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Politicians in Colorado may be next in line to accept cryptocurrency to aid their campaigns. Advertisements On May 16, the Denver Post reported that candidates for state office in Colorado might soon be allowed to accept cryptocurrency as campaign contributions. Secretary of State Wayne Williams presented the proposal in a working draft of proposed rules […]

ICO Alert Quick Facts Neoplay is a decentralized, provably-fair, cross-network dicing platform that enables users to place bets on the result of a random 100-sided dice roll. 5,000 NPLAY + 5,000 EPLAY = 1 ETH = 10 NEO May 5, 2018 — June 2, 2018 85,000,000 total available / 100,000,000 total supply A gambling platform built for both […]

If a series of high-profile vulnerabilities weren’t enough to persuade you that today’s smart contracts are insecure, a group of computer scientists that have been researching them since the 1980s just might. Advertisements Announced Monday, computer scientists Mark Miller, Dean Tribble, Brian Warner and Bill Tulloh have launched a new startup, Agoric, to develop a secure, blockchain-agnostic […]

A Japanese financial watchdog has apparently pushed cryptocurrency trading platforms operating in the country to stop allowing customers to trade in several privacy coins. Advertisements UPDATED | May 21, 2018: The cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, which was recently acquired by the Monex Group, has announced that effective June 18, it will no longer support the trade […]

Operation Cryptosweep has targeted nearly 70 fraudulent ICOs and crypto-related investments products since May 1. Advertisements UPDATE | May 23, 2018: Jay Clayton, chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), yesterday endorsed NASAA’s Operation Cryptosweep. In a statement, Clayton said: “I applaud our fellow regulators in the United States and Canada who are […]

Russia’s Justice Minister gives cryptocurrency a legislative definition in an attempt to clarify current regulations. Advertisements Russia has had a tumultuous relationship with cryptocurrency in the past, but on Friday, the Russian government took what could be a big step towards defining what cryptocurrency is, and how it will be used. Surprisingly, it was an […]

The largest bank in Japan will begin testing of proprietary cryptocurrency by 2019, top 5 cryptocurrency price changes, and more! Advertisements Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc, the largest bank in Japan, announced will begin testing a proprietary cryptocurrency, called MUFG Coin, by 2019. Image from rawf8. Largest Bank in Japan to Begin Testing of Proprietary Cryptocurrency by 2019 […]

Today ETHNews concludes this series, which has examined several proposed solutions for making blockchain technology more powerful. Advertisements This article, the last in a series of three, provides a brief overview of some of the off-chain instruments that developers are building in order to scale blockchains. Be sure to go back and read part one […]

Wall Street Journal finds many ICOs with red flags, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange building blockchain securities lending platform, top 5 cryptocurrency price changes, and more! Advertisements The WSJ found that 271 of 1,450 ICOs they examined have red flags indicating the project may be fraudulent. Image from Rawpixel.com. Wall Street Journal Completes Study on Over 1,000 […]

Ledger Atlas, a blockchain firm recently launched by mentees of billionaire venture capitalist Tim Draper, has signed an agreement to “develop and operate” a special economic zone in Papua New Guinea. Advertisements A US-based blockchain company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) stating that it will operate and devise the rules for a soon-to-be-established […]