Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

U.K. businesses and analysts have hit back at government plans to regulate cryptocurrencies and related technology, describing them as a "Blunt instrument approach," British daily news outlet the Telegraph reported Monday, Oct. 29.

Tether, which aims to keep its token at parity with the U.S. dollar by backing each token with $1 in bank deposits, accounts for the vast majority of the stablecoin market by total value, exchange volume and other metrics.

U.S. manufacturer of household cleaning supplies SC Johnson and environmental organization Plastic Bank will open several plastic recycling centers in Indonesia, offering locals tokens for waste collection, according to a press release published Sunday, Oct. 28.

In the latest development, U.S. payments processor Mastercard filed a patent applying the concept of fractional reserve banking to cryptocurrency payments.

SP Group, a major corporation providing electricity and gas transmission in Singapore, has launched a blockchain-powered renewable energy certificate marketplace, the company reveals in a press release Monday, Oct. 29.

Opting to take the view ICOs are a form of fraud, speculation or gambling, the Korean government initiated a ban on the investment vehicle last September, one that sparked a strong backlash from domestic blockchain startups.

Taiwan's "Crypto Congressman" continued his push for more modernized regulation around the tech by proposing new rules for token sales.

Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a warning to investors against putting their money into initial coin offerings that are not recognized and authorized by the SEC. On Oct. 25, the Bangkok Post reported that the Thai market regulator has warned against investing in ICOs promoted through a plethora of online media, which the SEC has neither accredited nor acknowledged.

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A small Canada-based crypto exchange called MapleChange has pulled off an exit scam, disappearing with user funds.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has published a memorandum from a meeting about the Bitcoin exchange-traded-fund proposal from VanEck and SolidX that included EC Commissioner Elad L. Roisman and his counsels Dean Conway, Matthew Estabrook, and Christina Thomas, along with representatives from SolidX, VanEck, and the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

Sunday, Oct. 28: crypto markets have seen some minor fluctuations, with most of the top 20 coins by market cap seeing price changes within 1 percent over the past 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap.

Ripple has recently hired a former senior developer at Google's new wireless messaging service as vice president of products, Reuters reports Friday, Oct. 26.

2013: Restrictions on financial institutions' Bitcoin dealings, stark warnings about financial stability threats, but a hands-off approach to crypto tradingIn a Dec. 3 circular, the Chinese government defined Bitcoin as a virtual commodity, declaring that it was not recognized as legal tender.

The Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine has initiated a "State policy" for the classification and legalization of crypto-related activities, Ukrainian state information and news agency Ukrinform reported Oct. 26.The Ministry has reportedly issued an official press release stating that its purpose is to "Create understandable conditions for conducting activities in the field of virtual assets and virtual currencies," and to usher in "Adoption of the concept of a state policy" for crypto.

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Despite its infiltration of some of the largest names in the payments game, crypto won't be creeping onto the radar of Visa anytime soon unless the young asset-class steps up its game, the company's chief whip stated Thursday.

Bitcoin futures may have expired, but even that failed to produce volatility in cryptocurrency as markets remained flat Saturday, Oct. 27.Market visualization from.

U.S. cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase has cut "At least" fifteen staff after hiring 250 this year, Yahoo Finance quotes unidentified sources as saying Friday, Oct. 26.

Following news of Bitmain and Canaan IPO filings in Hong Kong, Europe looks set to record its own first major crypto IPO, as blockchain infrastructure provider Bitfury is reportedly considering plans to list publicly in London, Amsterdam or Hong Kong.

A new commissioner at U.S. regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission repeated called for handling fintech - including blockchain and cryptocurrency - with an "Open mind" in a speech Thursday, Oct. 25.

Binance chief executive Changpeng Zhao has appealed to his followers on Twitter to report an impostor pretending to be the CEO of the Korean arm of the crypto exchange.

Major Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx will delist over 50 trading pairs with weak performance, according to an announcement published Oct. 25.

Dark pool platform Republic Protocol has teamed with crypto custodian BitGo and decentralized liquidity pool Cyber Network to launch a Bitcoin-backed ERC20 token on the Ethereum blockchain.

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An early bitcoin developer, Taaki addressed a crowd of more than a thousand coders that had gathered to discuss "Web 3.0" - or the restructuring of internet infrastructures with an emphasis on decentralization.

On Oct. 25, the IOTA foundation revealed a bug bounty program for their Trinity wallet is now extended to project enthusiasts and the broader cryptocurrency community, from being a third-party audit process as earlier.

The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a warning about investing in nine digital tokens and Initial Coin Offerings, which have not been accredited by the regulator, news outlet Bangkok Post reported Oct. 26.

Singapore-based blockchain platform VeChain Foundation, U.S. blockchain startup CREAM, and the national investment partner of the Republic of Cyprus, Invest Cyprus, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, per a press release published Oct. 26.