Ethereum Watch

It seems that Christmas is coming earlier for users of Ethereum. The blockchain behind the second-largest cryptocurrency is about to see what is known as the “Istanbul” hard fork or blockchain update, which is one of the network’s few-and-far-between and important named upgrades.According to Etherscan, an Ethereum-centric data and information platform, Istanbul will activate on […]

As the crypto market has stagnated, all eyes have fallen on Bitcoin, not Ethereum or Litecoin, as the leading cryptocurrency’s next large move will likely determine in which direction this entire industry heads for the next couple of months.While yes, Bitcoin’s price action is the most important when trading digital assets, one analyst has noted […]

Advertisements Microsoft’s cloud platform Microsoft Azure announced the “Azure Heroes” blockchain non-fungible tokens aimed at rewarding its developer community. Microsoft’s blockchain-enabled cloud platform Microsoft Azure announced the “Azure Heroes” blockchain non-fungible tokens (NFT) aimed at rewarding its developer community. The tokens represent cartoonish badgers (a play on the word “badge”) and aim to compensate positive […]

The third edition of this biannual list of the most powerful cryptocurrency mining pools is released during the SC19 conference Advertisements CryptoSuper500 DENVER – Nov. 20, 2019 – PRLog — OrionX Research (http://orionx.net/research) today unveiled the third edition of the CryptoSuper500 list. The list tracks supercomputers used for cryptocurrency mining, an intensive application that has […]

The MakerDAO loan system, administered by the Maker Foundation, hit its debt ceiling Wednesday with roughly $100 million worth of the stablecoin DAI issued and more than $339 million worth of ethereum locked up as collateral. Advertisements On Thursday, the Maker Foundation proposed a new debt ceiling of 120 million DAI, which will now be voted […]

Digital travel agent Webjet has launched its long-in-development blockchain-based platform in a bid to remove disparities in hotel booking data. Advertisements Working in conjunction with Microsoft through the firm’s Azure blockchain-as-a-service sandbox since 2016, Webjet said Thursday the new Rezchain application will address hotel reservation snafus and overcharges by looking for data mismatches in real-time between […]

Ethereum developers are using the Lightning payments network to build bridges into the bitcoin ecosystem. Advertisements The venture-backed crypto startup Radar Relay, best known for its decentralized exchange (DEX) relayers for 0x, just launched a service called RedShift, which allows people to pay a lightning invoice from an ethereum wallet. Radar product lead Brandon Curtis […]

Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and CoinDesk’s Director of Research. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. Advertisements The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a weekly newsletter focused on institutional investment in crypto assets. Sign up for free here. Earlier this month, Heath Tarbert – […]

Crypto startup Knabu is piloting bank regulatory reporting with Factom, one of the earliest enterprise blockchain companies. Advertisements Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, the London-based firm is launching the 30-day pilot today. Knabu is best known as a payments company with a smart-deposit product meant to help companies mitigate the risks of self-custodying assets on a […]

Ethereum’s next system-wide upgrade, Istanbul, is scheduled to arrive on mainnet the week of Dec. 4. Advertisements The decision was made during an ethereum core developer call on Oct. 25. Later on Friday, Danno Ferrin, blockchain protocol engineer at ethereum venture studio ConsenSys, proposed activating Istanbul at block number 9,056,000 in accordance with the targeted […]