Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Who investigated transactions on the Bitcoin Blockchain and the Tor anonymity network were able to link unique users to transactions and show how easy it is to dig up evidence of years-old bitcoin transactions.

Blockchain startup Bitwala has raised €4 million in new funding that will help develop a planned blockchain bank account offering.

Tech giant Dell EMC Technologies plans to remain a leader in the Indian server market by introducing products that have blockchain capabilities, local news outlet Economic Times India reports September 26.

A joint venture between SBI Holdings and Ripple has moved a step closer to launching its blockchain-based payments app for consumers.

As of Sept. 18, 2018, the average block size on the Bitcoin network is.8MB and the average number of transactions per block is 1609 - so a few eyebrows were raised when a block over 2MB was added to the blockchain on Sept. 5, 2018.

Released on their website on Tuesday, the developers of Monero say they were able to patch a potentially serious bug that would've allowed malicious users to 'burn' cryptocurrency exchange deposits.

While a number of scaling technologies are in the works, blockchain company OpenST thinks it's new protocol, Mosaic, is ready to tackle those issues "Here and now, rather than just many years into the future," according to Jason Goldberg, the CEO of OpenST. In an exclusive interview with CoinDesk after the project was first revealed at ethereum hackathon ETHBerlin, Goldberg highlighted that Mosaic requires no fundamental changes to the underlying ethereum network to deploy.

An Australian federal science agency has completed a global test on a blockchain network it developed with the University of Sydney, which, the two said, can process 30,000 cross-border transactions per second.

Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin trading-infamously known for their volatility-seem to have become relatively "Stable overall" as investors have held on to their digital investments, according to research published by Chainalysis on Sept. 24.Maturing Crypto Market.

Just a few days ago, Crowd Machine was working to build a crypto replacement for Amazon Web Services.

Kenyan Distributed Ledgers and Artificial Intelligence task force chairman Bitange Ndemo has said that the government should tokenize the economy, local news outlet The Star reported September 25.The taskforce was established in March by the government of the Republic of Kenya in order to evaluate proposals on how to deploy blockchain technology in the public sector.

The developers of open-source cryptocurrency Monero have patched a bug that could allow an attacker to "Burn" the funds of an organization's wallet while only losing network transaction fees, according to an announcement published September 25.The bug was reportedly discovered after a community member described a hypothetical attack on the XMR subreddit.

More than 45 representatives from major Wall Street firms and crypto companies took part in a meeting to discuss Initial Coin Offering and cryptocurrency regulations in Washington D.C. September 25.The "Crypto roundtable," hosted by Congressman Warren Davidson in the last legislative session week before elections, gave a chance for industry representatives to express their concerns regarding possible regulations of the crypto space.

Few movie buffs would fail to concede that the monsters on screen aren't nearly as terrifying as the ones in real life.

Coinbase, the world's largest crypto exchange by volume and user base, has integrated a new process of listing new cryptocurrencies on its platform.

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced a new process that will allow it to list more digital assets faster, according to a statement published September 25.Per the announcement, the new process refers only to digital assets that are compliant with local law, which means that certain assets listed on the platform may only be available to customers in particular jurisdictions.

North Korea is "Increasingly" using cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions imposed by the U.S., according to two Washington-based experts cited by news site Asia Times on September 24.Lourdes Miranda and Ross Delston sent a joint response to an Asia Times' inquiry regarding the use of crypto by the government of North Korea.

Dairy Farmers of America, a U.S. national milk marketing cooperative, has teamed up with food fintech startup ripe.io to pilot a blockchain-powered project aimed at improving the food supply chain, according to an announcement published September 25.DFA is a cooperative owned by dairy farmer-members in 48 states, the net income of which totalled $127.4 million in 2017, while its net sales were over $14 billion.

On Sept. 25, Google announced it would be updating its financial products and services policy to allow advertisements from regulated cryptocurrency exchanges from the United States and Japan starting in October.

Coinbase has revamped its policy for listing new cryptocurrencies, replacing an ad hoc process with one the startup hopes will rapidly expand the range of assets traded on its exchange.

Some 80 representatives from the cryptocurrency and traditional finance industries trekked to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday with a singular message for U.S. lawmakers: we need regulatory clarity on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings.

Australian firm Vicinity has announced it will trial a blockchain solution for its energy network.

Here's why the VanEck/SolidX ETF has a greater chance than the nine ETF temporarily rejected by the SEC in August, and why a BTC ETF isn't likely to appear until 2019.What's so special about this ETF?

On Sept. 24, Andreessen Horowitz announced a $15 million investment in cryptocurrency startup MakerDAO, which issues the Ethereum-based stablecoin Dai.

Today, the Assemblée Nationale is initiating a debate about a legal project introduced last June by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, which contains some relevant changes for the French regulatory framework with regard to crypto assets and ICOs, together with many proposals aimed at sustaining the development of "Liberated companies that are better funded, more innovative and fairer."

CoinAlpha, a Mountain View-based startup using blockchain technology to create the next wave of transparent, efficient, and secure financial products.

Soon after closing a $5.5 million funding round, music-focused blockchain startup Audius is revealing just how its network will operate when it launches in roughly a year.

Intercontinental Exchange confirmed its Bakkt cryptocurrency platform's first offering will take the form of physical Bitcoin futures.

A proposal to radically expand the capabilities of bitcoin such that it would be able to add vast new features to its limited supply of cryptocurrency has arrived on testnet.

The crypto market and blockchain sector of South Korea, the third-largest digital asset exchange market in the world behind the United States and Japan, have some of the most robust systems and infrastructure in place to protect investors and facilitate the growing demand for cryptocurrencies.