Het laatste nieuws over Cryptocurrency

The failure of the RSI to rise above the 50 levels also adds to the negative sentiment.

Peer-to-peer payments platform Circle Internet Financial Ltd., is pursuing both a federal banking license with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and registration as a brokerage and trading venue with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Raj Kundra, a British businessman and spouse of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty, was questioned by Indian law enforcement in connection with Amit Bhardwaj's alleged cryptocurrency ponzi scheme, Quartz India reports Wednesday, June 6.Amit Bhardwaj and his brother, Vivek Bhardwaj had been arrested in India on April 4 on the charges of scamming about 8,000 investors out of around $300 mln through their GainBitcoin investment scheme.

The top U.S. futures regulator has denied a Freedom of Information Act request for subpoenas reportedly issued to crypto exchange Bitfinex and the closely-linked 'stablecoin' operator Tether, according to records obtained by CoinDesk.

Users of Ethereum software issued by Parity Technologies face enforced updates this week after warnings a testnet vulnerability could spread to the Ethereum network, according to Parity's blog post June 6.Parity is a UK-based provider of infrastructure software for interacting with the Ethereum network.

Jay Clayton, the chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, believes that Bitcoin is not a security since it acts as a replacement for sovereign currencies, CNBC reports today, June 6.Clayton, when speaking about the "Incredible promise" of distributed ledger technologies driving efficiencies in markets, clarified during today's CNBC interview his thoughts on cryptocurrencies that are "Replacements for sovereign currencies:".

VanEck and SolidX Partners Inc. have filed a request to list a Bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Bloomberg reports June 6.VanEck is an NYC-based investment management firm with $38 bln under management and SolidX is a provider of blockchain software development and financial services.

US investment giant Fidelity Investments is hiring developers to build a cryptocurrency exchange, reports claim June 6 citing internal correspondence.

Japan's Financial Services Agency has barred a crypto exchange from receiving an operating license for the first time, Nikkei Asian Review reports Tuesday, June 5.The regulator has now chosen to permanently deny registration to Yokohama-based FSHO, whose services were already suspended twice by the FSA this spring, over concerns the exchange operator did not sufficiently verify the identity of customers in cases of suspect transactions.

Investment firm VanEck has partnered with financial services company SolidX in the latest attempt to launch the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund.

Binance coin, the token launched by the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has hit an all-time high against bitcoin.

Revealed last night by UK-based Parity Technologies in a blog post, the issue was found to cause those running the software to fall out of sync, meaning others using different software would not recognize their transactions.

Cryptocurrency startup Circle is seeking to register as a federally licensed bank in the U.S., according to Bloomberg.

Cloud mining service Coinmint confirmed it would press ahead with opening a Bitcoin mining plant in an abandoned smokestack in Upstate New York, CNBC reports June 5.The move, which authorities greenlighted in January, will see the company invest "Up to $700 mln" in the project, which will repurpose the former 1300-acres-large Alcoa aluminium smelting plant by the end of 2019.Operations will continue under the newly-formed subsidiary North Country Data Center Corporation, which began work this week, a press release confirmed.

As of press time, Huobi is the world's third largest digital currency exchange by trade volume, according to Coinmarketcap.

Ripple's former CTO Stefan Thomas is going up against Ethereum with the launch of a new smart contracts platform.

Changpeng Zhao, the CEO and founder of Binance, revealed the company has set up a bank account in Malta, in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph Wednesday, June 6th.Binance is currently the world's largest crypto exchange with $1.47 bln in trade volume, according to Coinmarketcap data.

Japanese IT giant Fujitsu has launched a blockchain-based reward points system aimed at innovating retail, according to a press release published today, June 6th. The blockchain-based data storage system tokenizes traditional retail promotional strategies such as coupons and loyalty points, which the company claims will revitalize local economies by increasing consumers' "Willingness to buy," as well as improving data analysis methods in retail industries.

Japan's financial market regulator is reportedly planning to issue its first ever refusal order to a business registration application filed by a domestic cryptocurrency exchange.

Bitcoin continues to operate in bearish territory and only a move above $7,780 would put the bulls back into the driver's seat, the technical charts indicate.

Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi announced Wednesday plans to allocate 30 million of its Huobi Tokens to fund the creation of the company's own open-sourced blockchain protocol.

Reverse ICO, or reverse initial coin offering, is now a standardized term in the parlance of entrepreneurial South Korea.

South Africa's central bank has announced some pretty astonishing results for a trial of its blockchain-based system for interbank clearance and settlement.

Japanese IT giant Fujitsu says it has launched a blockchain-based data storage system that can be used by retail merchants to tokenize traditional promotional tools such as coupons and reward points.

Millions of people in the UK and Europe were unable to pay for goods or services, and Visa payments were also disrupted for US residents.

The rise of initial coin offering - as controversial as they may be - is a signpost that the age of Industrial Era capital formation is giving way to a new paradigm of decentralized and democratized investment and customer-driven business models that expand far beyond the borders of any one country.

On June 5th, 60 speakers and over 600 people gathered at the first-ever blockchain and cryptocurrency conference in Seattle, WA. With industry leaders from all over the country sharing their vision of decentralized technology, the capital of the Pacific Northwest is proving to be a hub for blockchain innovation.

A hotly anticipated change aimed at ridding ethereum of its bitcoin-inspired mining process is moving forward in testing, with the platform's popular software clients now participating in review.

The People's Bank of China has revealed a blockchain-powered system to digitize paper checks, local media Financial News reports June 5.

Though the market is taking time to reclaim its position after last month's slump, the map shows that the vast majority of the coins have been closing in the green today, according to data from Coin360.