Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Blockchain integration grows more prolific, as companies, educational institutes, and governments realize its solutions to various inefficiencies.

The Philippine central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, has approved applications filed by two new cryptocurrency exchanges, news outlet Business World reported July 6.

The German Federal Ministry of Finance considers the concept of a central bank-issued digital currency to be too risky to implement, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reported July 5.

On July 5th, 2018, in partnership with KALTENDIN, high-end Chinese clothing brand, Waltonchain introduced the WTC-Garment System- the world's first blockchain-based, clothing authenticity traceability system.

One of the largest Bitcoin mining companies globally, Bitmain, is now valued at $12 billion following a Series B round of funding, Chinese news outlet Caixin reports July 6.According to Caixin, Bitmain raised between $300 million to $400 million from Sequoia Capital subsidiary Sequoia China, U.S. hedge fund Coatue, and Singapore-based governmental investment fund EDBI. In September 2017, Beijing-based Bitmain received $50 million in a Series A funding round from Sequoia Capital and IDG Capital.

On June 25, Japan's Minister of Finance, senator Fujimaki suggested that the current tax rate for crypto transactions in the country, which goes up to a maximum of 55 percent, could be swapped with a 20 percent flat tax similar to stocks or forex trades.

After waiting nearly a year to get their tokens, the first thing many Tezos investors did was get rid of them.

France's "Monsieur Bitcoin" Jean-Pierre Landau released an initial report into cryptocurrency July 5, claiming it was "Neither desirable nor necessary" to regulate the technology.

Crypto markets continue to see mixed signals, but hold recent gains today, July 6, according to data from Coin360.

Set to launch summer 2018, StellarX brings traders a universal marketplace for peer-to-peer multi-asset exchange.

Chinese technology company Xunlei Limited, known to some as the BitTorrent of China, announced Friday that it has launched a new distributed file system aimed at supporting blockchain platforms.

A global blockchain consortium of telecom carriers has announced that six further major international telecoms firms are joining its ranks, CT Japan reports today, July 6.The consortium, dubbed 'The Carrier Blockchain Study Group' has also today unveiled the creation of a new blockchain working group that will focus on global remittance services.

The world's first security token exchange, tZERO confirmed a $160 million investment by GSR Capital.

Lee has a target of $20,000 and higher for Bitcoin by the end of 2018.We don't concur with his target levels from the technical analysis point of view.

Presumably pending the all-clear from regulators, HBUS will for now not be open to residents of Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, New York, North Carolina, Hawaii, Vermont, and Washington.

Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has hired former New York Stock Exchange chief information officer Robert Cornish to serve as its first chief technology officer.

As the three-month period came to a close this week, the final figures indicate bitcoin fell 8 percent according to CoinDesk's Bitcoin Price Index, snapping a 7-year win streak for the market's leading cryptocurrency.

Seattle-based cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex announced the upcoming launch of a new cryptocurrency exchange focusing on the European market.

Facebook appears to be getting more serious about blockchain, having recently named an engineering director dedicated to the technology.

Switzerland's principal stock exchange SIX announced today, July 6, that it will open a "Fully-regulated" cryptocurrency exchange next year.

Analysts for Bernstein contended in a report published Friday that the cryptocurrency ecosystem is developing an alternative to Wall Street.

As the VP of the Blockchain Society chapter at Bothell, Deryck is focused on educating people on blockchain technology.

A cloud platform, with the goal of building a fairer internet, has made its mainnet live - allowing its growing suite of network-ready applications to offer faster and more secure hosting services for websites, APIs, apps and e-commerce stores.

Financial market research firm Fundstrat's Tom Lee defended his position that Bitcoin could trade at anywhere from $22,000 to $25,000 by the year's end, in two CNBC interviews Thursday, July 5.Lee made sure to clarify to reporters that his most recent $22,000 price prediction is emphatically not a bearish retreat from his previous forecasts of $25,000.

Europe's largest, high-speed trading technology and exchange-traded products platform made the jump into crypto despite resistance from regulators.

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance "Expects" profits to reach $1 bln in 2018, CEO Changpeng Zhao told Bloomberg in an interview today, July 6.

Bitcoin price is stuck in a $400 range defined by key technical levels and the direction of the breakout will likely set the tone for the next move in the cryptocurrency.

The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission officially announced the upcoming launch of a new regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, scheduled to come into effect July 16, 2018.

Switzerland's principal stock exchange has announced that it is developing a blockchain-based platform to tokenize traditional securities.

Partido Popular, the ruling party within Spain's four-party political system, submitted a blockchain-focused proposal to the Spanish Congress of Deputies aiming to promote the integration of blockchain technology into the governance structure of the country.