Ethereum Watch

The SENS Research Foundation, a charity funding research for treating-age related diseases, has received a $2.4 million Ether donation from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, according to a press release on the charity’s website Friday, Feb. 1. Advertisements The foundation was co-founded in 2009 by Aubrey de Grey, a gerontologist who is researching rejuvenative therapies to […]

Advertisements Where Ethereum Goes from Here Aside from Bitcoin, no cryptocurrency is more popular and promising than Ether (the native token of the Ethereum platform). ETH prices exploded by 9,383% in 2017, beating every Ethereum price forecast in the world. Yet, now that it’s time to make Ethereum price predictions for 2018, analysts outside crypto-land […]

Advertisements Ethereum News Update Cryptocurrencies turned into a vortex of despair this week, dragging down all-but-one of the top 100 digital assets. Ethereum was not the exception—that was DigixDAO. ETH lost 19.92% of its value, driving the crypto below $1,000 for the first time this month. The Ethereum to USD exchange rate was at $902.97 […]

Japan’s Financial Services Agency surprised the operators of Coincheck with an unannounced visit to the cryptocurrency exchange’s office, and said that it had warned the firm to beef up its security measures in advance of the theft of over 500 NEM tokens in January. Advertisements Ten officials with Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) paid a […]

February 2, 2018 11:23 PM Advertisements At an event on Thursday, German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier told his audience that the financial sector has a responsibility to avert cryptocurrency bubbles and speculation. “When I look at the market developments of cryptocurrencies, I don’t see currencies. I see betting games,” pronounced president Frank-Walter Steinmeier on February 1, […]

February 2, 2018 11:27 PM Advertisements Dmitry Medvedev, the prime minister of Russia, has urged the states comprising the Eurasian Economic Union to adopt a common approach to cryptocurrency regulation. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said that rather than regulating cryptocurrencies at the national level, member states of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) should […]

February 2, 2018 11:44 PM Advertisements A Technology Advisory Committee meeting which had been scheduled in late January, but since was postponed, now has a new calendar date. The public is encouraged to submit feedback and questions. On February 1, 2018 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that the Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) public […]

A group sanctioned by lawmakers in Illinois has released a report on its findings regarding government application of blockchain technology. Advertisements Published on January 31, 2018, an anticipated “Illinois Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Task Force Final Report to the General Assembly” extolls the virtues of blockchain systems for governments, while acknowledging the challenges ahead. In […]

Advertisements Ethereum News Update Given the ongoing slide in cryptocurrencies, it seems a terrible time for optimism. But I can’t help it. Ethereum prices are holding up better than some of the others, making it a safe-haven crypto asset during these troubled times. This could lead to the fabled “flippening,” whereby Ethereum replaces Bitcoin as […]

Ming Chan has stepped down from her position as executive director of the Ethereum Foundation. Her successor, Aya Miyaguchi, comes forward as blockchain technology begins to pierce the veil of mainstream acknowledgment. Advertisements On February 1, 2018, following Ming Chan’s departure from the organization, the Ethereum Foundation announced the appointment of a new executive director, […]