Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin is teasing a minor rally today, having defended key support at $6,230 despite a string of bad news.

North Korean hackers have infected a cryptocurrency exchange with malware for both Windows and macOS for reportedly the first time, Russian internet security company Kaspersky Lab announced Thursday, August 23.

Hawaii's Democratic Representative Tulsi Gabbard has joined the list of U.S. politicians who have invested in cryptocurrency, having disclosed purchases of Litecoin and Ethereum, Bloomberg reports Thursday, August 23.

The World Bank is expected to settle its first blockchain-based bond worth $73 million this month.

Launched Aug. 22, Revolut released a new metal debit card that gives customers cashback in cryptocurrency.

To that end, burning tokens, or destroying the cryptographic keys to these assets so they can't ever be recovered, has proven to be a selling point for investors, with ICO white papers finding projects promising they will destroy new tokens as they return to the issuer as earnings.

Two prominent, China-based cryptocurrency businesses are undergoing contrasting fortunes; while Bitmain is facing flak for several inconsistencies in its investor deck and competition from mining rivals, the Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange just moved into the world's most expensive office.

Chinese regulators are moving to block more than 100 overseas crypto exchanges offering trading services to domestic investors.

The Division of Consumer and Business Education of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission published an article August 21 titled "How to avoid a Bitcoin blackmail scam."

With more Bitcoin ETF decisions on the horizon, cryptocurrency traders are adopting new methods to forecast upcoming rallies-including trader Jacob Canfield, who has developed a Bitcoin indicator that uses CNBC tweets to predict prices.

His startup, Kuvacash, was seeded with a grant for roughly $550,000 worth of the cryptocurrency from the Dash Treasury DAO, a pool of mining rewards that allows dash fans worldwide to submit proposals and vote on which ideas get funding.

The commissioner of Japan's financial regulator the Financial Services Agency said that the agency wants the cryptocurrency industry to "Grow under appropriate regulation," in an interview with Reuters August 22.

Below, CryptoSlate takes a closer look at why VeChain and Ontology have both gained over 50 percent this week.

A Norway-based crypto mining farm accused of making too much noise may have to suspend its operations due to regulatory problems.

WeChat, the Chinese messenger app owned by Tencent, has banned several blockchain and cryptocurrency media accounts.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected a total of nine applications to list and trade various Bitcoin exchange-traded funds from three different applicants, according to a three separate orders published by the SEC today, August 22.

The South Korean National Assembly has kickstarted an "Extraordinary" meeting for discussing ICO regulation, cryptocurrency and blockchain frameworks, as well as other steps to support optimal growth of the digital assets sector, Business Korea reported.

Retail investors have long awaited a Bitcoin ETF to draw in an influx of new institutional capital.

UPDATE: The SEC has also disapproved two bitcoin ETFs from GraniteShares.

A copycat Ethereum application on Google Play came under scrutiny earlier this week-scamming users under the pretext of selling them 1 ether, without selling any actual ether.

On August 21, at 01:00 AM UTC time, Bitcoin prices surged, breaking out of the overhead resistance at $6,617.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is warning consumers warns about a new type of bitcoin scam aimed at blackmailing men.

Dogecoin's much-awaited bridge to the Ethereum blockchain will soon be released following a 13-month long development period, according to the Medium blog.

U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii bought litecoin and ether late last year, a recently-published financial disclosure shows.

Once a unified front, the leadership of Bitcoin Cash has fractured into warring factions, and it appears that it's headed toward not one, but two contentious forks.

LumenLab, an affiliate to insurance giant MetLife's Asia bureau, has successfully trialed a blockchain-powered insurance product to offer financial protection to pregnant women with a risk of gestational diabetes.

Crypto mining giant Bitmain may be losing its advantage in developing miners amid other potential cash-flow issues, according to a new report.

Last month, Tron Foundation CEO Justin Sun acquired distributed technologies giant BitTorrent.

August 22: The crypto markets are seeing a second flush of green, with virtually all of the major cryptocurrencies seeing solid growth on the day, as Coin360 data shows.

Liechtenstein bank Union Bank AG announced it was issuing its own security tokens and in-house cryptocurrency backed by fiat in a press release Friday, August 17.