching $3,800 and leading altcoins to claw back their latest losses.

Bitcoin's price crossed key resistance yesterday, boosting the prospects of a stronger rally above $4,000.

Japan's Financial Services Agency has purportedly approved a cryptocurrency exchange operating license for hacked crypto exchange Coincheck.

A fintech company is taking on the retail trading industry and giving crypto owners the opportunity to use digital currencies as collateral and to trade across markets with fiat funds - avoiding any commissions or fees.