Ethereum Watch

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“A person is smart; people are dumb,” is one of my favorite truisms about investing. Advertisements It is true of stock markets and about cryptocurrencies, though not in the ways you might expect. But let’s take a step back here. Why are we talking about “herd mentality” in today’s Ethereum news update? The answer should […]

Key Highlights ETH price made a sharp downside move and broke the $458 and $420 support levels against the US Dollar. There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support at $462 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via SimpleFX). The pair started recovering after trading as low as $398.04 […]

A United Nations organization held a meeting in Ethiopia where attendees discussed potential benefits and challenges of blockchain adoption on the African continent. Advertisements On November 24, a conference on blockchain technology in Africa, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), concluded its proceedings. The multi-day meeting, which took place in Addis […]

November 30, 2017 12:48 AM Advertisements The director general of Mexico’s central bank has said that if a bill regulating FinTech activities is passed into law, it will establish a framework regulating institutions that store and transmit cryptocurrency on their clients’ behalves. The Law Regulating the Financial Technology Institutions (FinTech Law), which is currently pending […]

November 30, 2017 11:15 PM Advertisements A member of the ECB’s executive board has urged banks to implement instant payment systems, lest customers grow to prefer alternative services and move away from patronizing banks. Yves Mersch, who sits on the European Central Bank’s (ECB) executive board, said on November 30 that banks should hasten to […]

Remarks by Randal K. Quarles acknowledged cryptocurrencies and applying blockchain to payment systems. Instead of a central bank-created crypto, the Fed Vice Chairman implied he’s looking to private-sector banking to begin leveraging new technologies. Advertisements On November 30, 2017, the Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Randal K. Quarles addressed those convened at the 2017 Financial Stability […]

Update on the IRS Summons on Coinbase – The Court has issued an order directing Coinbase to produce specified documents for customer accounts with at least the equivalent of $20,000 in any one transaction type (buy, sell, send, or receive) in any one year during the 2013 to 2015 period. Advertisements On November 28, 2017, […]

News business and finance November 30, 2017 7:24 PM Advertisements PwC, one of the world’s “big four” accounting firms, has received bitcoin in exchange for its services. The auditing and accounting giant PwC (formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers) has accepted an undisclosed sum in bitcoin from a client, according to a November 30 announcement. Advertisements PwC Asia-Pacific chairman […]

Ethereum has reached $500 for the first time on the strength of future plans and Indian markets opening up trading. Data from cross-exchange resource Coinmarketcap shows ETH currently trading around $525 at press time, topping new highs of $400 seen just six days ago. Advertisements The moves echo those of Bitcoin, which has added proportionately […]