Ethereum Watch

On Friday, Z Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Yahoo Japan, acquired a minority stake (40 percent) in bitARG Tokyo, a cryptocurrency exchange licensed by Japan’s Financial Services Agency. The exchange, which is not yet active, plans to launch its service in fall 2018. Advertisements On April 13, 2018, bitARG Tokyo (株式会社ビットアルゴ取引所東京) announced that it […]

A Russian non-profit has signed an agreement stating that it will build a blockchain database to house the “patent archives” of Kyrgyzstan’s patent office. Advertisements Russia’s IPChain Association has signed an agreement with representatives of the Kyrgyz government to digitize the archives of Kyrgyzstan’s patent office and develop a pilot version of a blockchain-based database […]

On Wednesday, Patrick McDonnell threw in the towel in his defense against the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Advertisements On April 11, 2018, Patrick K. McDonnell – a defendant in the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s case against CabbageTech, Corp (DBA Coin Drop Markets) – submitted a letter to Judge Roanne L. Mann of the US District […]

Vitalik Buterin has recommended that developers work on building a skeletal version of a sharding system until the Ethereum community is able to produce a more precise vision of how sharding will work. Advertisements Recognizing that proposed schemas for an Ethereum “sharding” system are constantly evolving, Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has unveiled what he calls […]

The Hong Kong Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury highlighted “InsurTech” innovations at a recent gathering of the island’s insurers, while also discussing ways Hong Kong and mainland China can coordinate insurance promotion efforts. Advertisements James Lau, Hong Kong’s Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, addressed the annual reception of the Hong Kong […]

Time to take a good look at those privacy settings — and also to push for further development of Ethereum’s data storage layer. If anyone’s going to control our identities on the coming Web 3.0, it should be us. Advertisements This article was written with assistance from ETHNews staff writer Lucinda Knapp. “Cogito ergo sum.” […]

One of the world’s largest digital asset exchanges is expanding its operations to Malta, where the crypto-laws are friendly. Advertisements OKEx Technology Company Ltd. announced today that its newest initiative would be expanding operations to the island nation of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. During initial meetings with the Maltese government, OKEx – one of […]

The payments giant MasterCard plans to hire 175 new employees, some of whom will work on blockchain-related projects for the company. Advertisements MasterCard is looking to hire 175 individuals with IT experience for a range of roles, including blockchain specialists, according to an April 12 press release. The new employees will be based in Ireland, […]

Baidu has released a new blockchain platform called Totem, which it says will help protect photographers from copyright infringement. Advertisements The Chinese internet giant Baidu, which often draws comparisons to Google, has launched another blockchain platform. Totem is billed as a tool to help photographers protect their work against unauthorized use and to connect clients […]

A Tennessee bill that initially sought to restrict the state government’s post-employment funds from being invested in cryptocurrency was amended to remove any mention of cryptocurrency before being signed into law. Advertisements On Monday, Tennessee governor Bill Haslam signed into law a provision that allows local education agencies (i.e., school districts) to participate in “any […]