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flickr.com/Marc van der Chijs Ethereum News Update Something has changed in cryptocurrency markets. Advertisements In less than a week, investors have gone from agonizing over pending regulations to not caring about big announcements. For example, there was zero reaction to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chairperson Christine Lagarde saying that regulatory action on cryptocurrencies is “inevitable.” […]

February 12, 2018 8:42 PM Advertisements Over the weekend, a piece of malware embedded in software designed to help those with difficulty reading led to thousands of websites mining cryptocurrency, some of which were operated by government organizations. On February 11, 2018, thousands of websites became infected with malware designed to hijack browsers and make […]

February 12, 2018 7:37 PM Advertisements Thailand’s central bank has instructed financial institutions in the country not to engage in a variety of practices relating to cryptocurrency, including investing in them and facilitating their trade. A February 12 circular issued by the Bank of Thailand, the country’s central bank, has laid out a series of […]

February 12, 2018 8:14 PM Advertisements On Monday, the regulatory trio that makes up the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) issued a warning about the financial dangers inherent in virtual currency ownership. Together, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), European Banking Authority (EBA), and European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) comprise the European Supervisory […]

Popular Ethereum wallet interface MyEtherWallet (MEW) has released a unexpected alternative product, MyCrypto.com, one of MEW’s original developers announced in a blog post Feb. 9. Advertisements MEW has become one of the most popular Ethereum and ERC20 token storage management tools over the past year, and will continue to exist along with a new project, […]

iStock.com/gamegfx Ethereum News Update On Friday morning, ETH prices moved sideways against the U.S. dollar, rising a measly 0.03%. Advertisements This brought the Ethereum to USD exchange rate to $835.90. But that number is completely boring. I am much more interested in the Ethereum to Bitcoin rate, which rose 1.83% to 0.1 BTC. Here’s what […]

February 9, 2018 10:31 PM Advertisements In a joint letter to the finance minister of Argentina, the central bank governors and finance ministers of France and Germany made several requests related to the cryptocurrency markets and the upcoming G20 meetings. On Friday, it was reported that French minister for the economy and finance Bruno Le […]

ETHNews’ Adam Reese does a deep dive into the technical implications of a recent paper that outlined three types of EDCCs that could, theoretically, be used to bribe Ether miners to change their behavior in ways that benefit the briber. This article describes the three schemes and brings in commentary and additional explanations from Vitalik […]

A bill currently in the US Senate would call on federal personnel, including from the Department of Homeland Security, to develop and share with other law enforcement bodies a threat assessment describing how cryptocurrencies could be used to support terrorist activity. Advertisements On February 7, the US Senate held hearings on HR2825, the Department of […]

This week, officials and economists from the Federal Reserve System expressed doubts about the practicality of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Advertisements On Friday, February 9, 2018, in a thoughtful post on Liberty Street Economics, a blog kept by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Antoine Martin and Michael Lee, economists in the bank’s research […]