Ethereum Watch

September 20, 2018 10:00 PM Advertisements After speaking with the blockchain space’s own OhGodAGirl, the Go Ethereum core developer now supports the adoption of a programmatic proof-of-work algorithm for Ethereum. Although initially skeptical, Nick Johnson of the Ethereum Name Service and Go Ethereum recently tweeted his support for programmatic proof-of-work (ProgPoW), an “algorithm designed to […]

September 20, 2018 10:11 PM Advertisements Described as a “cross-blockchain liquidity network,” Bancor, begun on Ethereum, is now on EOS, potentially enabling transactions between the two blockchains. On Wednesday, Bancor announced it was porting its protocol onto the EOS network. In a post on Medium, the company wrote, “Having initially built Bancor on the Ethereum […]

September 20, 2018 6:39 PM Advertisements The Committee on Ways and Means of the US House of Representatives recently sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) urging the tax collection agency to update its cryptocurrency guidelines. Addressed to the IRS’ acting commissioner, David Kautter, the letter notes that the agency’s enforcement activities have […]

September 19, 2018 11:58 PM Advertisements Commodity traders, including Shell and Mercuria, are collaborating with a number of international banks to create a blockchain-based trade finance platform they hope will become the standard for the commodity trading industry. Based in Geneva, komgo SA is an Ethereum-based ConsenSys development that has grown out of the Easy Trading […]

September 19, 2018 7:16 PM Advertisements The slouch toward acceptance of the ERC777 token standard creeps on. ERC820, the registry that ERC777 standard-based tokens will rely upon, has entered the “last call” stage of development. Back in July, Jordi Baylina, Jacques Dafflon, and Thomas Shababi made waves when they announced their EIP for a new […]

September 19, 2018 5:30 PM Advertisements A watchdog agency is looking into six banks after the Brazilian Association for Cryptocurrency and Blockchain filed a complaint. Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE) has opened an investigation into several of the country’s largest banks over monopolistic practices that may restrict the operation of local cryptocurrency brokers. […]

September 19, 2018 6:04 PM Advertisements Europol yesterday published its fifth annual Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), in which it highlights some common cyber attacks and criminal activities related to cryptocurrency. The 2018 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) was presented at the joint Interpol-Europol Cybercrime Conference in Singapore. Advertisements 5 Types of Threat […]

Christian Kameir, the Managing Partner at Sustany Capital and member of the Forbes Finance Council, joins the ICO Alert Podcast to offer sweeping commentary on the cryptocurrency space, including the need for good tools in the space, including custody, and why every company should be investigating blockchain (though perhaps not launching a token). Advertisements Kameir […]

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Jackson Palmer Meets Elon Musk As you are likely aware of, cryptocurrency scambots have become a rampant issue in the social media channels of this industry, with thousands of fraudulent Twitter accounts doing their utmost best to get their hands on consumer-owned crypto. This problem has even triggered Elon Musk to openly discuss these “Etherium […]