Ethereum Watch

MtGox is accepting civil rehabilitation claims until October 22. Advertisements Creditors who lost their bitcoin when Japanese cryptocurrency exchange MtGox went bankrupt in 2014 can start filing civil rehabilitation claims in an attempt to recover their lost virtual currency. An online guide published by MtGox rehabilitation trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi outlines three ways in which users […]

Someone has received a $2.9 million jackpot from the baffling game. How? Advertisements A week ago, the first round of the FOMO3D “long game” seemed like it may never end. In fact, it seemed like it may have been designed to never end. But early Wednesday morning, Team JUST, the group that created the game, […]

The recent appointment of Toshihide Endo may mean that the regulator’s stance on crypto regulations is softening. Advertisements According to an August 22 report in Reuters, the new chief of Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) sees no need for excessive regulations governing the use of cryptocurrency. Toshihide Endo, who was appointed chief of Japan’s FSA […]

The platform’s recent “brand expansion,” as the team calls it, signals a heightened focus on privacy. Advertisements ZenCash, a privacy-driven blockchain and cryptocurrency (ticker symbol ZEN), is donning a new look: Horizen. The brand expansion (not a rebrand, the team notes) zeroes in on the crew’s “refined strategic vision” moving forward. Besides a different name, […]

ProShares, Direxion, and GraniteShares were all denied for the same reason. Advertisements UPDATED | August 23, 2018 (4:40 pm) According to tweets from SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce on August 23, the decision to deny nine ETF proposals from three different companies is under review. In her tweets, Commissioner Peirce stated that it was not the […]

Chinese officials have rolled out a series of bans on cryptocurrency-related activities in recent days. Advertisements Chinese investors no longer have access to 124 cryptocurrency trading platforms, according to the local newspaper and news outlet for Chinese financial authorities, Shanghai Securities News. According to the article, the China National Internet Financial Risk Rectification Office identified […]

The platform will allow easy access to data on published grants and contributions stored on the Ethereum blockchain. Advertisements The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) announced the launch of a new Ethereum blockchain explorer in an official August 20 news release. According to the news release, the new blockchain explorer was developed through the […]

The new blockchain-powered platform is intended to make it easier for women with gestational diabetes to receive insurance payouts. Advertisements LumenLab, the Singapore-based research center for insurance giant MetLife, is testing a new blockchain-powered platform intended to improve the insurance payout process for women diagnosed with gestational diabetes, according to an official August 20 press […]

Bug bounty programs are used across the tech sphere, including within the blockchain space, to improve the security of applications and web assets. ETHNews briefly explains what they are and why they’re important. Advertisements Keep your friends close but your enemies closer. Following this vein of thought, tech companies and cybersecurity professionals are teaming up […]

Blockchain technology’s promise of greater transparency may help curb future post-election violence. Advertisements On January 1, 2008, rioters in the Kenyan city of Eldoret set fire to a church. Fifty people who were hiding inside never made it out. They were just a fraction of the hundreds who died because of a rigged election. Violence […]