Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

Dutch banking and financial services group ING has inked a five-year licensing deal with blockchain consortium startup R3 for use of its Corda Enterprise platform.

Top 5 Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has plans to launch its own stablecoin this year as part of its 2019 road map, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Jan. 22.

Tuesday, Jan. 22 - most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are seeing slight to moderate losses on the day to press time.

Overstock has promoted Joel Wright to chief operating officer of Medici Ventures, the company's blockchain venture fund.

An Icelandic man has received a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence for stealing Bitcoin mining equipment, local English-language news outlet Iceland Monitor reported Jan. 17.

Adena Friedman, president and CEO of Nasdaq Inc., says that cryptocurrency "Deserves an opportunity to find a sustainable future in our economy," in a post on LinkedIn, published Jan. 20.

The proof-of-work algorithm used by bitcoin and some other cryptocurrencies is not viable in the long-term and needs to be replaced, argues a new study from the Bank of International Settlements.

On darknet market Dread, a vendor going by ExploitDOT was reported to have been selling KYC data from exchanges in a sub-community.

Bitcoin is witnessing the longest stretch of range-bound price activity in three months.

Crypto exchange Coinbase is launching cross-border wire transfers for institutional clients in Asia, the U.K. and Europe.

Financial authorities in the Netherlands are planning a licensing scheme for crypto exchanges and wallet service providers to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing.

Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten has announced a revision to its corporate restructure, setting up a new payments subsidiary that includes its cryptocurrency business, Cointelegraph Japan reported Jan. 21.

The VIX measures the 30-day forward-looking volatility of the S&P 500 to gauge the market's fear and risk tolerance, which is why it is commonly referred to as the "Fear gauge" for the broader U.S. stock market.

To celebrate the milestone, Storm Play account holders have the opportunity to win prizes worth $10,000 in BTC, STORM, BNB, or ETH via the company's Twitter competition.

The on-chain transaction value of Ethereum hit an all time high in December 2018, crypto analytics firm Diar reports on Jan. 21.On-chain transaction levels of the third largest cryptocurrency reached 115 million in December 2018, an all-time high excluding the activity following a hard fork caused by the DAO hack in 2016.

The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras has signed an agreement under which it will collaborate with IBM on its shipping platform Tradelens, Europa News reported on Jan. 21.

09 if the price rebounds sharply from the support, because that would indicate a strong demand at lower levels.

Compliance platform for digital securities Securitize has joined the IBM Blockchain Accelerator program, Forbes reports on Jan. 21.

Two executives from South Korean crypto exchange Komid have been handed down jail time for faking trading volume and deceiving investors.

Huw van Steenis, senior adviser to Bank of England's Governor Mark Carney, told Bloomberg in an interview Monday, Jan. 21, that cryptocurrencies fail fundamental financial tests.

Crypto wallet provider Blockchain.com is seeking to partner with an unnamed stablecoin project by the end of 2019, the firm's CEO Peter Smith revealed in an interview with crypto news agency The Block Jan. 21.

Recent layoffs at blockchain software technology company ConsenSys did not exceed 10 percent of staff.

Decentralized Artificial Intelligence firm SingularityNET has announced a partnership with agriculture-focused blockchain startup Hara at the World Web Forum, according to a press release shared with Cointelegraph Jan. 21.

South Korean crypto exchange Coinnest is looking to take back cryptocurrencies accidentally sent to clients in an airdrop.

Blockchain can allow for the creation of a borderless economy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Silvio Micali claimed in a interview on Bloomberg's Daybreak Asia, Jan. 21.

Chinese non-profit Zhiyuan Hui - reportedly the world's largest volunteer service platform - has announced its partnership with token economy infrastructure firm EveriToken.

Wyoming may soon become the first state in the U.S. to provide clear banking permissions for cryptocurrencies and digital assets.

Switzerland-based Falcon Private Bank has introduced support for direct transfers and storage of select cryptocurrencies, according to an official press release published on Jan. 21.

Bitcoin's problems are only solvable by departing from a proof-of-work system, according to research published by the Bank for International Settlement on Jan. 21.

Update: Beam has now announced: "The fix was commited on Github. We will be performing additional testing. We will release the binaries in the coming hours. Thanks for your patience."