Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

The Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country's central bank, has broadened its regulatory regime for payment providers to bring certain cryptocurrencies under its jurisdiction.

That's Greg Bordenkircher, the chief litigator at the Alabama Securities Commission, describing the extent to which his state, just the 24th largest by population, has nonetheless come to play a leading role in the ongoing fight against U.S. crypto fraud.

To prepare the report, the research team investigated the ICO space over the course of six months, focusing primarily on North America, but also delving into some other countries and jurisdictions.

American software corporation Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost said that blockchain could fight corruption in the construction industry, finance and investment news outlet the Australian Financial Review reported Nov. 19.Founded in 1982, Autodesk manufactures software for the construction, architecture, media, and entertainment industries.

The head of the Catalan government's citizen participation council states that the authority is considering blockchain for the community's voting system, Spanish daily newspaper La Vanguardia reports Monday, Nov. 19.Earlier in October, the Generalitat of Catalonia approved a preliminary bill to establish an e-voting system for residents abroad in major elections and other voting processes in the autonomous community.

Its price fell below $5,000 for the first time since October of 2017 and its current price - currently hovering above $4,800 at time of writing - reflects a roughly 40 percent loss year-over-year.

Tech giant IBM has teamed up with Columbia University to launch a pair of technology accelerators as part of a broader push to spur blockchain development.

Monday, Nov. 19: after showing some signs of recovery yesterday, Nov. 18, cryptocurrency markets experience another dramatic fall.

In particular, AMD representatives, whose last quarter fiscal report, published on Oct. 24, demonstrated that revenues from the sale of mining Graphics Processing Units were "Negligible." Presumably, Nvidia and Bitmain could also be in the same predicament and at this point, investors, miners and GPU manufacturers are probably all wondering what it will take to shake the cryptocurrency market from its current malaise.

On Nov. 14, MinerGate, a top-tier mining pool platform with 3.5 million users worldwide, has released the final version of their xFast Miner engine.

Bitcoin has plummeted below the support of $5,450 with ease.

The zero-sum game that is trading has traditionally been a tough sell for retailers, who may seldom come out on top in their daily tug-of-war with the deep-pocketed institutions that wrap most markets around their fingers.

IBM and Columbia University have announced two blockchain accelerator programs that aim to help startups in the space innovate at scale, according to an IBM news release Nov. 19.

The market continues on a downward spiral; $45 billion evaporates from aggregate cryptocurrency market capitalization.

The company behind major cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has created a Communist Party branch as part of its obligations to the Chinese state, the company's U.S.-based subsidiary Huobi Info confirmed Nov. 16.

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has called for international cooperation in investigating crimes conducted using cryptocurrencies at an annual meeting of Interpol.

The Department of Homeland Security posted a solicitation for proposals for companies that can improve government processes using the blockchain.

Major NGO the Russian Authors' Society will launch a blockchain-based financial platform for intellectual property-secured loans, according to Russian news outlet TASS Nov. 16.

Bitcoin dropped below $5,000 for the first time in over 13 months on Monday.

A blockchain network is preparing for the imminent hard fork to the second version of its core system on 28 Nov - with users set to benefit from flexible transaction fees and the ability to develop their own plugins with ease.

The U.S. Federal Election Commission has released a new draft opinion that clears the way for people to mine cryptocurrencies as a way to support their preferred candidates.

Cryptocurrency-focused Huobi Group has set up a Communist Party committee at a Beijing-based subsidiary.

In a groundbreaking move, SIX, Switzerland's leading stock exchange with a $1.6 trillion market capitalization, has given the thumbs-up to the world's first multiple-cryptocurrency-based Exchange-Traded Product.

Switzerland is to see the launch of the first ever exchange-traded product tracking multiple cryptocurrencies.

A document published Nov. 12 on the official website of the Cyberspace Administration of China calls on the country to "Accelerate" the development of standards for the blockchain industry.

Netherlands-based 'Big Four' auditor KPMG released a bullish report on cryptocurrency Nov. 15.

Scammers are capitalizing on Musk's Twitter social media prominence to spin out hopes of cryptocurrency returns - with gains even more spectacular than the famed 2017-bull run.

Korea's largest power provider KEPCO says it will use blockchain and other innovative energy solutions to develop its next-generation micro grid, according to an official press release Nov. 19.

Traders have reportedly incurred losses after Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx settled bitcoin cash futures contracts almost without warning ahead of last week's hard fork.

In the year of bear markets and curbed enthusiasm, stablecoins have emerged as the asset class with which many of the crypto community associate high hopes for the long-anticipated mass adoption.