The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

An asset manager wants to have a go at a bitcoin-options-based fund as major exchanges make crypto derivatives trading more accessible to investors.

A new software based on the Hyperledger Fabric blockchain was launched for commodities trading for the gas industry.

Sunday, Sept. 27 - All of the top-20 cryptocurrencies by market cap continue to struggle following the sudden nosedive on Tuesday, Sept. 24.Cryptocurrency market daily overview.

Last week was a tough week for Bitcoin as sentiment shifted from bullish to bearish after the price fell from just under $10,000 to below $8,000 in a matter of hours on Sept. 24.

Here is the past week of cryptocurrency and blockchain news in review, as originally reported by Cointelegraph Japan.

All for cryptocurrencies?In recent years, North Korea has become very interested in creating its own cryptocurrency and has a sufficient level of competence to move forward with this plan, as Alejandro Cao de Benos, a special representative of the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, said.

The SEC wrote that the requirements apply to those who offer and sell securities in the United States,"Regardless whether the issuing entity is a traditional company or a decentralized autonomous organization, regardless whether those securities are purchased using U.S. dollars or virtual currencies, and regardless whether they are distributed in certificated form or through distributed ledger technology."

SatoshiTango was one of the first crypto exchanges in Latin America and is still a major player in the ecosystem.

Successful traders treat trading like a business and part of treating your trading like a business involves keeping a journal.

If successful, the pair might attempt a pullback that will face resistance at $1.36.On the other hand, if the support zone at $1.0464-$1.0075 breaks down, it can drop to the next support at $0.80.

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Despite growing adoption, cryptocurrencies still face a number of challenges in Cuba, including limited access to crypto exchanges, lack of a pertinent regulatory apparatus and the growing popularity of a gold-backed MLM stablecoin.

Among other things, the plaintiffs allege that Ripple has raised hundreds of millions of dollars through the sale of XRP - an asset that the plaintiffs allege is an unregistered security - to retail investors in violation of the registration provisions of federal and state securities laws.

Fusion Network's token swap wallet was compromised.

Asian institutional investors, mostly high-net-worth individuals and family offices, are increasingly showing interest in digital assets, with some having allocated part of their portfolios to crypto hedge funds.

A bug in all Zcash implementations and most of its forks could leak metadata containing the full nodes' with shielded addresses IPs.

"Ethereum is only now starting to shrug off its 'PTSDAO,'" tweeted Ameen Soleimani, the SpankChain CEO and creator of a now-$1.2 million decentralized autonomous organization called the MolochDAO. After an infamous hack drained "The DAO" of roughly $60 million in 2016, developers have been hesitant to kickstart new projects in its likeness.

Cryptocurrency derivatives firm LedgerX alleges that former United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission chairman Christopher Giancarlo obstructed the approval of its amended Derivatives Clearing Organization registration because of personal bias against the firm's CEO Paul Chou.

The country's crypto gambling industry still endures strict gambling regulations.

Ventures, an investment company providing initial funding, acceleration and advisory support to blockchain projects, announced that it's Starfleet Accelerator program surpassed $1.6M in investments and opened applications for the third round.

Cardano CEO Charles Hoskinson announced that New Balance will be using the Cardano blockchain to help authenticate its products.

Brazil has seen another tumultuous week in the cryptocurrency industry as the central bank of Brazil wants to use blockchain technology starting in 2020, the president of Unick Forex continues to claim they pay customers on time, and the Brazilian Securities Commission investigates the alleged fraudulent activities of more crypto-related companies.

A new complaint filed in Utah accuses Overstock.com, former CEO Patrick Byrne and former CFO Greg Iverson of securities fraud.

The German-speaking world has experienced another week full of exciting developments in the crypto industry, with a Berlin-based fintech startup receiving $1.5 million to develop its own blockchain, German experts warning about Facebook's crypto coin, and the Federation of German Industries asking the government to create suitable conditions for blockchain.

The government of the Republic of Uzbekistan has ordered a 300% increase on electricity tariffs for cryptocurrency miners.

LedgerX executives claim the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is treating them unfairly - because of a blog post.

ConsenSys, a blockchain startup founded by Ethereum's co-founder Joseph Lubin, and the World Wildlife Fund have jointly launched the Impactio platform to bring transparency into philanthropy.

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The Congress of the Republic of Peru spoke about the potential of blockchain tech, blockchain firm Aeternity revealed the development of a network that enables the management of the supply chain of medical cannabis, Venezuela's central bank explored the possibilities of holding crypto in its coffers, and a subsidiary of Argentinian smart contract platform RSK purchased Latin America's social media giant Taringa.

The Central Bank of Venezuela is exploring whether to hold Bitcoin and Ethereum in its international reserves.