Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Having hit a record high near $20,000 in December, the world's largest cryptocurrency began 2018 backed a wave of optimism.

Crypto exchange OKCoin's founder Star Xu has been released from a police department in Shanghai after 24 hours assisting an investigation into investors' accusations that OKEx manipulated bitcoin futures on its platform.

After a long period of silence and uncertainty, the U.S. government has stated that at least two initial coin offerings are not exempt from security laws.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a cease and desist order and a $200,000 fine to Crypto Asset Management and its founder Timothy Enneking, according to a document published on the commission's website Tuesday, September 11.

The Bank of Korea has warned that significant price differences between South Korean exchanges and those abroad, or the "Kimchi Premium," may emerge in the coming years.

Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Bitewei, a Shenzhen-based mining chip manufacturer led by Yang Zuoxing, the former director of design at Bitmain, has raised 140 million yuan to bring to market mining chips that long-time mining industry insiders believe could lead it to rival at least one area of Bitmain's business.

A group of U.S.-based blockchain and crypto companies have announced they will form the Blockchain Association, the "First" lobbying group representing the blockchain industry in Washington D.C., the Washington Post reported September 11.The Blockchain Association is comprised of industry leaders such as crypto exchange Coinbase, technology startup Protocol Labs, as well as the Digital Currency Group and Polychain Capital.

Authorities from two U.S. states have implored the Criminal Investigation Department in India to seize the property of promoters of Bitcoin investment firm BitConnect, the Times of India reported September 11.BitConnect, which ceased its operations in January of this year, was an open-source cryptocurrency and an investment program accused of being a Ponzi scheme.

Malaysia is using its MIGHT task force to explore how it can utilize blockchain technology to help increase transparency and sustainability within its three largest industries.

Chinese holding company Wuhan General Group, Inc. has entered negotiations to transform a U.S. Defense Department facility into a crypto mining farm, according to a press release published September 11.Per the press release, in case of a successful outcome to the negotiation, the company will receive the first order of rigs in late October, with more to come in the following months.

The CEO of Overstock, the first major retail company to accept Bitcoin as a payment method, has sold 10 percent of his shares, CNBC reported September 11.According to a form 4 SEC filing, Patrick Byrne sold around $15.8 million worth of shares as of Thursday and Friday, and then $4.9 million worth on Monday, totalling more than $20 million.

The International Monetary Fund has warned the Republic of the Marshall Islands about the risks of adopting a cryptocurrency as a second legal tender, according to an official press release published on September 10.In the report, the U.S.-based agency backed by the United Nations addresses the government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, stating that the introduction of digital currency as an official form of legal tender will pose risks to the country's financial integrity, as well as relationships with foreign banks.

The cryptocurrency bear market of 2018 has unsurprisingly affected crypto startups looking to raise funds via initial coin offerings, with two research papers noting a disappointing performance for the novel fundraising method this year.

A number of blockchain funds, exchanges and startups plan to lobby Washington, D.C. lawmakers with the new Blockchain Association.

The United Arab Emirates has approved a draft of regulations governing Initial Coin Offerings, local media outlet WAM reported Sunday, September 9 citing government sources.

An official from Russia's central bank has revealed that the bank has recently conducted a "Successful" experimental Initial Coin Offering, as cited by local news agency TASS Tuesday, September 11.

On Sept. 11, Coindesk reported that Nasdaq, the world's second-largest stock market, has been preparing crypto price analytics tools for institutional investors to facilitate increasing interest toward the market.

The Bank of Russia has successfully conducted an experiment on token issuance, an official said Monday during the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, news agency TASS reported Tuesday.

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In what appears to be the first U.S. court case to address the matter, a New York federal judge has ruled that U.S. securities laws are applicable for prosecuting crypto fraud allegations, Reuters reports September 11.

Tuesday, September 11: crypto markets have seen another decline today, with most of the top 20 coins by market cap in the red, according to data from CoinMarketCap.

The notion of a Bitcoin ETF may have become retail investors' lifeline, fixing the spotlight firmly on every move of the ubiquitous financiers of Wall Street.

The securities regulator alleged that Crypto Asset Management LP and its principal, Timothy Enneking, had marketed itself under false pretenses, alleging that Enneking raised more than $3 million in late 2017 and claimed that the company was "The first regulated crypto asset fund in the United States."

The Saudi British Bank has become the first Saudi bank to join enterprise software firm and global banking consortium R3's blockchain ecosystem, local news outlet Trade Arabia reports today, September 11.

China plans to implement blockchain as part of an overhaul of its charity tracking system, the country's Ministry of Civil Affairs revealed in its action plan Monday, September 10.

A U.S. federal judge has ruled that a criminal case against two reportedly fraudulent initial coin offerings fall under securities laws.

The Malta Stock Exchange's fintech and digital asset subsidiary, MSX PLC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with crypto exchange Binance to jointly launch a new security token digital exchange, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph September 11.

Lightyear has acquired Chain for a new venture-aptly called Interstellar-in a move that could make the company the world's sixth largest blockchain.

ICO services platform TokenSoft is officially launching support for projects on the Stellar lumens protocol.

Star Xu, the founder of exchange services provider OKCoin and the world's second-largest crypto exchange OKEx, has allegedly been detained in China in relation to suspected digital currency fraud, local news outlet Sina News reports September 11.