The Latest News about Cryptocurrency

From the mists of ideation, a first wave of ethereum dapps is starting to emerge.

Seattle Bitcoin, an organization dedicated to cryptocurrency education, gathered a diverse group of cryptocurrency enthusiasts to share knowledge and increase blockchain awareness.

Disrupting industries worldwide, blockchain integration is finally making its way into the mainstream - attracting even the most established companies as a solution to structural inefficiencies.

The Chief Digital Officer of Volkswagen has announced a collaborative effort between the IoT-focused IOTA blockchain project and vehicle manufacturer, promising the cryptocurrency community a proof of concept that demonstrates the future of distributed ledger technology in the automotive industry.

Academia-driven blockchain project Cardano announced earlier this week a major redesign of its brand and roadmap, incorporating a new aesthetic drawn from organic structures inspired by the creative efforts of the Cardano community.

The Swiss city of Zug will conduct a blockchain-powered trial municipal vote this summer, local media outlet Swissinfo.

Colombian banks closed all the accounts of South American crypto exchange Buda.com, local news outlet Diario Bitcoin reported June 8, citing an email the company sent to its clients.

The EOS blockchain is set to launch today, June 9, according to the results of a live-streamed vote that took place yesterday, June 8.Candidates to become the EOS blockchain's so-called "Block Producers" - the equivalent of miners on the Bitcoin blockchain - voted "Go" in their latest voting session to make the EOS mainnet go live at 1:00pm UTC today.

There has been much debate about the potential benefits of blockchain technology to improve the world of payments - particularly international payments.

"From a blockchain perspective we always say privacy but it's more like data security," said Can Kisagun, co-founder of Enigma, a startup building privacy-enhancing technology for the ethereum network.

Peter Davies is the Founder & CEO of Verv, a team of machine learning experts in the energy sector who have created a blockchain based peer-to-peer renewable energy trading platform that allows those with renewable technologies to sell excess energy to their neighbors at an affordable cost.

Former Goldman Sachs partner, Mike Novogratz distinctively poised himself as an early cryptocurrency bull with an institutional investment background.

The EOS blockchain launch has been confirmed for launch at 1PM UTC time today, with a unanimous decision amongst voters.

China is a major player in the Bitcoin market, hosting a substantial share of Bitcoin miners and Bitcoin trading volume, although both factors used to be more impressive before a wave of regulatory suppression.

US Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Rostin Behnam labeled cryptocurrencies as a "Modern miracle" at a recent summit, sharing a bullish stance on virtual currencies and predicting that blockchain technology will remake economic, social and political structures.

The launch of the EOS blockchain has been a giant experiment in remote self-organization.

Regulators from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission reportedly demanded extensive trading data from several cryptocurrency exchanges, people familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal June 8.

Sweden, which usually serves as a textbook example for getting crypto-based investment funds right, had introduced bitcoin traded products as early as in 2015.As pockets of crypto securities emerge in Europe and Asia, one major jurisdiction is conspicuously absent from this map - the United States.

Connecticut governor Dannel Malloy signed SB 443 into law, which establishes a blockchain working group to study the technology, according to public documents June 6.

The Moscow Exchange is preparing infrastructure that will allow companies to conduct initial coin offerings, which it expects to launch this year, Reuters reported June 8.

Financial services provider Mastercard has filed a patent for a blockchain system to provide faster and more secure payments on their cards, according to US Patent and Trademark Office USPTO patent filing released June 7.

Fabio Panetta, deputy governor of the Bank of Italy, gave a keynote address focused on central bank digital currencies at the SUERF/BAFFI CAREFIN Centre Conference in Milan Thursday, June 7.

The first signs of recovery will be when the BTC/USD pair breaks out and sustains above the 20-day EMA. Confirmation of a change in the short-term trend will be on a breakout and close above $7,941.

Fortune reported Thursday that R3 is facing a cash crunch, coming just over a year after the company announced a $107 million funding round to "Bring blockchain services to the financial sector".

Central banks aren't ready - at least in the short-term - to handle the implications of launching wholly digital currencies, the deputy governor of the Bank of Italy said Thursday.

The first vote was deemed invalid, but it had enough votes for a "Go." The second was deemed valid, but it failed to meet the agreed upon threshold for launch.

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All of the top ten coins by market cap are showing minor losses today, June 8, within a range of 1 to 4 percent over the 24 hour period to press time, as Coinmarketcap data shows.

After a three-month long investigation, the South Korean government finds no evidence of wrongdoing at the Bithumb crypto exchange, local media report June 8.

Distributed ledger startup Ripple has been named in yet another lawsuit tied to the XRp cryptocurrency, court records show.