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A roundtable discussion with 6 members of the ICO Alert Team Welcome to the ICO Alert Roundtable: a casual crypto discussion with a few members of the ICO Alert team. In this episode, we have Rob, Dimitry, Ryan, Zach Q, Zack G, and Joe. Advertisements The ICO Alert Podcast showcases exclusive, in-depth interviews with founders of […]

Ethereum News Update There’s a lot of Ethereum news this morning, so I cherry-picked the three most interesting stories I could find. One of them, in particular, might affect our Ethereum price forecast. Advertisements Before I get to those stories, however, you should probably know that ETH prices are down 1.95% against the U.S. dollar. The […]

On November 24, 2015, James Levy received 40,000 ether from the Ethereum Foundation. Advertisements Worth roughly $35,000 at the time (and nearly $35 million today), the grant was an award for Levy’s efforts to create an early smart contracting tool, and one of many meant to encourage work on what was then another nascent cryptocurrency in a […]

February 28, 2018 12:52 AM Advertisements On Tuesday, Bill Gates provided his opinion on cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings. Despite his previous excitement about bitcoin, it seems that the billionaire tech titan is not buying the present hype. In indicting cryptocurrencies for being complicit in drug-related deaths, Gates may be missing the bigger picture. On […]

February 28, 2018 9:42 PM Advertisements The US SEC’s Office of the Ethics Counsel recently issued a memo regarding staff investment in cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings. In January 2018, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Ethics Counsel provided guidance to employees regarding virtual currency and digital asset trading, according to Bloomberg. […]

February 28, 2018 8:18 PM Advertisements With a new investor identification framework to be set in place, AUSTRAC and the ATO are gearing up to scrutinize investors in crypto. On February 28, 2018, it was reported that the Australian Tax Office (ATO) will seek out bitcoin investors with outstanding tax liabilities. Advertisements ATO deputy commissioner […]

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By now, everyone has heard of ICOs. In 2017, they outperformed venture capital funding and became the number one method of funding blockchain organizations. Advertisements But despite their surging popularity, a significant number of people are still scrambling to understand what exactly ICO actually is — and, more importantly, how they can use them to their advantage. […]

iStock.com/gamegfx Ethereum News Update Among seasoned Ethereum investors, there’s a belief that Bitcoin will undergo a crisis moment at some point in the future. Advertisements Here’s what would theoretically happen: Bitcoin starts to lose investor confidence, Ethereum is treated as a safe-haven asset, investment flows from BTC to ETH increase, and then the ETH/BTC ratio […]

February 27, 2018 12:55 AM Advertisements This past week, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering gathered for a plenary meeting. Unsurprisingly, virtual currency was part of the conversation. From February 21 through February 23, 2018, the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) met in Paris for its second plenary meeting under […]