Ethereum Watch

February 22, 2018 10:57 PM Advertisements A day after the presale of Venezuela’s oil-backed cryptocurrency began, the president announced another digital asset: the gold-backed petro oro. On February 21, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced that next week, his government will launch a state-issued, gold-backed cryptocurrency, the petro oro. The presale of the government’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, […]

iStock.com/LEEDDONG Ethereum News Update Over the last year, initial coin offerings (ICOs) have become quite a phenomenon. And ETH prices have largely benefitted from this trend, since most ICOs take place on Ethereum’s platform. Advertisements However, ICOs are not without their faults. They have drawn a lot of criticism. They may offer startups a new […]

Betting on assets without owning it, in fact, seems to be a well-known model, this idea is used by Forex-like brokers and being successfully implemented to the crypto market as well. Although, the betting process may even get more entertaining if you add a contest element. And this is exactly what a new Blockchain project, […]

February 21, 2018 12:38 AM Advertisements Last week, ING Group apparently confirmed its banking relationship with Bitfinex and Tether. This has raised questions in the Dutch parliament. On February 19, 2018, Dutch MP Henk Nijboer submitted a series of questions to minister of finance Wopke Hoekstra after the publication of an investigative article on Bitfinex […]

February 21, 2018 12:47 AM Advertisements Initially issued as a draft in January, the final version of a circular on taxation and cryptocurrencies has been handed down by the Israeli Tax Authority. On February 19, 2018, in a final circular released by the Israeli Tax Authority, it was announced that cryptocurrencies will continue to be […]

February 21, 2018 12:08 AM Advertisements Three laws aimed at regulating and promoting innovation within the blockchain space are expected to be submitted to the Maltese Parliament in early March. On February 16, a three-week-long period of public consultation began for three blockchain-related bills in Malta. At the end of the period, the legislation is […]

Advertisements Ethereum News Update During constructive phases in the cryptocurrency market cycle, investors flock to developmental platforms like Ethereum. The result is a rise in ETH to Bitcoin prices. However, during a market crash, the opposite occurs. ETH to Bitcoin rates fall. Why? The simple answer is that many investors consider Bitcoin the digital equivalent […]

On Feb. 16, six large-scale Blockchain projects OmiseGo, Cosmos, Golem, Maker and Raiden, that have completed successful multi-million dollar initial coin offerings (ICOs) last year, along with Japanese venture capital firm Global Brain have created the Ethereum Community Fund (ECF), to fund projects and businesses within the Ethereum ecosystem. Advertisements The ECF will begin with […]

The Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) that led to the resignation of an EIP editor over his personal legal concerns has been closed, but an identical proposal has been reopened on Github to relatively negative fanfare. Advertisements The original EIP proposal #867 was introduced by Musiconomi developer Dan Phifer as an option for how to more […]

Advertisements Ethereum News Update Although Ethereum prices moved sideways on Friday morning, a new fund endorsed by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has the crypto poised for some massive gains. The secretive project is the brainchild of an Avengers-like cast of Ethereum power players, including Cosmos, Golem, Maker, Global Blockchain Labs, OmiseGo, Raiden, and Tendermint. (Source: […]