Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

The government of South Korea announced it had excluded cryptocurrency exchanges from legislation governing venture businesses in a press release issued Monday, August 13.

Enterprise-focused blockchain startup Axoni has raised $32 million in a funding round led by Goldman Sachs and other high-profile banks and venture capital investors, Forbes reports August 14.

A U.S. district judge has denied an investor's effort to move a lawsuit against payments firm Ripple to a lower court.

David Marcus has stepped down from the Coinbase board, citing a conflict of interest.

Marijuana advocacy publication High Times is walking back a previous announcement indicating that it would accept bitcoin when it launches its initial public offering.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that it had secured new prohibitions against the founder of a company behind an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering.

Airlines and airports are functioning on outdated methods of information collection and distribution, using many isolated operating systems where data exchange can be timely and unsecure - despite a reported 170 percent increase in the past 20 years of U.S. outbound trips abroad. Major competitors have recognized how the characteristics of the aviation industry align with blockchain, which has the potential to streamline data sharing among information silos in airports - and with ancillary travel enterprises more broadly - to create a seamless and secure travel experience.

Undaunted by the SEC's second Bitcoin ETF proposal rejection, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss appear to be charging full steam ahead with their cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, Gemini.

New code is set to be released that would make obsolete the mining hardware designed by chip maker Bitmain for the decentralized storage protocol siacoin.

The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs is working on new crowdfunding regulations that could extend to some initial coin offerings, according to a draft report published August 10.

Enterprise-focused blockchain startup Axoni has completed a $32 million Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs and Nyca Partners.

Bitcoin prices fell below $6,000 for the first time since the end of June Tuesday, August 14, as the cryptocurrency community remains resilient.

State officials in Saudi Arabia reissue warnings against trading and investing in cryptocurrencies.

A blockchain startup wants to raise nearly $100 million dollars to create a new form of fantasy football.

AirSwap is rolling out some pro tools to attract institutional investors to its decentralized exchange for ethereum tokens.

Down two-thirds from its peak of $20,000, bitcoin now risks printing fresh 2018 lows below $5,755.

The Jamaica Stock Exchange has announced that it will soon be offering cryptocurrencies as tradeable assets for its clients.

Europe-based KamaGames will launch its own token to allow its more than 100 million players a new, easier alternative to purchasing in-game chips.

Mobile payments firm Square now lets customers buy and sell bitcoins via its Cash App in all 50 U.S. states.

For most of that period, it remained around 12 percent to that of BTC. The price saw all-time-highs of around 20 percent of BTC in the fall 2017 rally but slowly diminished back down to normalcy.

Following news of a delayed Bitcoin ETF decision, the overall cryptocurrency market began to fall from its recent recovery.

South Korea's Jeju island is seeking to become a free zone for initial coin offerings - a plan that, if approved, would allow crypto projects to conduct token sales in the self-governing province despite the country's tough stance on the issue.

Barbados-based fintech startup Bitt Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten to research the possibility of issuing a digital guilder, according to an August 12 press release.

Those running lightning nodes are earning a little extra bitcoin.

A group of researchers claims to have have hacked the Bitfi wallet, the Next Web reported August 12.

The price of bitcoin fell below $6,000 on Tuesday, a move that brought the world's largest cryptocurrency within 2 percent of its 2018 low.

Falling prices have sent the total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies back below $200 billion.

XRP, the world's third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, fell to its lowest price of 2018 on Tuesday.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School has received a $20 million research grant to improve the security capabilities of electronic payment systems, China News reported Aug. 12.

The U.S. District Court, Northern District of California has ruled to deny a motion to remand against Ripple, its subsidiary XRP II, and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, according to an official document issued August 10.