Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

North Korea has attempted to mine Bitcoin, Yonhap News reported August 27, citing a report compiled by a research unit from South Korea's state-run Korea Development Bank.

Alipay and its parent company Ant Financial announced a partnership with local Chinese authorities to use blockchain for ensuring the authenticity of rice, local media report August 28.

Growth among the top ten largest assets ranges between 4.5 to almost 20 percent, as Coin360 data shows.

With rising blockchain integration, industries across the board are facing a shortage of software engineers familiar with the space.

Morgan Creek Digital and crypto index provider Bitwise are teaming up to launch a new index fund aimed at institutional investors looking to enter the digital asset market.

University students are clamoring for more courses about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

At press time, bitcoin is trading at an average price of $7,064 across exchanges, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index, having peaked at just above $7,070 today so far.

Morgan Creek Digital, the crypto-focused arm of Bitcoin bull Mark Yusko's multi-billion-dollar investment advisory firm Morgan Creek Capital, has joined hands with Bitwise Asset Management to launch a cryptocurrency index fund for institutions and elite investors.

Lloyd's of London, the centuries-old insurance marketplace, is quietly providing cover against the theft of cryptocurrencies.

"Big Four" auditor Deloitte's 2018 blockchain survey, published August 27, reveals that the technology is gaining significantly - if unevenly - in traction at the executive level of enterprises across diverse industries.

Germany's joint stock company Deutsche Boerse has furthered its partnership with blockchain-based liquidity provider HQLAx, making a million euro investment to become a minority shareholder, a press release announces Tuesday, August 28.

Trading platform OpenFinance has launched a regulated alternative trading system for security tokens, CEO Juan Hernandez announced Tuesday.

SIM swap fraud and cryptojacking have increasingly become popular methods of cryptocurrency theft among hackers worldwide.

Ant Financial, a payments affiliate of e-commerce giant Alibaba, is poised to launch its own blockchain-as-a-service platform next month, alongside a rice-tracking application intended to tackle counterfeit products.

A Chinese self-regulatory association is working to assist government agencies in cracking down on illegal initial coin offerings.

Governance of blockchain, especially when it comes to proof-of-work and delegated proof-of-stake, is based entirely on democracy.

Michael J. Casey is the chairman of CoinDesk's advisory board and a senior advisor for blockchain research at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative.

North Korea is hosting its first-ever international cryptocurrency and blockchain conference on Oct. 1, 2018.North Korea Joins the Blockchain Movement.

Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi is quietly seeking to become the largest shareholder of a public firm listed in Hong Kong - a move that, if completed, could open the door for Huobi to go public via a reverse takeover.

JP Morgan CIO Lori Beer said at a press conference in Buenos Aires that blockchain will "Replace existing technology" in a few years, according to Argentinian website Cripto247 August 23.

Despite an infamous crackdown on digital assets, the Reserve Bank of India has created a task force to explore avenues and unique use-cases pertaining to blockchain technology, artificial intelligence and cryptocurrencies.

A new survey from Deloitte found that 40 percent of executives from the telecom, media and technology space want to invest millions in blockchain research during the next year.

Samsung SDS, the IT arm of tech giant Samsung, has developed BankSign, a blockchain-based certification tool for banks, according to an official announcement August 27.

Bitcoin has been rocked with another remarkable late-night buy rally, seeing the coin scrape the $7000-mark for the first time in weeks after a $2 billion, 5-minute feeding frenzy.

Regulatory uncertainty and trust are major barriers to blockchain adoption among businesses, according to a study released August 27 by 'Big Four' auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

After WeChat and Tencent distanced themselves from cryptocurrency-related activities and businesses last week, the Chinese search engine Baidu stated it would actively work to eradicate cryptocurrency footprints from Chinese internet forums.

Randi Zuckerberg, the elder sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, has joined the advisory board of cryptocurrency exchange Huobi to develop Huobi's new public blockchain, according to a recent press release.

Chinese cryptocurrency exchange Huobi has reportedly acquired the controlling stock interest in Hong Kong-based Pantronics Holdings Ltd. through a backdoor listing deal, local news outlet JRJ.com reported August 27.

On August 24, the price again broke out of the downtrend line of the descending triangle, which is a bullish sign.

On the heels of declaring Coinbase a "Cryptocurrency company" instead of a tech/finance firm, Natalie McGrath, head of people and operations, revealed that the startup reached 500 employees, Aug. 24.Coinbase Hits 500 Employee Mark.