Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Barring a dip on August 14, the total market capitalization of the cryptocurrencies has held above the $200 billion mark.

Chinese mobile payment platforms WeChat Pay and Alipay are scrambling to keep up with regulators after recent announcements regarding initial coin offerings and cryptocurrencies.

Known for its fast transaction speeds and low friction payments, the Stellar network offers users tools for value exchange across borders.

A meeting that brought together a broad representation of ethereum stakeholders to discuss code changes on which decisions need to be made ahead of a software upgrade scheduled for October, failed to produce immediate results Friday.

Seattle's Bittrex and registered broker-dealer Rialto Trading are saddling up to build a new digital exchange for securities, joining an industry-wide effort to push the multi-trillion-dollar market onto the blockchain.

The U.S. state of Ohio has made a bid to position itself at the fore of blockchain innovation, according to remarks made at a recent press conference at the Ohio Statehouse August 23.

The bitcoin market has gone comatose today with a key volatility reading hitting fresh yearly lows.

South Korea's largest crypto exchange, Upbit - a crypto-only platform run by a subsidiary of Korean tech giant Kakao - has posted a $100 million profit in the third quarter of 2018, Yonhap News reported August 23.

The World Bank has exceeded its $73 million goal for its upcoming blockchain bond by $8 million, according to a new announcement.

Chinese mobile payment app Alipay is toughening its stance towards users who use their Alipay accounts for over-the-counter Bitcoin trading, Beijing News website reports August 24.

U. S. Customs and Border Protection will begin its live testing of a shipment tracking system on a blockchain after Labor Day, an agency official said.

The Canadian cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare will debut its services in the European market in Q4 2018, marking its first international expansion under the Coinsquare brand.

Creditors of hacked Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox began filing civil rehabilitation claims Thursday, August 23 in a fresh attempt to retrieve their lost bitcoins.

Crypto analyst Brian Kelly has predicted that approval of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund will "Likeliest" and "Earliest" come in February 2019, in an interview on CNBC's Fast Money August 23.

Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Ohio say they are interested in blockchain - but they're still figuring out how to put that enthusiasm into action.

Multiple Chinese authorities issued a stark warning about illegal fundraising attempts claiming affiliation with the cryptocurrency industry in a bulletin Friday, August 24.

William Mougayar, a former Ethereum Foundation adviser, has joined the board of directors at the Kin Ecosystem Foundation.

Creditors of the long-defunct bitcoin exchange Mt Gox can now begin submitting proof of their claims in a newly-approved rehabilitation process.

The de facto central bank of Singapore announced it had signed a deal with multiple big name entities to ease digital asset settlements in a press release Friday, August 24.

On Aug. 22, Blocktrade Technology and Valens Bank confirmed a partnership that will give banking clients access to crypto fund trading.

The probability of a bullish move in bitcoin has gone up in the last 24 hours.

Alipay, the biggest payment application in China valued at $150 billion, officially banned over-the-counter Bitcoin trading, prohibiting traders from utilizing Alipay accounts to initiate digital asset trades.

Singapore's stock exchange is working with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the city-state's de facto central bank, to utilize blockchain in a bid to improve the efficiency of securities settlement.

Regulatory agencies in China have jointly issued a warning against illegal fundraising and trading activities involving cryptocurrencies.

While the broader cryptocurrency community awaited the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's decision on Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds, the watchdog rejected all nine applications made by three different players in one sweeping move on Aug. 22.SEC's Clean Sweep.

That's a summary of the diverse set of ethereum stakeholders that will be in attendance at an upcoming developer call, according to Ethereum Foundation communication officer Hudson Jameson.

Diar, a group of researchers that publish weekly reports on the cryptocurrency sector, earlier this week revealed that the volatility of Bitcoin has declined to a 14-month low.

Ant Financial, the payments affiliate of Alibaba, is cooperating with Chinese regulators to scrutinize peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading using its Alipay mobile app.

Cryptocurrency payments provider Wirex has received an operating license from the U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority.

With bitcoin cash developers at each other throats, the year-old cryptocurrency might just split into two.