Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

The Utility Settlement Coin project - led by some of the world's largest banks - has announced the creation of a new firm and closure of an accompanying £50 million Series A financing round.

Bitcoin has gone through a significant bullish movement that has seen its price rise 190 percent since the low of Dec. 15, 2018, when it was trading at $3,130.

Three blockchain technology companies have joined a multi-industry consortium dedicated to protecting members against the threat of patent assertion entities - more commonly known as patent trolls.

United States regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is in talks with Facebook about its upcoming stablecoin launch, the Financial Times reported on June 2.

Helsinki-based peer-to-peer exchange LocalBitcoins has reportedly removed the option allowing users to buy or sell cryptocurrencies in person for cash.

Big-box retail giant Walmart has joined MediLedger, a consortium building a blockchain for tracking the provenance of pharmaceuticals.

Global settlement firm OKLink, a subsidiary of major cryptocurrency exchange OKEx, will launch its stablecoin today, June 3, an OKEx representative told Cointelegraph.

The company behind Slush Pool, the first cryptocurrency mining pool to make its services publicly available, is rebranding.

Craig Wright, the controversial Bitcoin SV creator claiming to be Satoshi Nakamoto, accused crypto exchange Binance and stablecoin company Tether of funding prostitution and slavery.

Major cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is looking to launch the USDT stablecoin operated by sister firm Tether on the Lightning Network, crypto news outlet The Block reported on May 31.

EOS holders voted to reduce the annual inflation rate from 5% to 1% as of June 1, according to data on the voting platform maintained by EOS Block Producer EOS Authority.

To start with, let me take a position: I stand with those people, especially women, who've lately been calling out maltreatment from members of the bitcoin community and citing rude and abusive behavior as proof of that community's lack of inclusiveness.

Facebook has started a discussion with the U.S. Commodity and Futures Trading Commission over the social media giant's crypto stablecoin initiative.

Smartwatch users can now receive bitcoin lightning payments in seconds thanks to the new BlueWallet app.

The panel, which also featured MIT professor and former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Gary Gensler, was on crypto regulation, and the main point of contention was whether it is better done on the federal or state level.

The decentralized exchange developed by major cryptocurrency exchange Binance will block access to users based in 29 countries.

Wealthier nations trade more cryptocurrencies compared to poorer countries, according to research by crypto news outlet The Block.

On May 30, overnight, the valuation of the crypto market dropped by $19 billion as the price of bitcoin briefly dropped from $9,000 to $8,000 - a staggering 11% within a few hours on exchanges like Bitstamp.

A bar in Japan is teaming up with a locally-based lightning startup to let customers pay for sparkling wine and soft drinks using the experimental payments network.

One, the company behind EOS, announced on June 1st that it will launch a blockchain-powered social media platform.

A newly-proposed relay protocol could reduce the "Transaction bandwidth" used up by bitcoin nodes by up to 75%. Called Erlay, the proposed protocol alters the way transactions are relayed so that they use significantly less bandwidth, an important resource for the nodes that make up the network.

Peter McCormack, the host of the "What Bitcoin Did" podcast, has seen increased support from the crypto community in his fight against Craig Wright's libel lawsuit.

The crypto curious can now get up to $10 in EOS tokens by watching videos on Coinbase Earn.

One has announced a blockchain-based social media platform called Voice, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on June 1.

While Facebook pursues crypto, crypto is pursuing social media.

Head of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology at the World Economic Forum, Sheila Warren, claims that blockchain could be a solution to the worsening trust crisis globally.

Saturday, June 1 - most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting slight gains on the day by press time, as bitcoin approaches the $8,600 mark.

One, Dan Larimer, revealed that on June 1, EOS will make the "Biggest announcement" since EOSIO was launched.

The United States is the top source of traffic to cryptocurrency exchanges globally, Cointelegraph Japan reported on June 1.

Establishing the new fund with an endowment of $5 million, Kik is calling on sympathetic members of the crypto community to donate cryptocurrencies, in case the initial $5 million isn't sufficient to negotiate with the SEC and possibly "Take them on in court."