Ethereum Watch

In a normal week, there is a ton of Ethereum news to sort through. We have to parse everything from shady ICOs to scaling roadmaps to new regulations. This week, however, was anything but normal. Advertisements Only one story mattered: The launch of a Bitcoin futures contract. The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) was the […]

Key Highlights ETH price made a nice upside move and traded above the $720 resistance against the US Dollar. There are two important bullish trend lines forming with support at $685 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via SimpleFX). On the upside, a break above the $735 level would open the doors for […]

Danish authorities are researching cryptocurrencies as a way to improve humanitarian efforts. Advertisements On December 12, 2017, a report titled Hack the Future of Development Aid was released by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs with help from the Sustainia think tank and Danish blockchain and e-commerce firm, Coinify. The report highlighted some of the […]

The consumer goods giant Unilever will take part in a trial involving blockchain-based tracking of products across supply chains. The pilot aims to quantify the sustainability of agricultural practices and reward farmers when appropriate. Advertisements An upcoming pilot project will test a blockchain-based shared data system intended to connect a range of parties, including up […]

December 14, 2017 4:24 PM Advertisements Given the differing viewpoints of Turkish officials, to an onlooker it may be hard to tell whether authorities support or oppose implementing cryptocurrencies. While the meteoric rise of cryptocurrencies continues, Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek, formerly a strategist at Merrill Lynch in London, joins the ranks of naysayers, […]

ETH/USD Advertisements Ethereum rallied significantly during the trading session on Wednesday, bouncing from the $600 level, and reaching towards the $700 level. At this point, waiting on pullbacks will be necessary to pick up value in a market that is starting to run away, albeit on low-volume over the last several hours. ETH/BTC Ethereum has […]

At the moment, the biggest problem in cryptocurrencies is this: Prices are rising faster than expected. It is an enviable problem, especially if you’re already invested in cryptos. Advertisements But what if you’re late to the party? Have you already missed the buffet of big returns, or are there more gains to come? In this writer’s […]

Key Highlights ETH price surged above the $640 level recently and traded to a new all-time high at $653 against the US Dollar. A monster connecting trend line with resistance near $650-660 is preventing gains on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via SimpleFX). On the downside, there is a bullish trend line with […]

December 13, 2017 6:01 PM Advertisements Creditors to MtGox are petitioning a Tokyo court to re-examine the status of the exchange in an effort to obtain payouts and stop disgraced former chief executive officer Mark Karpeles from profiting as a result of the scandal. In a new development of the MtGox case, four major creditors […]

Google has often been a forerunner of new technology, and in the case of blockchain-backed currencies, it pounced again! Great googly moogly! Android users now have a fun new cryptocurrency pricing tool at their fingertips. Advertisements The search engine giant’s latest blockchain-related surprise is better described as an Easter egg hiding in Google’s voice activated assistant. […]