Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

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.

In what is being called a world first, the World Bank has ordered the creation of a blockchain-based bond through Australia's Commonwealth Bank.

A governmental committee of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has warned the public that trading digital currencies is illegal in the country, according to an Aug. 12 announcement by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority.

Spanish left-wing political coalition Unidos Podemos has called on the state to explore and implement the benefits of blockchain technology, local news agency Europa Press reported August 12.

The Communist Party of China has recently released a primer on blockchain technology and its possible applications, according to an official press release on the CPC website Aug. 13.

Cryptocurrency exchange and wallet service provider Coinbase has announced updates to its Index Fund in a blog post published today, August 13.

A draft proposal by the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs suggests creating new regulations for public initial coin offerings, according to a document published Friday.

The 50-day SMA has been flat for the past few days, which increases the probability of a consolidation in the near term, whereas the falling 20-day EMA shows that the bulls will make another attempt to break the support zone.

August 13: Crypto markets have today failed to sustain their short-lived recovery, with Ethereum plummeting to a multi-month low below $300 and only a scant few altcoins spared from the widespread losses, as Coin360 data shows.

Surfaced documents suggest that Bitmain has accumulated nearly $1 billion worth of Bitcoin Cash, raising eyebrows over the cryptocurrency's role in a prospective $18 billion initial public offering.

According to several local projects, brokers are demanding millions of dollars to be paid out for unconditional listings.

South Korea announced it would "Nurture" eight sectors of the domestic economy, including blockchain, by investing 5 trillion won next year, local media outlet Yonhap reports Monday, August 13.

Ether, the world's second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, fell to its lowest price of 2018 on Monday.

Marvel is not yet sure if it will oppose a cryptocurrency startup playing off the name of the fictional nation of Wakanda from the Black Panther film.

Bitcoin.com CEO Roger Ver has hinted his publication may launch an ICO as he unveiled a new tool allowing developers to issue tokens on the Bitcoin Cash blockchain in a Bitcoin.com video August 11.

Barbados-based blockchain startup Bitt is partnering with the Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten to look into issuing a central bank-backed digital currency for the two nations.

Jonathon Gagliardoni hosted the first Token Forum Seattle on Aug. 9 at the Columbia Tower Club, bringing together a group of crypto industry leaders, experts and advocates for a deeper look into blockchain's most important topics.

Two new patents from Microsoft reveal that the tech giant is looking to bolster its blockchain solutions with the use of trusted execution environments, according to two filings published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office August 9.

Bitcoin jumped to seven-month highs against Turkey's national currency, the lira, on Monday.

Regtech and compliance startup iComply has just completed a seed funding round led by former Standard and Poor's president Deven Sharma.