Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Calgary, a city in the Canadian province of Alberta, has launched its own digital currency.

SolarisBank and Stuttgart Exchange Group are jointly developing infrastructure for a cryptocurrency exchange, Cointelegraph Germany reports Dec. 12.

The CEO of Allianz Global Investors, an investment management firm with €524 billion in assets under management, has called for crypto assets to be "Outlawed," Reuters reported Dec. 11.

Shenzhen, a major city in the Guangdong Province and the first economic special zone in China, will use blockchain technology for electronic tax invoices.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has completed blockchain pilots with tech giant IBM to improve mobile data records.

Online broker Monex Group, known for buying hacked Japanese crypto exchange Coincheck in April, has announced it will launch cryptocurrency trading in the United States, Cointelegraph Japan reports Wednesday, Dec. 12.

An R&D lab at crypto startup TenX has tested the use of its cross-blockchain interoperability protocol to transfer ERC20 tokens for Bitcoin using the Lightning Network.

The man behind the "Blockchain Terminal" Initial Coin Offering has been ousted as a financial criminal who concealed his former identity from employees and investors alike.

A new crypto trading platform is enabling users to emulate key influencers in the marketplace through a service it says is akin to having "The power of 1,000 whales in your wallet."

BlockFi, a startup that offers U.S. dollar loans against crypto collateral, has raised $4 million in its latest round this year.

Denmark's tax agency has confirmed it is "Identifying" 2,700 individuals it says owe taxes on Bitcoin gains, according to a Dec. 12 press release.

Reas Utermann, chief executive officer and global chief investment officer of Allianz Global Investors, has said cryptocurrencies should be banned by regulators.

The director and chief executive of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has expressed concerns about cryptocurrencies and disintermediation, English-language Nigerian news outlet The Sun reported Dec. 12.

The recent launch of bitcoin futures products on exchanges regulated by the CFTC have reinforced this trend, prompting the adoption of anti-manipulation policies, better market surveillance, and information-sharing agreements between the crypto spot markets and regulated futures exchanges.

United States cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is considering a private offering to high net worth investors, Finance Magnates reported Dec. 12, quoting emails sent by the company.

New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority has added three more crypto platforms to its blacklist that warns about scams, a release by the FMA reveals Wednesday, Dec. 12.

Bitcoin shorts reached all-time highs on BitMex and other exchanges which offer derivatives.

Bitcoin's struggle to build a notable bounce could end if prices beat key resistance above $3,600.

Crypto exchange Kraken is on a fundraising drive, offering "Select" investors a chance to purchase stakes in the firm.

United Kingdom-based cryptocurrency payment platform Cubits has filed for administration following a sudden outage that locked customer funds, a company press release revealed Dec. 11.The act of filing for administration means that an insolvent company has appointed an external administrator in order to act of behalf of its creditors.

While some bitcoin miners are estimated to have shut down hundreds of thousands of machines - if not more - others are still out there looking for alternative ways to keep operating.

United States Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Jay Clayton has said this week that he is "Optimistic" that developments in distributed ledger technology can "Help facilitate capital formation."

The former CEO of defunct Japanese Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox, Mark Karpeles, could spend ten years in jail over alleged embezzlement, Japanese daily news outlet Nikkei reported Dec. 12.

Japanese prosecutors are seeking a 10-year sentence for Mark Karpeles, the former chief executive officer of now-bankrupt bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox.

Germany-based crypto payments startup Bitwala is now offering crypto banking services in the country.

Facebook is filling positions for four different blockchain engineering roles.

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched a collection of educational content comprising almost 500 articles in order to fight "Incorrect" and "Misleading" information, a press release confirmed Dec. 12.

A few months ago, via a speech by one of its commissioners, the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission gave a sliver of hope to the viability of tokens.

Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who is currently running a presidential campaign for the March 2019 elections, wants to tackle corruption using blockchain, according to a recent Facebook post from Sunday, Dec. 9.Tymoshenko dedicated her post to International Anti-Corruption Day, stating that modern Ukraine is immersed in "Total corruption." She further explained that her party, the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", is trying to combat bribery.

The Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx announced that it will list Bitcoin Cash ABC under the original Bitcoin Cash ticker BCH, according to an official statement Dec. 11.According to the announcement, the sixth largest crypto exchange will change the ticker of Bitcoin Cash ABC from BCHABC to BCH. It will also change the Bitcoin Cash SV ticker from BCHSV to BSV. The ticker switch will take place at 5 a.m. UTC+1 on Dec. 13.Spot trading of both BCHSV and BCHABC will be suspended while all remaining balances of the original Bitcoin Cash will be settled and removed from users' accounts.