Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

October 31 marks the 10 year anniversary of the release of Bitcoin's whitepaper, which described the way in which the Bitcoin protocol would work.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange has teamed up with distributed ledger startup Digital Asset to develop a blockchain platform for post-trade processing.

"Big Four" auditor Ernst and Young has launched the prototype of a system that enables secure and private transactions to take place on the Ethereum public network, according to a press release Oct. 30.

Major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase will not perform an initial public offering "Any time soon," the company's President and COO Asiff Hirji told Bloomberg today, Oct. 31.

Two major Brazilian banks have reopened the banking accounts of one of the local crypto exchanges experiencing banking issues recently, local crypto outlet Portal do Bitcoin reports Wednesday, Oct. 31.

We live under many delusions, and for the last 100 years, at least, one such delusion has been that of fiat currency.

On the heels of a report by a coalition of pro-blockchain groups and financial institutions warning UK officials not to over-regulate the industry, the Financial Conduct Authority is weighing whether or not to ban certain crypto-related derivatives.

The chairman of South Korea's Financial Services Commission has affirmed that crypto exchanges should face no issues with banking provisions, local media platform Token Post reported Oct. 30.

Bitcoin's monthly close today may reveal the cryptocurrency's directional bias after a long period of low volatility.

Opporty, with experienced founders from the U.S., has also set up a "Trusted and verified services marketplace" on the Ethereum blockchain, with features such as smart contracts, decentralized escrow, and lead generation.

The Lightning Network is an open protocol layer that leverages the power of blockchain and smart contracts to enable instant payments across a network of participants.

Bank of America has gained a further cryptocurrency-related patent, a filing confirmed Oct. 30, continuing its efforts to "Be prepared" for the industry's future growth.

"Big Four" accounting firm EY has announced a tool that it says will bring private transactions to ethereum - that's the public blockchain, not a permissioned, enterprise version of the network.

Crypto hardware wallet firm Ledger has announced it is opening a new branch in Hong Kong, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Wednesday, Oct. 31.

This month marks not only the 10-year anniversary of the publication of Satoshi Nakomoto's now famous white paper, but it also marks a decade since the darkest days of the 2008 financial crisis.

As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the email that announced the birth of bitcoin, I have been reflecting on the prevalence of cargo-cults in the blockchain industry, what caused them and what we should do about it.

A cryptocurrency ticker application called CoinTicker appears to be installing two backdoors on Apple Macs, cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes warned Monday.

New Zealand's state-backed innovation institute Callaghan Innovation awarded a $330,000 grant to a local crypto wallet and trading service, according to a press release published Tuesday, Oct. 30.Callaghan Innovation issued an "R&D Project Grant" to local crypto wallet and trading platform Vimba, a rebranded version of former MyCryptoSaver.

Ledger, the hardware cryptocurrency wallet maker, plans to add support soon for more stablecoins, including expanding tether's usability across all its products and services, executives said.

Chinese retail giant JD.com is further gaining a foothold in blockchain technology by launching a research lab for blockchain in partnership with two technology institutes, according to an announcement published Oct. 30.Jingdong Group is a leading Chinese e-commerce company, controlling roughly 30 percent of the business-to-consumer online market in China with 314 million active users, according to Financial Times.

On October 29, the cryptocurrency exchange, Bitstamp, was acquired by Belgium-based investment firm NXMH, which in turn, is owned by South Korean media conglomerate NXC Corp. The Luxembourg-registered exchange is now controlled by the same company that bought the majority stake in the South Korean crypto exchange, Korbit, last year, while its CEO remains in office to continue with Bitstamp's "Global expansion."

American software corporation Microsoft will integrate its Azure Blockchain technology into stock exchange Nasdaq Inc.'s Financial Framework, according to an Oct. 30 press release.

Tuesday, Oct. 30: Crypto markets are mostly trading sideways after the recent drop-off that took place on Monday, Oct. 29.

The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance has frozen accounts that received more than 93,000 ether from two wallets indirectly linked to the troubled Russian exchange WEX. The accounts were frozen on October 25, Leah Li, a spokeswoman for Binance, told CoinDesk.

J.P. Morgan's Quorum blockchain, an enterprise-grade DLT solution built on Ethereum, is being deployed for tokenizing traditional assets to test the robustness of blockchain technology, reported Financial Review on Oct. 29, 2018.Tokenizing Gold Bars.

Hong Kong-based crypto exchange service Changelly has announced that it helped South Korean exchange platform Bithumb recover 1,063,500 Ripple in stolen assets following a massive hack in June, a press-release stated, Oct. 26.

Bank of America was awarded a patent for a device that stores cryptographic keys on Tuesday, and the document's details hint at applications for cryptocurrencies.

Former U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen is "Not a fan" of bitcoin.

Bittrex International is launching a digital trading platform that will feature a "Streamlined" token approval process and focus on international customers, the company's blog revealed Monday, Oct. 29.

Venezuela's controversial state-owned cryptocurrency the Petro is now available for purchase for fiat and crypto, Venezuelan Economy Department announced on Twitter Monday, Oct. 29.