Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

The United Arab Emirates is spearheading cryptocurrency adoption in the Gulf region and intends to introduce initial coin offerings as a legal means-of-fundraising in 2019, reported Reuters on Oct. 8.UAE's ICO Push.

Former JPMorgan executive Blythe Masters predicts "Tens if not hundreds" of blockchain projects will soon increase the efficiency of commodity markets, Bloomberg reports Tuesday, Oct. 9.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore, the city-state's central bank, is working to ensure cryptocurrency startups receive domestic banking services as part of the country's efforts to boost fintech development.

The UTRUST API is aimed at online and point-of-sale crypto acceptance worldwide.

The latest is PricewaterhouseCoopers, the world's second-largest professional services firm, who has thrown its weight behind a USD stablecoin project aiming to "Usher in the next 100M users of crypto assets."

China should increase its research efforts on the topic of stablecoins and consider backing domestic institutions to issue a yuan-pegged cryptocurrency, a researcher from the People's Bank of China argues.

The signs of a scam are relatively easy to notice once you train yourself on what to look for.

Tuesday, Oct. 9: Crypto markets keep trading sideways, with almost all top 20 coins by market cap in the red after seeing some growth yesterday.

Ethereum-based adult entertainment platform SpankChain has suffered a smart contract security breach that led to loss of around $38,000, the firm reported on its Medium page Oct. 9.The hack, which purportedly took place Oct. 6, was detected by SpankChain a day after, and was announced today in a post entitled "We Got Spanked: What We Know So Far.".

Canada's largest digital currency exchange QuadrigaCX is blaming legal action from a major bank for delays when customers cash out funds, the Globe and Mail reported Oct. 8.Vancouver-based crypto exchange QuadrigaCX was launched in 2013 and is known as the first exchange in Canada to be licensed by the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada.

The state authorities of Malta will assist the government of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu in forming blockchain regulations, the Vanuatu Daily Post reported Monday, Oct. 8.Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vanuatu Ralph Regenvanu has reportedly requested assistance from the Maltese government in forming blockchain legislation upon instructions from the Council of Ministers.

Switzerland-based commodities assets manager Tiberius Group AG has delayed the sale of its metals-backed cryptocurrency, Tiberius Coin, due to high fees from credit card companies, Bloomberg reported Oct. 9.The company announced its intention to issue a digital currency tied to the price of metals - copper, aluminum, nickel, cobalt, tin, gold and platinum - in late September.

A recent study from Juniper Research states that the cryptocurrency market could "Implode" and that transaction volumes are decreasing, Bloomberg reported Oct. 9.In a report dubbed "The Future of Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin & Altcoin Trends & Challenges 2018-2023" Juniper assessed the challenges of digital currencies, with a focus on technical, social and regulatory concerns.

The famed Bitcoin mining industry boasted of record revenues in the first half of 2018, surpassing all of 2017.

Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash services firm Bitcoin.com is planning to buy or set up its own crypto exchange, the company's CEO Roger Ver revealed in an interview with Bloomberg Oct. 9.According to Ver, the upcoming crypto trading platform will be placed on the Bitcoin.com website, which is expected to generate a great amount of traffic via various services such as wallet transactions and news.

Canada-based crypto exchange QuadrigaCX is waiting on a verdict in a long-running legal case against the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

There's a towering inflatable rat on Wall Street and it's found a temporary home in front of a branch of the world's most powerful bank.

Mastercard has won a patent for a proposed system that would allow for the launch of different kinds of blockchains - including those that support multiple currencies.

International business media outlet Forbes has partnered with blockchain-based platform Civil to publish its content on a decentralized network, Civil's co-founder confirmed on Medium on Tuesday, Oct. 9.

A Taiwanese legislator wants cryptocurrency transactions to abide by the same money laundering laws that govern traditional financial instruments.

Bitcoin miner revenues for the first six months of 2018 have already surpassed results in 2017, but the miners themselves see little profit, weekly crypto outlet Diar reports Monday, October 8.

From bartering to blockchain, the world of money - and the way we transfer it - has never stood still.

Petition to make Ripple's XRP the official cryptocurrency of the 2020 Olympic games.

Business media giant Forbes is moving to the blockchain.

SpankChain, a cryptocurrency project focused on the adult industry, has suffered a breach that saw almost $40,000 in ethereum stolen.

IBM and the Central Bank of Azerbaijan will reportedly collaborate on implementing blockchain technology in the country's economy, Central Asian-focused Trend News Agency reports October 9.

Switzerland's financial markets regulator has issued a license to a cryptocurrency investment fund in a move that opens the door for wider institutional participation in the country's crypto activities.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex addressed allegations and controversies propagated against its platform in recent times via a detailed Medium post on Oct. 7, 2018.Bitfinex Fights Allegations.

The Thai Ministry of Commerce has begun to conduct feasibility studies on the use of blockchain in copyright, agriculture, and trade finance, English-language Thai newspaper Bangkok Post reports Tuesday, Oct. 9.

Two blockchain veterans are gearing up to launch what could be the first cryptocurrency exchange in the Persian Gulf to be licensed by a central bank.