Ethereum Watch

What is Global Reit? Global REIT is to create a global real estate investment portfolio that will offer additional benefits than a traditional REIT by intertwining REITs to the Block Chain Technology. — Ali Tumbi, Founder ICO Alert Quick Facts Blockchain based REIT Contributors will receive both GREM and GRET tokens $0.70 USD = 1 GREM token $1 USD […]

The security specialist published his thoughts on one of Ethereum’s currently prominent improvement proposals. His thoughts on the matter provide insight into some new features coming with the next hard fork, Constantinople. Advertisements Today, Ethereum security lead, Martin Swende, published the first entry of a series focusing on features that are being considered for the […]

One of Ethereum’s testnets played a critical role in a successful loan transfer completed by the Spanish multinational banking group BBVA. The pilot project enabled a loan to be transacted from negotiation to signing using blockchain technology. Advertisements BBVA, Spain’s second-largest bank, completed a global corporate loan transaction to employ blockchain technology from the start […]

Shortly before the FY 2017 tax filing deadline, Ripple contributed approximately $29 million worth of its XRP to DonorsChoose, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Depending on how the Internal Revenue Service approaches XRP, Ripple – the effective creator and steward of the tokens – could be eligible for a large tax deduction, though the implications of […]

General Idea RoBET wants to create a betting platform. However, the betting and predicting aspect won’t be limited only to sports or events. The player will be able to choose which cryptocurrency to use to place the bet, and in which cryptocurrency he wants to get the reward. That way he can benefit not only […]

Spanish banking giant BBVA has completed a pilot that issued a €75 million ($91 million) corporate loan using two different blockchain technologies. Advertisements According to a report from the Financial Times on Thursday, the bank’s latest exploration of the technology focuses on the entire issuance process, including negotiation of terms and signing the corporate loan. […]

Parity Technologies issued a statement Thursday stating it has no plans to move forward with a code change that would result in an ethereum blockchain split. Advertisements Named EIP-999, the contentious code change would recover the $264 million lost due to a code fault in Parity wallets in November 2017. Signed by co-founder of the […]

Many blockchain enthusiasts like to describe the technology as a tool that will allow users to seize self-determination. Meanwhile, one blockchain firm appears poised to play ball with Faure Gnassingbé, who is widely considered to be a dictator. Advertisements Two days after announcing that cryptocurrency exchange Binance would, along with partners, “support Uganda’s economic transformation […]

Regional authorities have joined the effort to bring cryptocurrency exchanges into compliance with Japanese law. Advertisements On April 25, 2018, cryptocurrency exchange platform “Everyone’s Bitcoin” (みんなのビットコイン) published a notice (Japanese) regarding a business improvement order, which it recently received from the Kanto Local Finance Bureau (a regional department of Japan’s Ministry of Finance). “We take […]

Germany’s VPE bank, in a partnership with FinTech firm solarisBank, has become the first in the country to offer cryptocurrency trading to institutional investors. Advertisements WertpapierhandelsBank AG (VPE) a traditional securities trader headquartered in Germany, has announced the expansion of its brokerage offerings to include cryptocurrencies for institutional investors. The BaFin-regulated bank is the first […]