Ethereum Watch

As the South Korean government backs away from a full-scale ban, investors should be thinking more and more about political risk. How do you protect your crypto investments against sudden shifts in the regulatory landscape? Advertisements One option is to avoid cryptos altogether. I know the potential returns are seductive, but if you can’t take […]

South Korea’s government announced that it may still go on to ban the trading of cryptocurrencies on exchanges, following apparently conflicting reports on the matter days earlier. Advertisements A statement issued on January 15 by South Korea’s Office for Government Policy Coordination (a branch of the Prime Minister’s Secretariat) warned that a national ban of […]

NASA has awarded a grant to the University of Akron for research into data analysis and other topics related to space exploration. The allocation will help a team led by associate professor Jin Wei to pioneer a resilient networking system based in part on the Ethereum blockchain. Advertisements Space exploration has taken monumental leaps, but […]

Although some believe that developing common standards for blockchain technology could hamper its growth and stifle its spirit, it is the creation of such standards that will spur greater ingenuity, innovation, and eventually mass adoption. Advertisements What is the maximum amount of time a conversation about blockchain technology can last before the mention of cryptocurrency, […]

January 13, 2018 12:14 AM Advertisements Baidu, the Chinese search engine that often draws comparisons to Google, has launched a Blockchain-as-a-service platform. On January 12, it was announced that one of China’s leading websites in terms of traffic, the search engine Baidu, launched a Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform called Baidu Trust. According to Baidu Financial, the […]

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Credits:istock.com/Lightboxx Advertisements After drowning in red for a week, cryptocurrency prices picked up steam on Friday morning. Ethereum had weathered the storm better than most, yet it also climbed on the renewed sense of optimism. ETH prices jumped 4.33% against the U.S. dollar, putting the Ethereum to USD exchange rate at $1,255.57. Since there is relative […]

The troubled exchange is being sued for allegedly making deceptive statements and false promises, attempting to skirt legal liability, and planning to leave customers holding the bag. Advertisements Several years ago, the cryptocurrency exchange, Vircurex, halted trading and to date, it has not returned all assets to its customers. This week, a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed in the Colorado […]

The Financial Stability Oversight Council recently created a working group to examine cryptocurrency. However, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin appears unperturbed by any financial threat posed by bitcoin, notwithstanding potential losses by speculators. Advertisements On Friday morning, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin spoke with David Rubenstein, president of the Economic Club of Washington, DC. In a segment […]

January 12, 2018 12:40 AM Advertisements A bill submitted to the US House of Representatives would require a taskforce on financial technology to be created. On January 10, Ted Budd (R- NC) introduced a bill to the House of Representatives that calls for the formation of a FinTech taskforce, among other things. It was then […]