Ethereum Watch

A leading South Korean insurance firm has rejected a claim from the cryptocurrency exchange Youbit, which was seeking a $2.8 million payout following a hack in December 2017 that caused it to declare bankruptcy. Advertisements DB Insurance, the company that insured the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Youbit, has denied a claim that the exchange filed […]

On Thursday, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a cautionary note about Olsson Capital, a Bulgarian firm that has been offering cryptocurrency-linked financial products in the United Kingdom without authorization. Advertisements On March 29, 2018, the United Kingdom’s financial markets regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), issued a warning about Olsson Capital, an unlicensed […]

According to a draft version of a royal decree, ICO issuers in Thailand will have 90 days to inform the SEC of their intentions. The document also states that digital asset trades will be subject to a 15 percent capital gains tax and a seven percent value-added tax, regardless of a trade’s profitability. Advertisements On […]

Two counties in West Virginia have rolled out a blockchain-based platform with the aim of allowing certain absentee voters to cast ballots in this year’s primary election. Advertisements In West Virginia, a ballot has already been cast in what the secretary of state‘s office is calling the US’s first blockchain-mediated vote. Beginning on March 23 […]

Twitter Brings Clamps Down on Cryptocurrency, Bans Ads When social media decides to wash their hands off cryptocurrency. There is a big splash of crippling price tags for all virtual coins. Advertisements Next stop Twitter Inc. Twitter has made an announcement to clampdown on cryptocurrency advertising within its network starting Tuesday 26 March 2018. The […]

What is Giftcoin? “Giftcoin aims to disrupt the $500 billion charitable donation market by providing complete transparency in charitable giving.” ~Alex Howard, Co-Founder ICO Alert Quick Facts Giftcoin is building a network where donors can be certain their money is being used ethically 1 ETH = 6000 GIFT tokens March 20, 2018 — April 20, 2018 (ICO 1), […]

iStock.com/Evgeny Gromov Ethereum News Update Ever since the dawn of cryptocurrencies, two things have been true: 1) Retail investors are excited about distributed ledgers/blockchain technology, and 2) Institutions are not. Advertisements Now that paradigm is changing. You don’t have to go back very far to see what I’m talking about. At the end of 2017, […]

So-called “sharding” may still be theoretical, but the promising implications of the concept are becoming more and more real. Advertisements At least that’s the case on ethereum, where developers are beginning to see the scaling solution, which would essentially split the blockchain into parts that would run on different servers, as an opportunity to test fundamental […]

On Tuesday, five companies that sought to conduct initial coin offerings (ICOs) in Massachusetts were ordered not to sell unregistered or non-exempt securities in the state. Advertisements On March 27, 2018, the secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, William Francis Galvin, issued consent orders regarding five companies that sought to conduct ICOs in the state. […]

Several core developers are seriously discussing the possibility of using rent fees to fund the continued presence of individual EDCCs on the Ethereum network. If a contract’s rent is not paid, it would become inaccessible, at least temporarily. Advertisements At a recent workshop in Taiwan, Ethereum developers, including Raul Jordan, Vlad Zamfir, Philip Daian, and […]