Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

While the IT titan isn't new to the world of crypto, stable coins have been attracting more mainstream players lately, and big league investments - from the likes of Andreessen Horowitz and Peter Thiel - have started pouring in.

Institutional bank Wells Fargo applied for a token-based patent on July 17, 2018, detailing a tokenization system method that protects customer data.

Sure, the situation wasn't long to last, as fees fell back to manageable levels, but the worry is this spike could always happen again - if, or dare we say it, when, bitcoin "Goes mainstream."

Five major crypto innovators have clinched four spots on Fortune's "40 Under 40" annual rankings for the most powerful young disruptors in global business, released for 2018 on July 19.

A British county police force has become the first in the country to seize and exchange bitcoins discovered during a criminal investigation.

San Francisco-based Coinbase backpedaled on its Security and Exchange Commision approval announcement after previously exciting a furor in cryptocurrency circles for claiming the contrary.

The world's fourth-largest telecoms provider, Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, has filed a patent for using blockchain tech for contract agreement, according to a U.S. Trademark and Patent Office release on July 19.

A state-backed financial asset exchange in China's Chongqing city is turning to blockchain to make online auctions tamper-proof and transparent.

Arthur Hayes, CEO of crypto trading platform BitMEX, has suggested Bitcoin's current bull run may give way to a price point of $5,000 before heading to $50,000 in 2018, CNBC reports July 19.

As reported by Reuters on July 19, 2018, cryptocurrency projects based in Switzerland are feeling the heat from banks and financial service businesses, with two banking providers ceasing operations for crypto-businesses in recent months.

At least, that's the latest finding from Cornell University researchers Philip Daian, Tyler Kell, Ian Miers and Ari Juels, who reached the conclusion in a paper published last week on a vote manipulation scheme it termed a dark decentralized autonomous organization, or "Dark DAO.".

The U.K. Law Commission, an independent agency set up by the U.K. parliament to propose legal reform actions, is starting a research project on law reform to bring clarity in the current system for using blockchain-based smart contracts.

As a smart contract platform boasting a focus on user experience, Tron recently launched its mainnet and began migrating off the Ethereum blockchain.

On July 17, 2018, eToro, the world's largest social investing platform, published a market research report on Cardano - the eighth largest cryptocurrency by market cap.

Huobi Group has announced the launch of a new platform, Huobi Cloud, that will allow users to build digital asset exchanges on top of Huobi's existing platform.

Japan's Internal affairs minister Seiko Noda has denied her involvement in a government investigation into the operation of a non-registered cryptocurrency exchange, local news outlet the Asahi Shimbun reported July 19.

As the ChronoBank white paper claims, it aims to "Revolutionize the short-term recruitment of real-world professions" by practically making any kind of work available on-demand - paid per hour, per day or even per second.

Japanese telecommunications giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone may be looking to invent a new contract agreements system based on blockchain technology, according to a patent application published Thursday.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a leading producer of microchips, has decreased its annual revenue and capital expenditure estimates following growth rate reduction in the smartphone and cryptocurrency mining fields, Business Times reported July 19.

A startup looking to build a credit scoring protocol on top of the recently-launched Ontology blockchain has raised $8 million in seed funding.

Global Head of Digital at HSBC, Josh Bottomley, said that the bank is "Cautiously looking" at cryptocurrency use cases, Forbes reported July 19.

The Vietnamese central bank, the State Bank of Vietnam announced it will suspend the import of cryptocurrency mining hardware, according to local news agency Viet Nam News July 19.

In the span of a few hours, it became Crypto Twitter vs U.S. Representative Brad Sherman.

Big-name insurers such as AIG, Allianz, Chubb, and XL Group are increasingly tailoring coverage options to protect businesses in the crypto space, Bloomberg reports July 19.

Popular payments provider Stripe made waves in 2015 after announcing the acceptance of Bitcoin for its merchant network.

Barclays Bank may be looking to blockchain to streamline fund transfers and know-your-customer processes, according to newly-released patent applications.

An unconventional candidate has triumphed in tron's ongoing blockchain elections: its own founder Justin Sun.

Leading Bitcoin exchange BitMEX has recorded the largest volume candle in the history of cryptocurrency, with over $2 billion traded within four hours on July 17, 2018.

Former Wall Street executive Mike Novogratz has recently predicted that mass adoption of crypto and blockchain is "Still five to six years away," Blokt blockchain and tech news outlet reports July 19.

MSX, the newly launched fintech arm of the Malta Stock Exchange, has inked several new deals aimed at creating new marketplaces for tokenized securities.