Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Payments startup Ripple reported a sharp decline in XRP sales in the second quarter of 2018, when compared to the first three months of the year.

Investment firm Direxion has had the review of its Bitcoin exchange-traded fund application postponed until September 21.

Cryptocurrency exchange WEX continues to see prices well out of step with the broader market amid a near-total freeze on customer withdrawals.

Singapore Airlines has launched its own airline loyalty digital wallet that uses blockchain technology, it announced July 24.

A Hubble Space Telescope researcher is testing a blockchain network for processing the vast amounts of data produced.

The UK Overseas Territory of Gibraltar launched its Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange July 23, a press release confirmed, opening up cryptocurrency trading.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has delayed making a decision on whether to approve five bitcoin-related exchange-traded funds until September, public documents reveal on Tuesday.

As self-proclaimed "Scam" games experience the most usage amongst all decentralized applications, the emerging technology might be finding unsteady footing in the market.

China's Xiongan New Area government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ConsenSys to bring blockchain technology to the "Smart city," the South China Morning Post reported July 23.

New mining software promises to let almost anyone earn small amounts of bitcoin with a Windows laptop, giving users a taste of the cryptocurrency's early days.

Positive market sentiment pushes the value of Bitcoin beyond $8,000 for the first time since May 24, 2018, sparking anticipation of a possible bull run as predicted by market analysts such as eToro's Mati Greenspan.

TRON's long-rumoured acquisition of BitTorrent Inc., the operator of popular torrent client uTorrent, has been confirmed by TRON founder Justin Sun in a community letter published July 24.

China is building toward being a nation that separates the decentralized cryptocurrencies from the underlying blockchain.

KT Corporation, one of the two largest telecoms companies in South Korea, has launched a proprietary blockchain network, aiming to apply the technology across areas including ID verification, data roaming and energy trading.

Unocoin, a major Indian crypto wallet provider and exchange, has suspended rupee deposits and withdrawals "As per orders" from the country's central bank, according to Unocoin's blog post July 23.

The Libertarian Party candidate for Wisconsin governor will accept Bitcoin donations despite the state's Ethics Commission's finding them a "Serious challenge" to compliance with state law, local news agency the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported July 23.

On July 23, 2018, Bitcoin prices broke resistance at two-month highs and added $18 billion to its market cap in under a week.

Bitcoin market has had a bullish start to the week, but the momentum could wane in the next few days, technical studies indicate.

In the days following the strong upswing that kicked off across the crypto market on July 16 and accelerated further on July 17, Bitcoin has sustained positive momentum while other alts slid into negative territory.

4.Tracking the price of Bitcoin gives us a good indication of the overall cryptocurrency market in the past 18 months.

The venture capital arm of General Electric has joined a $12 million investment round in blockchain startup Xage Security in order to develop its security fabric for industries from energy to building management, a press release confirmed July 23.

Another Chinese city is launching a fund worth over $1 billion in order to support the development of blockchain-focused enterprises.

Global trade has long been viewed as one of the most conspicuous areas for instrumental application of distributed ledger technology, with both trade finance and supply chains relying on antiquated, unreliable systems of record keeping and trust management.

According to data website DappRadar, both games have amassed 20,000 ether in trading volume over the last 24 hours, a figure that puts them on par with top decentralized exchanges and that exceeds the highest highs of CryptoKitties, the blockchain's most famous viral decentralized application to date.

A study released in July 2018 by the Bank of Canada concludes the dreaded "Double spending" attack on public blockchains is an "Unrealistic" outcome.

Bitcoin's price has climbed back above $8,000 for the first time in two months, data shows.

This desktop-friendly bitcoin wallet, which can only be used with the anonymizing Tor browser, will be the first mainstream light wallet to offer CoinJoin transactions, dispatching lots of transactions at once to obscure their sources.

In-line with a strict government crackdown on all things crypto, a small province in China is forced to shut-down illegal bitcoin mining operations in the region before August 2018.Mining Crackdown.

The operator of now defunct Bitcoin stock exchange BitFunder has pleaded guilty to federal charges of obstruction of justice and securities fraud, Reuters reports July 23.

Canadian citizens used Bitcoin mainly for investment purposes in 2017, according to a study by the Bank of Canada published July 23.