Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Wednesday, June 12 - Top cryptocurrencies bitcoin, ether, and ripple are all in the green.

Precious metals streaming company Wheaton Precious Metals will use blockchain technology to facilitate its metal accounting processes, mining.com reported on June 12.

Payments company Square has hired former Google director Steve Lee as the first member of its new crypto team.

If the price maintains above $8,120, the bulls will try to push it to $9,053.

Napster creator Shawn Fanning's new company Helium has released its internet of things wireless hotspot devices with a blockchain-based incentives program, according to an official blog post by Helium on June 12.

Jack Dorsey's open-source Bitcoin initiative, Square Crypto, brings on a former Google project manager as its first hire.

A Ukrainian delegation has visited Estonia to get an expert evaluation of their e-government concept, according to a statement one the website of the Administration of the President of Ukraine published on June 12.

United States-based blockchain startup Spring Labs has raised $23 million in a Seed A funding round, according to a press release on June 12.

One has disclosed that it is a client of a lobbying firm in a disclosure form registered in May. In the document, Block.

The study, conducted by journalist Corin Faife, reportedly checked over 1 million code commits in GitHub to identify participation of open-source contributors that could be identified as women.

After a steady increase in the market valuation of Binance Coin, Binance DEX announced it would lower its fee structure.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bittrex has lowered trading fees for United States-based customers and announced its expansion to euro markets in a blog post published on June 12.

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is now listing two tokens from the exchange OKEx: its native utility token OKB and the stablecoin USDK, according to a press release on June 12.

Tron CEO Justin Sun is moving his $4.6 million lunch date with Warren Buffett to "The heartland of tech" aka Silicon Valley.

Coinbase announced the expansion of its crypto Visa debit card service to six new countries across Europe.

Craig Wright has been ordered to appear personally at mediation to address allegations that he stole 1.1 million bitcoin from Dave Kleiman, court documents filed on June 10 show.

While 691,134 were made by developers with a male name, just 47,678 were made by a female name.

The carbon emissions generated by bitcoin are comparable to the whole of Kansas City, and even a small country, according to a study published in the Joule journal on June 12.Christian Stoll, one of the researchers involved in the project, said the large energy consumption generated through mining translates into a significant carbon footprint.

The central bank of Brazil has officially launched its blockchain ID platform via a partnership with IBM using Hyperledger Fabric, Cointelegraph Brazil reported on June 12.

Tezos Foundation, a non-profit, educational wing of the smart contract and Dapp platform, announced Roman Schnider, co-creator of PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland's blockchain initiative, to supercede Eelco Fiole as Chief Financial Officer.

The Brazilian government will consider a draft bill that requires all units of local public administrations to promote new technologies such as blockchain, Cointelegraph Brazil reports on June 11.

Helium was founded to create a low-cost data network that IoT devices could access using consumer WiFi as its backend.

In recent months, the privacy it offers users has been steadily increasing, given that a number of coin-mixing services and add-ons are successfully providing more and more users with the anonymity that Bitcoin itself doesn't quite furnish on its own.

Russian authorities have signed an agreement with Danish logistics giant Maersk to officially launch blockchain shipping platform TradeLens, according to a press release on June 6.

French video gaming giant Ubisoft is allegedly exploring potential blockchain applications in gaming as a strategy to gain a more competitive edge in the industry.

Wednesday, June 12 - most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate gains on the day by press time, as bitcoin approaches the $8,000 mark again after breaching it earlier today.

European investment manager Peakside Capital Advisors has launched a real estate fund for the German market using blockchain technology, the company confirmed in a press release on June 12.

The crypto winter is likely to be ending, a senior executive at major American blockchain venture capital firm Digital Currency Group said in an interview with Bloomberg Technology on June 11.

A blockchain-powered platform built by IBM and Maersk and designed to facilitate international trade is to launch in Russia.

On June 21, the Financial Action Task Force will reportedly publish a note clarifying how participant nations should exercise oversight for the digital assets sector, according to FATF spokeswoman Alexandra Wijmenga-Daniel.