Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

The President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands Hilda Heine has narrowly survived a no confidence vote that was partly prompted by her plans to introduce a national digital currency, Asia-focused English-language publication Nikkei Asian Review reports Nov. 12.

Attorneys for Ripple Labs and its affiliated defendants filed to move a consolidated class-action lawsuit from its previous venue at the San Mateo Superior Court to the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, according to court documents published Wednesday.

Major oil companies BP, Shell, and Equinor have united with large banks and trading houses to launch a blockchain-driven platform Vakt for energy commodity trading.

Global management consultancy firm Accenture has deployed a distributed ledger platform created to manage and track software licenses, a press release reveals Monday, Nov. 12.

The CEO of Swiss startup SEBA Crypto AG said in an interview that five "Large asset managers" from both Germany and abroad have shown interest in their cryptocurrency bank, Swiss financial media outlet Cash reports Nov. 12.

Bitcoin cash's upcoming network update is coming on Nov. 15, but a fractious divide between competing stakeholders has raised the specter that the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market cap - which broke off from bitcoin in the heat of the scaling debate last year - could split into two.

Bitcoin is up around 0.85 percent, trading around $6,354 at press time.

Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance launches altcoin research lab.

New Economy Movement hit a nine-week price high on Monday despite a neutrally toned cryptocurrency market.

U.S. citizen Joseph Kim of Phoenix, Arizona has been fined $1.1 million and sentenced to 15 months in jail for misappropriating Bitcoin and Litecoin from several people, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission reports Friday, Nov. 9.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore and the country's stock exchange, Singapore Exchange, have developed a settlement system for tokenized assets that can work across different blockchains.

Crimean authorities are considering creating a blockchain-cluster in the form of a cryptocurrency investment fund to attract tech businesses to the territory.

Global professional services giant Accenture has rolled out a new software license management application built with tech from distributed ledger startup Digital Asset.

Japanese IT giant GMO Internet has published its third quarter report Monday, Nov. 12, revealing a "Historical performance" of its crypto-related sectors despite "The harsh external environment."

Their action has spanned the notorious criminalization of initial coin offerings in Sept. 2017, followed by a series of stark measures that target crypto trading platforms, third-party crypto payment channels, social media networks, and offline crypto-promotional events.

One of Japan's largest insurance companies, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance, and IT firm NTT DATA have completed a trial that put the paperwork for marine cargo insurance claims on a blockchain.

Japanese insurance company Sompo has partnered with pan-African digital payment platform BTC Africa, also known as BitPesa, according to Sompo's press release published Nov. 9.As Cointelegraph Japan has confirmed, Sompo Holdings Inc. invested 570 million yen Nov. 8 to acquire a 10 percent stake in BitPesa.

The government of Austria is supporting a U.K. cancer research company using blockchain to detect the disease as part of its drive to promote the technology, a press release shared with Cointelegraph confirms Nov. 10.

Bitcoin could be in for a recovery rally, having defended a key support level over the weekend.

The "Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan District Blockchain Alliance" has been established to promote synergy and innovation and jointly promote the development of the blockchain technology, China News, the official state-run press agency, reported Nov. 9.

Blockchain protocol EOS found itself at the center of fresh controversy Nov. 9 after evidence emerged on social media appearing to show a moderator reversing transactions which had already been confirmed.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has jailed a bitcoin trader and fined him over $1 million for running a fraudulent bitcoin and litecoin scheme.

Ethereum co-founder and ConsenSys CEO Joe Lubin has said that with blockchain, society will move "From a scarcity to an abundance mindset," in a New York Times interview published Nov. 12.

Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk's advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative.

Switzerland-based fintech firm X8 AG has received a certification from the Shariyah Review Bureau for its Ethereum-based stablecoin, Reuters U.K. reports Nov. 12.

U.S. multinational IT company IBM plans to use blockchain to aid scientific research and provide a record of its results, a new patent application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office revealed Nov. 8.

A patent application published Thursday claims the process of conducting scientific research can benefit from the blockchain.

A fake EOS wallet app on the Google Play store has been stealing cryptocurrency.

Headmaster Lei Hua has been fired from his job at a school in Hunan, China, after a total of nine mining rigs were found stealing his school's electricity to mine Ethereum, the BBC reported.

The real estate industry has seen significant growth since the recession.