Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

The government of China and its central bank the People's Bank of China enforced a strict crypto trading ban in September 2017.

Ethereum-based decentralized application 333ETH, one of the protocol's most used dApp, has been labeled as an "Active scam" by cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask, reported Hard Fork on Sept. 28.

Caught in the headlights: Thai actor "Boom" arrested on set for alleged crypto fraud family affair.

Ripple will lead a group of crypto startups to lobby lawmakers and financial regulators in D.C. to support crypto and blockchain innovation, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, September 27.According to the report, the coalition of San-Francisco-based crypto firms is planning to pay Klein/Johnson Group, a bipartisan lobby group, to assist the crypto and blockchain community in conveying to regulators that the industry needs support from the government.

Namely, the SEC views cryptocurrencies as securities while the CFTC treats them as commodities, and both watchdogs have attempted to secure their viewpoints in court.

Saturday, September 29: crypto markets are mainly seeing red today, with only five out of the 20 top cryptocurrencies by market cap seeing some growth by press time, according to CoinMarketCap.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has filed a suit against two defendants for the allegedly fraudulent solicitation of Bitcoin, according to an official press release published on Friday, September 28.The CFTC's complaint - filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas - charges the two defendants with running two fraudulent businesses and misleading the public to invest in leveraged or margined foreign currency contracts, such as forex, binary options, and diamonds.

Russia has been trying to pass cryptocurrency legislation since the beginning of January 2018, with no success as of yet.

Ripple is leading a number of organizations launching a lobbying group in Washington D.C., Business Standard reported Friday.

Digital asset management firm Arrington XRP Capital may be poised to cease funding any U.S.-based startups.

At least, that's according to Howard Chu, a monero core developer who has dedicated his time to protecting the crypto from specialized mining hardware, called ASICs, built by a multibillion-dollar mining industry.

Despite the billions of dollars banks launder on a daily basis, critics are still focused on crypto exchanges.

Swiss watch company Hublot announced Sept. 19th that it will be releasing a special limited edition of its Big Bang line of watches that you'll only be able to purchase with Bitcoin.

A division of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, JD Finance, has established the Smart City Research Institute at its headquarters in Nanjing, reported People's Daily September 28.

In its new policy brief, the Austrian Research Center International Economics has examined the possible effects of digitization, including blockchain technology, on the export economy, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reports today, September 28.

Opera has partnered with blockchain advisory and financial services firm Ledger Capital to explore possible blockchain applications, according to a press release published September 28.

Canadian adult entertainment giant Pornhub has revealed that less than 1 percent of purchases on the platform are made in cryptocurrencies, Hard Fork reported September 28.

A group of lawmakers from the U.S. Congress has sent a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton, calling for regulatory clarity regarding cryptocurrencies, CNBC reported September 28.

A recent Wall Street Journal investigation has found that $88.6 million in ill-gotten funds have been funneled through 46 cryptocurrency exchanges, the WSJ reported September 28.

The unfortunate reality is that U.S. tech companies control and exploit large amounts of European data, in turn monopolizing our digital economy.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed charges against two defendants for allegedly going to a number of lengths in attempts to steal bitcoin.

Leafbuyer Technologies, a company Bloomberg describes as a cross between "Groupon and Yelp for cannabis users," saw a 40 percent jump in its stock.

Less than 10 percent of the Chinese middle class are investing in cryptocurrencies after the government ban, according to a recent study cited by Technode Thursday, September 26.

Privacy-focused bitcoin wallet Samourai is dropping fiat balances from its platform, the company announced Friday.

The downtrend will resume if the bears break below the September 12 low of $167.32.XRP/USDRipple has been trading between $0.45 and $0.58 for the past few days.

Despite China's infamous blanket ban on cryptocurrencies, Initial Coin Offering investing is making a resurgence in the country as Bitcoin Over-The-Counter exchanges gain prominence, reported local outlet Sina News on Sept. 26.OTC Market Fueling China's Crypto Craze.

A notable voice is joining the ranks of ethereum developers who are seeking to block powerful ASIC miners from earning an outsized share of the platform's valuable ether cryptocurrency.

Swiss luxury watch brand Hublot has unveiled its new watch Big Bang Blockchain in an official announcement September 19.

Nearly $90 million potentially associated with criminal activity was laundered through 46 cryptocurrency exchanges, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

In a court case of fraud allegations against My Big Coin Pay, a federal judge ruled that cryptocurrencies can be treated as commodities, even as legal discussions over its asset status continue.