Ethereum Watch

The stock for cryptocurrency investment firm Ether Capital has begun trading on a Canadian stock exchange. Advertisements Formerly known as Ethereum Capital, the investment fund’s shares went live on the NEO Exchange in Toronto Thursday. The company plans to invest the funds it raises both into startups developing projects in the space as well make direct purchases of […]

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) intends to release a set of common blockchain standards for businesses in 2018, one of the consortium’s leading members said Thursday. Advertisements Onstage at Blockchain Expo in London, Jeremy Millar, a founding board member of the 450-member group, which boasts Accenture, JP Morgan and UBS among its ranks, provided the update […]

In today’s ICO Alert Crypto Minute: Cambridge Analytica planned to launch an ICO, Telegram users blocked in Russia, Xdite runs for mayor, and The SEC is out here serving up subpoenas! Don’t miss this… Advertisements Cambridge Analytica planned ICO before Facebook controversy According to a report from Reuters, the catalyst of the much publicized Facebook data […]

When you’re going into business, it’s good to have the regulators on your side. Advertisements Late last month, venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures (USV) reportedly met with officials from the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance to discuss potential regulatory exemptions for innovations related to blockchain and cryptocurrency. Andreessen was represented by […]

In order to circumvent sanctions against Russia, a cryptocurrency fund may be established in Crimea, where a high-ranking Russian legislator has also discussed establishing a so-called “cryptocurrency haven.” Advertisements UPDATED | April 20, 2018: In comments made on April 20, Anatoly Aksakov, the Chairman of the State Duma’s Financial Market Committee, indicated that one of […]

Information surfacing from a blockchain event in London suggests the EEA will soon release blockchain standards for the growing ecosystem. Advertisements If rumors surfacing from London’s recent Blockchain Expo are true, the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) might be about to take its next big step toward helping its roughly 450 member companies get the most […]

The Slavic god of lightning, Perun, is entering the ethereum ecosystem (in spirit at least). Advertisements Inspired by bitcoin’s lightning network, a group of researchers hailing from Warsaw have unveiled a new white paper entitled “Foundations of State Channel Networks,” which outlines a protocol designed to help ethereum scale to support higher volumes of more complex smart […]

Russia’s proposed state-issued digital currency is coming, according to one of the country’s legislators. However, with SWIFT indicating that it has no plans to stop servicing Russian banks, it’s unclear whether another Russian proposal, for a payments network that would include it and several nearby countries, will continue to interest policymakers. Advertisements The head of […]