Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

WeChat, the 1 billion-user Chinese social media platform developed by Tencent, has reportedly blocked a number of crypto and blockchain related accounts, local financial news outlet Lanjinger reported August 21.

As a pioneer of ASIC mining chips, Bitmain controls approximately 70 percent of the mining chip market and is also responsible for a substantial chunk of Bitcoin's computing power through its mega-mining pools Antpool and BTC.com.

Cryptocurrency exchanges are taking a page from successful stock markets, forming a working group to oversee the unregulated digital asset exchange space, according to Business Insider.

Investment firm DST Global has confirmed that it "Has never invested" into the cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain's pre-IPO in an email to Cointelegraph August 21.

Members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources asked about the cost of cryptocurrency mining and the opportunities for blockchain in the public sector on Wednesday.

Kelly Registration Systems, the software unit for Kelly Products, a US based agribusiness company, announced the launch of their blockchain based platform to increase transparency in the United States meat industry.

Many have forewarned corruption as the titans of finance more toward institutionalized cryptocurrency, eyeing every new futures contract as a potential to return to the banking practices Bitcoin was created to rise above.

The number of short orders placed on bitcoin is less than 3 percent away - or 1,146 orders - away from setting a new all-time high, according to data from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex.

BlockShow Americas 2018 has started yesterday in Las Vegas, bringing together more than 1,500 attendees and 80 speakers in the crypto and blockchain industries to discuss widely debated topics on the new technology and its impact on the global community.

The Crypto community is increasingly facing tax compliance issues, especially with the American IRS. And without an express crypto-centric amnesty, some people have joined the main IRS offshore amnesty known as the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program.

The crypto markets are somewhat bearish today, August 21, with virtually all of the top twenty coins by market cap seeing losses of 3-6 percent on average, as Coin360 data shows.

The China Electronic Information Industry Development Research Institute has released its August blockchain ratings, and EOS has landed at the top.

Blockchain and cryptocurrency media accounts in China have been banned on WeChat, the messenger app owned by Tencent.

The volume of the global automotive blockchain market is set to reach $1.6 billion by 2026.

Lawmakers in South Korea began discussing cryptocurrency once more Monday, August 20, in a meeting focusing on ending the country's ICO ban, as well as other topics, Business Korea reports.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak announced Tuesday that he's now working with investment-focused crypto startup Equi Capital.

eToro, an Israeli-based social trading and multi-asset brokerage company, has revealed that IOTA is now available on its platform.

Tencent Holdings and SoftBank Group are both disputing their involvement in a widely reported pre-IPO investment round for Chinese cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain.

The Canadian government-funded research program Industrial Research Assistance Program is now hosting its own blockchain explorer, according to an official statement on Aug. 20.

Singapore-based digital innovation center Lumenlab is testing a blockchain-enabled insurance solution for diabetes sufferers, according to a press release published August 20.

CryptoSlate has revealed its newest website feature-a Product Database containing dApps, crypto wallets, games, mining hardware and more.

Online investment platform eToro has inked a deal that will see it pay with bitcoin to sponsor teams within the UK's top soccer league.

UK-based trading platform eToro has signed an advertising deal with seven Premier League football clubs paid in Bitcoin for the first time, the parties revealed Tuesday, August 21.

A clean energy expert has hit back against the common perception that high energy consumption is an "Achilles Heel" for Bitcoin, in an article published by The Conversation August 20.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has announced that he plans to get "Involved" in a blockchain project in what is a "First" for him.

Through industry-forward applications, cryptocurrency is making its way into public adoption as an everyday medium of exchange.

The current price pattern in the bitcoin market is eerily similar to the one observed in the run-up to a major rally that occurred on April 12.

An energy firm that is publicly traded in Hong Kong and chaired by a Chinese billionaire is planning to rebrand itself as a blockchain company despite having lost millions investing in cryptocurrencies.

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard of the General Data Protection Regulation.

Last week, developers including siacoin creator David Vorick floated changes that would keep some mining equipment operators from earning value by securing the distributed storage protocol.