Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Members of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the U.S. Congress, must begin disclosing cryptocurrency investments that exceed $1,000.

South Korea's biggest cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb is scrambling to protect users funds after a large scale hack.

A new project for a stabilized cryptocurrency that would function "Like normal money," has received backing from Peter Thiel, Coinbase, Distributed Global, GSR.IO and 40 others, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph June 20.The developmental-stage stable-value crypto project is dubbed "Reserve," and closed a collective $5 mln seed round to develop a fully decentralized cryptocurrency that works "By locking up other cryptoassets in a smart contract in order to provide backing to the Reserve token and stabilize its price."

Rapper and singer Akon of twelve Billboard Top Ten Hits, including the famous "Smack That," has announced the creation of his own cryptocurrency for use in his new African "Akon Crypto City," Page Six reported yesterday, June 19.During a panel at Cannes Lion, Senegal-descended Akon said that his cryptocurrency, the Akoin, will be available in two weeks for use in the 2,000 acres of land recently given to him by the president of Senegal.

If the bulls manage to break out of the 20-day EMA, the BTC/USD pair should rally to $7,700 levels.

The chairman of Netmarble, one of the largest South Korean gaming companies, believes that blockchain technology will soon be applied across all industries, local news outlet EDaily reports June 20.Netmarble reported revenue of 1.5 trillion won in 2016, with a market cap of 12.86 trillion won today.

More than 1 million people signed up to trade cryptocurrencies in the days after mobile trading app Robinhood first announced the feature, co-CEO Vlad Tenev said at CB Insights' Future of Fintech conference on Wednesday.

Intel is working with blockchain startup Enigma to help secure its privacy-enhancing smart contracts.

Tether's long-contested assertion that its digital currency is backed by the appropriate amount of dollar holdings has been seemingly confirmed, Bloomberg reports June 20.According to an interview with Tether's general counsel Stuart Hoegner, law firm Freeh Sporkin & Sullivan LLP had access to two of Tether's bank accounts for weeks and released the amount of dollar holdings as of June 1, although not as part of an official audit.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is once again taking action against a co-founder of the PlexCoin cryptocurrency project, having previously sued him over securities violations and fraud in 2017.

Add Akon to the list of celebrities who are launching their own cryptocurrencies.

The U.S.' fourth-largest mobile network operator Sprint has partnered with blockchain startup NXM Labs to launch a 5G connected car platform powered by blockchain technology, the companies confirmed June 20.Sprint, which served 54 million US customers as of October 2017, will use the platform and its LTE network to provide passengers with mobile wifi, vehicle health monitoring and what it describes as the world's "First blockchain powered Internet-of-Things security system that guards against hackers."

With its auditor, Tether has finally produced a third-party report proclaiming that its cryptocurrency is fully backed by U.S. dollars - with some big caveats.

All of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap are seeing losses today, June 20, as data from Coin360 shows.

Bitcoin transaction fees have increased significantly due to a dramatic surge in network congestion associated with the recent Bithumb hack.

Brazil could soon have a new blockchain platform to ensure the authenticity of information exchanged between financial authorities.

UK-based crypto futures exchange Crypto Facilities is launching Litecoin derivatives contracts this Friday, according to a Coindesk report Wednesday, June 20.

South Korea electronics giant Samsung revealed a further blockchain implementation in an official announcement June 20, using the technology in a new logistics platform.

The Uruguayan chamber of fintech has announced the creation of a special committee for the development of crypto regulation framework, BNamericas reported Tuesday, June 19.

The Philippines' RIZAL COMMERCIAL Banking Corp announced plans to launch blockchain remittances to Japan June 20 in a partnership with two Japanese banks.

The South Korean Ministry of Science and Technology has launched an investigation into the theft of $30 mln from the world's sixth largest crypto exchange Bithumb, Yonhap News reports Wednesday, June 20.

Bitcoin suffered a minor dip last night after it was revealed that hackers had again breached a major cryptocurrency exchange, but the charts still favor a corrective rally to $7,000.

Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein reiterated his positive stance on cryptocurrencies in an interview with Bloomberg at the Economic Club of New York, June 19.

U.K.-based cryptocurrency futures trading platform Crypto Facilities is launching a litecoin derivative product.

Stock exchange operator Nasdaq has successfully tested a blockchain-based Proof-of-Concept that provides an efficient 24/7 securities collateral solution, according to a press release published Tuesday, June 19.

On Wednesday, roughly 35 billion Korean won in cryptocurrency was stolen by hackers from the South Korea-based exchange Bithumb.

Founded in 2017, ICON foundation made waves in the blockchain industry as one of the earliest community-focused platforms to connect separate blockchains.

As the migration from the ethereum blockchain to EOS own blockchain took place, EOS holders had to register their new EOS wallet addresses.

In violation of the rules of the EOS constitution, the project's 21 block producers have frozen seven accounts suspected to be compromised.

A group of predominant industry stakeholders have developed a blockchain platform to transfer collateral to central counterparties when trading securities.