Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Since Bitcoin's inception, many crypto aficionados have worked to dissociate their favorite digital coin from the notion that it may be used for illegal activity, and new data from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is proving that criminal activity in the space is massively shrinking.

The total market capitalization for all cryptocurrencies just fell to its lowest point in 2018.

A federal court judge in California has blocked a move that sought to dismiss a class action lawsuit alleging that the initial coin offering conducted by the Tezos Foundation violated securities laws in the U.S. The decision came Tuesday, as District Judge Richard Seeborg denied the motion filed by the Tezos Foundation and the cryptocurrency's founding couple Arthur and Kathleen Brietman, as well as their U.S.-based company Dynamic Ledger Solutions.

The recently launched Korea Blockchain Enterprise Promotion Association has called on the state to adopt crypto and blockchain technology, local news agency Korea Joongang Daily reports Aug. 8.

Since this figure doesn't factor in the revenue that would be lost to the piracy of sport, games, pay TV and other forms of media content, the sense is that the cost of piracy to the media industry is much larger than $52 billion.

While fake cryptocurrency accounts on Twitter may pass off as failed tactics to amateur investors, a major security researcher believes the epidemic is an elaborately-planned, carefully-executed cyberattack consisting of thousands of spam accounts.

It's not a secret that State Street, the giant U.S. custody bank, is looking to streamline the complex business of securities lending using blockchain.

Iran-based malware that demands a digital ransom in cryptocurrencies is on the rise and will further escalate in the present geopolitical climate, according to a report published by global management consulting firm Accenture on August 7.

Cryptocurrency-backed loan provider SALT Lending announced it has expanded into 20 new U.S. states on Wednesday.

User identity management remains critical to any dApps and is currently managed by "Trusted" third parties-a problem the ERC725 identity standard aims to solve.

The sellers made a strong comeback above $7,100 after the SEC exercised its right to postpone the decision on whether to approve a rule that would allow Chicago Board Options Exchange to offer shares of a BTC ETF issued by VanExk SolidX Bitcoin Trust.

A member of Ukraine's Electoral Commission revealed in an Aug. 7 Facebook post that they are working with NEM on a blockchain voting pilot.

Metronome supporters waited until the very end to buy the last available tokens.

The world of futures trading in Bitcoin for the traditional investor is still very new, as it only opened in December of last year when CBOE and CME launched their products to the market in what was expected to be a big boost for Bitcoin adoption.

Opera is launching its desktop web browser with built-in crypto wallet functionality, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Wednesday, August 8.

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A number of financial regulators from across the globe are forming a new alliance to facilitate the growth of financial technologies such as blockchain and distributed ledger technology.

Im, released a lightweight Sharding client, called Nimbus, to scale the Ethereum protocol and create a better ecosystem for decentralized applications in processing information.

The day Augur launched it breezed into the rankings of top ethereum dapps by daily active users - but the momentum didn't last long.

On June 26, the SEC received an application from Cboe Futures Exchange to launch the world's first Bitcoin ETF. Initially scheduled for a decision next week, the SEC has now postponed the application's deadline until late September.

A blockchain startup that sets out to offer cross-blockchain payments has announced it is planning to bring its existing stablecoin - a cryptocurrency tied to a stable asset - to the EOS network.

There are many words that could be used to describe Amir Taaki - but today, ambitious is best.

The price of XRP, the world's third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, fell to a new 2018 low on Wednesday.

At press time, all of the top ten cryptocurrencies other than Tether are in the red, according to Coin360.

Criminals were behind roughly 90 percent of all bitcoin transactions five years ago - a figure that has now declined to 10 percent.

Governor John Kasich of Ohio signed a new piece of legislation on August 3, 2018, that will enable new uses of blockchain technology within the U.S. state.

Generally, the FCA has demonstrated a positive regulatory approach towards cryptocurrencies.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed its decision on the listing and trading of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund until September 30, according to an official document released by the SEC August 7.

The overall cryptocurrency market has struggled to maintain an uptrend since its revival from a multi-month bear market.

As Capitol Hill comes to terms with the notion of a new financial landscape, the U.S. Chair of the Judiciary Committee has become the nation's first congress member to disclose holding cryptocurrencies.