Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Seattle-based blockchain venture capital firm Pitha announced the filing of the very first Schedule 13D SEC filing in history, listing cryptocurrency as a method of payment during a recent investment round in DigitalTown.

Ripple announced the launch of a new University Blockchain Research Initiative that will see Ripple Labs donate $50 million across 17 universities worldwide to promote academic research and blockchain innovation.

OKEx, the crypto-to-crypto trading platform launched by OKCoin, previously one of the major three exchanges in China, has rolled out a cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak recently became the latest tech titan to endorse Bitcoin.

I think rebalancing a crypto portfolio to reduce exposure to a single crypto asset is the most intuitive yet completely wrong move long term investors make.

Risk management giant LexisNexis has partnered with crypto exchange Blockbid to increase the exchanges security measures Blockbid reports on its Medium account June 4.

Microsoft publicly announced that it is buying GitHub for $7.5 billion - a move that has left many in the Bitcoin and blockchain community seething, and jumping ship over to GitHub's competitor, GitLab.

The City Court of St. Petersburg, Russia has overturned the District Court's previous decision to block crypto media website Bitcoininfo.

Blockchain is a significant departure from the way contracts and transactions have functioned for decades.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is a big believer - though not an investor currently - in bitcoin.

Fintech company Ripple Labs has employed Debevoise & Plimpton's Mary Jo White and Andrew Ceresney to represent them in a class action lawsuit for the alleged sale of unregistered securities, Law.com reported June 4.

Bitcoin has recently "Died" for the 300th time, according to 99Bitcoins Bitcoin obituary list.

Head of Binance Labs Ella Zhang thinks that if the Initial Coin Offering "Bubble bursts, it's a good thing for the industry," Bloomberg reported June 4.Zhang, who joined Binace less than two months ago, told Bloomberg that though the bull market remains positive thanks to a stable inflow of users, only the ICO bubble burst would open the industry to truly valuable projects.

According to research from Google Trends, web searches for the word "Bitcoin" dropped 75% since the beginning of 2018, halving in just the last three months, CNBC reports June 4.Co-founder of Datatrek Research and Wall Street Bitcoin analyst Nicholas Colas, cited by CNBC, links the decline in web searches to the coin's price rates that have similarly dropped by approximately 50 percent this year.

Days after first initiating its launch in an unorthodox, distributed process, the EOS blockchain isn't yet live, but so far, the software appears to be progressing toward that goal without major issues.

Blockchain startup Pundi X has begun rolling out its cryptocurrency point-of-sales devices in Indonesia, betting that the central bank will discard its current anti-cryptocurrency stance within three years, the South China Morning Post reported June 4.A POS terminal is an electronic device used to process card or electronic payments at sales outlets.

Slovenia's largest shopping city, the aptly named BTC City is on its way to becoming the world's first genuine "Bitcoin City." Slovenia's Prime Minister, Miro Cerar, recently visited to open the Beyond 4.0 international conference, and to learn more about BTC City's strategy to become a Bitcoin City.

Triwer, a blockchain-based logistics platform, is working on an app for the parcel shipment which would automatically plan the best delivery route.

Court records show that distributed ledger startup Ripple is being represented by two former Securities and Exchange Commission officials - including its onetime chairwoman, Mary Jo White - in an ongoing civil matter.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has created a new senior advisory position to oversee securities regulation of the crypto sphere, according to a press release published today, June 4.Ms. Valerie A. Szczepanik has been named Senior Advisor for Digital Assets, as well as Associate Director of the Division of Corporation Finance.

Ripple has unveiled their University Blockchain Research Initiative consisting of a $50 mln donation to 17 universities globally to support education in blockchain and crypto, Ripple Insights reports June 4.Ripple will also contribute technical resources and expertise as part of the initiative, allowing the universities to collaborate with Ripple on blockchain research and blockchain and crypto-based curriculum formation.

Broadcasters on Streamlabs, a Twitch streaming app, can now accept cryptocurrency as tips, the Steamlabs blog posted on June 1.According to NewZoo market intelligence provider, during the first quarter of 2018, the Amazon-owned Twitch garnered 2 bln viewing hours, with Steamlabs making up 15 percent of Twitch streams.

One of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's leading officials on cryptocurrency and token sales has been named to a new senior advisory position.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak said that "Only Bitcoin is pure digital gold" in an interview June 4, reaffirming his belief in the cryptocurrency despite having sold most of his holdings.

Conversely, if the digital currency breaks below $492.5, it can again decline to the support line of the channel, close to $464. We didn't find any buy setups at the current levels.

Cryptocurrency startup Coinbase is officially headed to Japan.

A company behind an ongoing initial coin offering has been issued a cease-and-desist notice from the U.S. state of Vermont.

The Indonesian Trade Ministry's Futures Exchange Supervisory Board has signed a decree to make cryptocurrency a commodity legally tradable on a stock exchange, local news outlet The Jakarta Post reports today, June 4.

Argentinian non-profit organizations Bitcoin Argentina and Bitcoin Americana have just launched a cryptocurrency awareness campaign "Bitcoineta," local news outlet Infobae reports Monday, June 4.

After banning Japanese residents from trading on its platform over "Compliance" issues, cryptocurrency exchange HitBTC said it plans to reopen trading in Japan via a "Registered entity," Cointelegraph Japan reported June 4.