Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

The developer that formalized the code underlying most initial coin offerings - ethereum's ERC-20 token standard - has proposed a new approach in a bid to make the funding schemes more safe for would-be investors.

The stablecoin Tether has been the subject of controversy, speculation, and what some are calling "Weaponized FUD" in recent weeks.

Multinational holding conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway - which counts outspoken crypto critic Warren Buffett as its CEO and chairman - has invested around $600 million in two fintech payment firms focused on emerging markets, the Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 29.

The topic of implementing blockchain technology for voting was discussed at an event hosted by the Russian Central Election Commission, local state-owned news agency TASS reported Oct. 29.

Major U.S. crypto exchange and wallet provider Coinbase has raised $300 million in a fresh funding round that brings its post-money valuation to $8 billion, according to an official blog post published today, Oct. 30.

Alternative cryptocurrencies have begun to feel the crypto winter as major names start dropping below previous year-on-year price levels.

Top professional services firms, including EY, PwC, and KPMG, are currently hiring hundreds of blockchain and cryptocurrency experts to offer auditing services to companies involved in the loosely regulated sector, the Financial Times reported on Oct. 29.Auditors Grapple with Crypto and Blockchain.

Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Pantheon is a suite of ethereum-based services built by PegaSys, a 50-strong engineering team at the ethereum design studio ConsenSys.

U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has just announced $300 million in new funding.

The privacy-centric zcash cryptocurrency just took a small step toward greater decentralization.

Bitcoin is "Anything but" a useful store of value, former U.S. Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen stated in a speech Monday, Canadian financial news outlet Kitco reported Oct. 29.

A U.S. citizen has pled guilty before a federal court to operating an "Unlicensed money transmitting business" via LocalBitcoins.com, according to a Department of Justice press release published Oct. 29.

Bitcoin's downside break of a recent trading range has likely opened the doors for a drop to key support at $6,100, technical charts indicate.

The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority has said it will consider whether to ban the sale of cryptocurrency-based derivatives, the Financial Times reported Oct. 29.

A Medium user posted a Twitter analysis of the "100 Most Influential People in Crypto," ranking the influencers on how vocal they are on bashing Bitcoin Cash.

The ADAB Solutions project, based in the United Arab Emirates, is planning to launch FICE - the First Islamic Crypto Exchange which will be operating "According to the principles of Shariah law." The company is expecting to reach $146 million daily trading and $4.4 billion monthly turnover by 2020.Islamic finance as crypto exchange base.

A 21-year-old bitcoin trader from California has pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed money transmission business and now faces a maximum of five years in prison.

Monex Group, the Japanese internet broker that purchased hacked cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, announced it had reopened new account signups and limited trading in a statement Tuesday, Oct. 30.

The Bitcoin white paper has been, rightfully, recognized as one of the most original and influential computer science papers in history.

Cybersecurity publications were sounding the alarm over cryptocurrency malware again Monday, Oct. 29 after a Malwarebytes forum user reported a price monitoring app for macOS was a trojan.

While blockchain starts to pepper mainstream media with pervasive force, cryptocurrency pricing seems yet to shake its status as the mouthpiece of progress for the entire industry.

Touted as a way to make the world's most valuable cryptocurrency a more effective payment method, bitcoin's lightning network has a rather large obstacle ahead - it's still challenging, even risky, to set up and use.

A new survey by blockchain-oriented research firm Clovr showed that 60 percent of respondents think that cryptocurrency should be treated like fiat currency in political elections.

Bitcoin "Patient Zero" Wences Casares, the founder of Bitcoin wallet startup Xapo, said that the seminal cryptocurrency may take years to prove successful, in an interview with Bloomberg Oct. 29.In an interview with Bloomberg, Casares argued that BTC is an "Intellectual experiment," and it could be several years before it proves successful.

The two largest diamond producing groups on the planet are now jointly testing a blockchain platform to track assets.

The Ethereum Enterprise Alliance has released a new set of specifications in an effort to provide standards for developers using private iterations of the Ethereum Blockchain, according to statements shared with Cointelegraph.

Israeli blockchain startup StarkWare Industries has completed a $30 million financing round, generating funds from such industry players as Intel Capital and Sequoia USA, according to an announcement published Oct. 29.Established in 2018, StarkWare Industries develops both software and hardware, with applications including transparent privacy in blockchains, increased transaction throughput, as well as off chain computation.

Malta's relevance as a "Blockchain island" is set to increase in the coming weeks, as the small geography plays host to some of the world's premier speakers, evangelists, and ministers as part of the Malta Blockchain Summit 2018.Malta's Blockchain Push.

Sending the Bitcoin white paper to the cryptography mailing list on October 31, 2008 was the obvious choice.

"Users can see all of the reviews written in the blockchain on a special page," reads the official press release.