Ethereum Watch

Ethereum is not a security, at least in the view of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) director of corporate finance William Hinman. Advertisements Speaking at the Yahoo! All Markets Summit: Crypto event in San Francisco Thursday, the official told the audience that the agency “doesn’t see a lot of value in treating ether today […]

Tether may be used to manipulate cryptocurrency market, Thailand’s SEC likely to approve only one of fifty ICOs under new framework, top 5 cryptocurrency price changes, and more! Advertisements A recently published research paper from the University of Texas concluded that Tether may have been used to manipulate the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Image […]

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Advertisements At Thursday’s Yahoo Finance summit on cryptocurrency, the director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, William Hinman, delivered remarks entitled “Digital Asset Transactions: When Howey Met Gary (Plastic).” Today, some publications latched onto Hinman’s statements regarding Ether, the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization (behind bitcoin). […]

Now that cryptocurrency laws and regulations have been put into place, Thailand’s SEC is ready to approve ICO fundraising. Advertisements The Bangkok Times reported June 13 that five new ICO projects will register for consideration by Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to begin fundraising procedures after regulatory laws for the cryptocurrency industry come into […]

Today the New York Department of Financial Services announced it has granted a BitLicense to Xapo and authorized settlement platform Paxos to expand the scope of its services. Advertisements The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has granted a BitLicense to the digital financial services company Xapo, bringing the total number of approved charters […]

Wouldn’t it be nice if money just fell from the sky? In the world of cryptocurrency, sometimes it happens. Advertisements Note: This article was initially published on October 9, 2017. The word “airdrop” immediately evokes images of parachutes and crates filled with vital supplies floating through the sky. When you hear “airdrop,” you might think […]

New research claims Bitcoin, Tether and Bitfinex manipulations artificially pumped the crypto markets, Binance to begin fiat-to-crypto trading market, highs, lows, and more… Advertisements New Research Claims Bitcoin Price was Artificially Inflated According to the New York Times, a concentrated campaign of price manipulation may have accounted for at least half of the increase in the […]

In a bid to alleviate some of the work involved in closing out contracts, the Department of Veteran Affairs is requesting information about blockchain technology. Advertisements On June 7, the US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) issued a request for information (RFI) regarding how blockchain technology could be used to simplify and streamline the department’s […]

The EOS mainnet launched last week but the project is stalled. The EOS community has been unable to select the 21 block producers required for the project to move ahead. Advertisements EOS technically launched on Saturday, but the project’s future remains uncertain as the community seems unable to choose block producers. EOS defines a “block […]

On Monday, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin published a study indicating that Tether was used to unduly influence bitcoin’s 2017 ascent. Their paper seems to confirm what many have believed for months, if not years, that cryptocurrency markets are susceptible to manipulation. Advertisements When the bitcoin price falls, traders and journalists scramble […]