Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Japanese IT giant Fujitsu has developed a blockchain-based system for electricity exchange between enterprise consumers that aims to facilitate a more stable energy supply at peak periods.

Decentralized data aggregator Fluence Labs highlighted user uptake as the number one problem facing decentralized app developers in a new survey released on Jan. 29.

Pinched from the cartoon, the term wumbo now describes one of the next milestones for bitcoin's lightning network, the payments layer bitcoin developers are heads-down on in order to solve the digital money's biggest problem: that it only supports a few users right now - let a worldwide ecosystem.

United States transnational IT company Advanced Micro Devices released its Q4 revenue report on Jan. 29, broadly conforming to analysts' fears of a continued slowdown.

Upon the update, Substratum enthusiasts have launched nodes around the world to test the performance of the network, and so did we.

Two weeks after it first reported a hack, New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia is still compromised by cyber criminals, according to a blog post from blockchain infrastructure firm Elementus on Jan. 29.The exchange suspended services after detecting a major hack that reportedly "Resulted in significant losses" on Jan. 15.

Crypto was the Wild West, and the crypto cult shot itself in the foot.

Experts at financial services giant JPMorgan say that blockchain technology will provide benefits to banks and payment systems, Bloomberg reports on Jan. 29.JPMorgan's chair of global research, Joyce Chang, said, "Blockchain isn't going to reinvent the global payment system, but it will provide marginal improvements. The most meaningful impact will probably be three to five years away and mostly on trade finance."

Gemini crypto exchange, founded by brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, completed a SOC 2 Type 1 security compliance review, according to a post made on their Medium blog on Jan 29.An organization that undergoes a Service Organizational Control 2 audit aims to ensure that it has met the service criteria set by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Graphics card maker AMD announced its "Highest profitability in [seven] years" Tuesday, but expects its revenue to drop next quarter due at least in part to falling demand from cryptocurrency miners.

San Francisco-based blockchain firm TokenSoft has rolled out a beta version of its wallet for digital assets and digital securities, according to a press release published on Jan. 29.The new product called Knox Wallet provides cold storage and a self-custody platform for managing multiple assets, including both cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as tokenized assets such as real estate, equity, or debt.

A health startup tied to a public cryptocurrency is using overstated language about some of its industry relationships and its affiliation with crypto exchange Coinbase as it seeks to sell tokens to investors, a CoinDesk investigation has found.

Major United States-based firearms marketplace GunBroker.com will integrate a new stablecoin dubbed "FreedomCoin" as a payment method, according to a press release from the coin's developers, Jan 29.Blockchain startup ICOx Innovations announced the coin today as a "New regulatory compliant corporate currency." According to the firm's press release, the token will be used to make purchases on GunBroker.com - reportedly the world's largest website for hunting and sport shooting firearms.

Jan Van Eck, CEO of Van Eck Associates, told CNBC's ETF Edge that he believes many investors who sold gold for bitcoin during its climb to $20,000 are now returning to precious metals.

American investment firm Fidelity, which administers over $7.2 trillion in client assets, will purportedly launch its Bitcoin custody offering in March, Bloomberg reports on Jan. 29.Citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg states that this is the next step in a plan that started in October 2018, when Fidelity announced the launch of a new company, Fidelity Digital Asset Services.

Fidelity Investments' new crypto custody service may officially launch in March.

Ukraine-based crypto exchange Liqui is shutting down its services, citing a lack of liquidity, Cointelegraph Japan reports today, Jan. 28.

The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill to commission a study into how cryptocurrencies and online marketplaces can be used to facilitate sex and drug trafficking.

United States-based credit union service organization CULedger has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round for its credit union-focused blockchain platform, according to a press release published Jan. 29.

The system for managing waiting lists to kindergartens in the the Kazakh capital of Astana will implement blockchain technology in the beginning of February, local news website Elorda Info reports Tuesday, Jan. 29.In Kazakhstan, parents must apply to have their child accepted to a local kindergarten, which results in waiting lists for certain schools.

Shamoil T. Shipchandler, a former regional director at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission who oversaw several high-profile crypto cases, has left the agency for the global law firm Jones Day.

Blockchain-enabled web browser Brave has partnered with news website Cheddar to offer its users three months of free access to premium content, a press release reports Jan. 29.

Tuesday, Jan. 29 - most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate gains on the day at press time.

TokenSoft is rolling out what it describes as the first cold-storage custody service designed specifically for security tokens.

Charlie Lee, Litecoin's creator, declared that he will focus on making the major cryptocurrency more fungible in a tweet Jan. 28.

The Zurich University of Applied Sciences and major telecoms firm Swisscom have developed an integrated, certified e-signature to legally authenticate blockchain-powered smart contracts.

Iran's central bank said it would consider opinions from the cryptocurrency sphere prior to finalizing new draft regulations, according to a statement today, Jan. 29.

A site enabling consumers to buy Bitcoin using hundreds of different payment methods says demand is thriving despite declining cryptocurrency prices - with Africa being its biggest market.

United States merchant services provider and payment processing firm Aliant Payments has announced it will offer free crypto transaction processing to some merchants, according to a press release Jan. 29.

Switzerland-based crypto hardware wallet maker Tangem says it has been selected by the Republic of the Marshall Islands to produce the "Physical blockchain notes" for the nation's planned national digital currency.