Ethereum Watch

Announced today, Google will no longer feature extensions that contain cryptocurrency mining scripts in its Chrome Web Store. Advertisements Starting today, Google’s Chrome Web Store will no longer accept cryptocurrency mining extensions, and currently-listed mining extensions will be eliminated from the online marketplace no later than the end of June. Google had previously allowed cryptocurrency […]

An official with Russia’s central bank has said that a proposed pan-EAEU payments network could be launched on an Ethereum-based platform. Advertisements Olga Skorobogatova, the Central Bank of Russia’s first deputy governor, has projected that a proposed payments network, which would serve the entirety of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), could eventually be deployed atop […]

Australia’s financial intelligence agency published new regulatory stipulations today for digital currency exchanges operating within the island nation. Advertisements New regulatory stipulations published today, April 3, 2018, by Australia’s financial intelligence agency, Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), are based on legislation that was proposed in 2017 and aren’t likely to catch any domestically-based […]

Ethereum developer Piper Merriam opened Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) #958 on Github on March 30, presenting the idea of a possible hard fork in the Ethereum (ETH) protocol to invalidate ETH ASICs. Advertisements Vlad Zamfir, another developer with the Ethereum Foundation, posed the same question on Twitter March 28. 57 percent of respondents voted yes. […]

iStock.com/Evgeny Gromov Ethereum News Analysis Two seemingly contradictory things are happening in cryptocurrency markets: 1) Valuations are shrinking, and 2) Blockchain adoption is growing. These trends appear to be in conflict. Advertisements What exactly is going on? Well, the first thing to remember is you’re not in a nightmare. Ethereum prices are truly trading below […]

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin used April Fool’s day to indulge himself in some ecosystem humor that some mistook for actual fact … Silly Ether Bunny, tricks are for kids! Advertisements Verifiable truth is one of the main reasons why distributed ledger technologies (DLT) like blockchain are so important – especially in today’s charged and polarized […]

With help from CipherTrace, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may soon enhance its cryptocurrency monitoring. Today, ETHNews spoke with CipherTrace CEO Dave Jevans. Advertisements On March 27, 2018, GovTribe – an aggregator of federal contracting information – published a “notification of the SEC’s intent to award a single source purchase order to CipherTrade […]

The crypto markets are seeing a slight upward trend Saturday, March 31, after hitting monthly lows this week, according to data from Coin360. Advertisements Bitcoin (BTC) is above $7,000 again, trading for around $7,140 and up over 2 percent over a 24 hour period to press time. BTC saw a 24 hr low today of […]

Intel filed a patent application, which was recently published, for a system that would allow vehicles to transmit data to third parties in a way that protects the driver/owner’s privacy. The system would accomplish this, in part, by using blockchain technology, private key encryption, and zero-knowledge proofs. Advertisements In late 2016, the technology and manufacturing […]

A board member with Gazprombank has revealed that the financial institution could run a cryptocurrency-related pilot in Switzerland through a local subsidiary there. Advertisements According to reports from Russian media, the state-owned Gazprombank, which was founded by the majority state-owned oil giant Gazprom, might conduct a small cryptocurrency pilot in Switzerland through a subsidiary later […]