Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

With the first half of 2018 coming to a close, leading global audit firm KPMG is reviewing the impact of blockchain on the maturing fintech market.

A long-secret cryptocurrency project whose investor deck once touted Burning Man as central to its anti-capitalist ethos has finally arrived.

That's how CEO of RandomCrypto, Josh Metnick, described his newly released tool that calculates the profitability of bitcoin mining - the process of solving puzzles to earn bitcoin, usually only possible with expensive processors called ASICs.

A new blockchain-based e-commerce marketplace claims its centralized rivals are harming the sector by overcharging buyers and unfairly treating merchants - and plans to launch a new model, offering "Complete shopping protection, data security and minimal commission."

Major U.S. crypto exchange and wallet Coinbase has started rolling out British pound support, according to an official blog post August 1.

Starting August 1, 2018, Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb will no longer issue new virtual accounts due to the failure to renew a banking contract.

A former cryptocurrency trader and exchange operator from the U.S. state of Arizona, has been sentenced to 41 months in jail for laundering drugs money with bitcoin.

There may be another link less explored: are video games - specifically, "Indie games" - making people more creative?

To that end, the country's Securities and Exchange Commission published draft rules governing ICOs on Thursday, and is now seeking public feedback before they can go into effect.

Shares in Mike Novogratz's crypto-focused merchant bank plunged 20 percent during their trading debut on a major Canadian stock exchange Wednesday, August 1, CNBC reported.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's payments service Square generated over $70 mln in Bitcoin revenues in the first half of 2018, the company revealed in a quarterly report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission August 1.

There isn't enough information at the disposal of the advertiser regarding what they're buying and how much they're paying for viewed ads.

Having defended the key support of $7,455, bitcoin bulls now need a quick move higher in order to neutralize the threat of a short-term bearish reversal.

Announced July 31, 2018, investment banking giant Morgan Stanley hired a former Credit Suisse VP to head its digital assets division.

In-development decentralized payments platform Logos Network has successfully raised $3 million in seed funding, the startup announced Thursday.

More specifically, a Github proposal to change the structure of the NEO token - one of two tokens native to the network - has the project's token holders up in arms.

The Coinbase-backed venture, Fuel Games, recently launched the presale of Gods Unchained, the world's first blockchain-based eSports game.

Mobile payment firm Square said it made $37 million in revenue from bitcoin sales in the second quarter of 2018.

On July 30, 2018, the IOHK Foundation announced the launch of the second Cardano testnet, the IELE virtual machine smart contract update.

Originally added to ease a transition in which ethereum would change how participants on its blockchain come to agreement - migrating from bitcoin's pioneering proof-of-work algorithm to an alternative called proof-of-stake - the difficulty bomb is set to reactivate in early 2019.

Former drinks manufacturer-turned-blockchain development company Long Blockchain Corp. has been issued a subpoena by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Bloomberg reported August 1.

The state government of the Australian province of Queensland will issue a grant to a crypto startup as part of over $8.3 million of innovation funding, according to an official announcement published August 1.

Valve, the parent company of popular gaming marketplace Steam, redacted a nefarious indie game that allegedly deployed cryptocurrency mining malware on user computers under the guise of an interactive application.

The recently released personal identification authorization tool Telegram Passport from messenger app Telegram is vulnerable to brute force attacks, according to an Aug. 1 report by cryptographic software and services developer Virgil Security, Inc. On July 26, Telegram announced the launch of Telegram Passport designed to encrypt users' personal ID information and let them share their ID data with third parties such as initial coin offerings ICOs, crypto wallets, and anyone complying with know your customer regulations.

The volume of Bitcoin used in commerce has declined significantly over the course of the last year, Bloomberg reports Aug. 1.

IBM with CLS - a foreign exchange settlement provider handling $5 trillion a day, launched a trial with a number of leading financial institutions to test their 'LedgerConnect' platform for blockchain-based applications.

Crypto exchange Coinbase is now offering deposits and withdrawals denominated in the British pound, the firm announced Wednesday.

One year ago to the day, Bitcoin Cash came into existence after a hard fork from the Bitcoin blockchain.

August 1: Crypto assets have seen a second day of losses, with Bitcoin now well below the $8,000 psychological price point and most of the major crypto assets in the red, according to data from Coin360.

Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings will expand its crypto business portfolio by acquiring a 12 percent stake in Clear Markets, according to SBI's financial results report published July 31.