Ethereum Watch

With Minerac, the collaborators hope to increase the efficiency of mineral supply chain operations while boosting profits. Advertisements According to a July 9 announcement, blockchain software company ConsenSys and the cloud-based metal concentrates exchange Open Mineral have collaborated to develop a blockchain conglomerate intended to improve mineral commodities trading and supply chain management. The blockchain […]

The European Union’s fifth anti-money laundering directive came into force yesterday but is already being criticized; some stakeholders are calling for further reform. Advertisements Two years of talks inside the EU on how to improve control measures for digital payments and cryptocurrencies have led to a fifth version of the EU’s anti-money laundering (AML) directive. […]

General Idea Inmediate wants to explore the insurance industry, which is currently worth 4.5 trillion dollar. They believe that even up to 7 billion clients are underserved and with the development of the technology buying insurance could be as easy as clicking one button on your computer or smartphone. Inmediate wants to create the ecosystem, […]

Facebook crypto rumors continue to swirl, China’s ban on crypto is working, Augur is launching on mainnet today! Happy Monday! Advertisements Facebook Continues Its Move Into Blockchain After rumors swirled about Facebook buying Coinbase (huh?) and the social media giant relaxing its ban on cryptocurrency advertising, Cointelegraph reports that the Director of Engineering at Facebook […]

Life used to be different for “Crypto Shaolin.” Advertisements Long before he was known by his current nickname, he’d follow tourists in the heat of central Africa, swinging an ice box and offering them a chilly bottle of Coca Cola or Fanta with a sugary smile to match. But as chipper as his demeanor made […]

Oasis Labs reportedly attracted $45 million in investments from a handful of venture capital firms, including Andreessen Horowitz. Advertisements In a launch announcement this morning, Oasis Labs shared its goal of building a “privacy-first, high-performance cloud computing platform on blockchain.” Headquartered in Berkeley, California, the company boasts an executive team with impressive academic credentials. In […]

The Chinese bank is looking to blockchain technology to increase efficiency and improve customer service for financial asset exchange. Advertisements A patent application from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) outlining a blockchain platform intended to improve financial asset exchange has been published. The institution is one of the world’s largest in terms […]

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has released a notice requesting that investment firms disclose their involvement in cryptocurrencies. Advertisements On Friday, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) released a regulatory notice advising that all member firms are to report all cryptocurrency dealings. FINRA is a self-regulatory US organization that oversees securities brokers and has the […]

The original Ethereum chain, with a commitment to immutability, sidechains, and aspirations in the IoT space. Confusing newcomers is something cryptocurrency does particularly well. Advertisements Bitcoin. Bitcoin Cash. Ethereum. Ethereum Classic. …Bitcoin Gold, Bitcoin Diamond, Bitcoin God, Ethereum Fog… Ethereum originally hard-forked to undo the damage caused by a bad actor, as we’ll explore below, but […]

Before discussing the launch of a blockchain platform for newsrooms, there was one thing I had to clear up with the Matt Coolidge, co-founder and communication lead at the Civil Media Company: was he planning to put me out of a job? Advertisements “Our visions of world domination stop short of disrupting CoinDesk,” he said. A […]