Ethereum Watch

February 5, 2018 10:08 PM Advertisements Texas officials targeting cryptocurrency startups soliciting state residents have issued a pair of fresh “Emergency Cease and Desist” orders. Filed on February 2, 2018, another “Emergency Cease and Desist” order has been issued by the Texas State Securities Board (TSSB), this time against cryptocurrency startup DavorCoin. Advertisements According to […]

February 5, 2018 10:43 PM Advertisements Continuing its crusade against cryptocurrency, China reportedly plans to limit domestic participation in foreign initial coin offerings (ICOs) and international virtual currency transactions. On Sunday evening, Financial News, a publication linked to the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), reported, “To prevent financial risks, China will step up measures to […]

February 5, 2018 11:36 PM Advertisements The crown prince of Liechtenstein revealed a potential royal ambition to invest in cryptocurrencies. Nestled amid alpine forests between a Swiss border along the Rhine River floodplain and an Austrian border etched across the Alpine foothills, lies Liechtenstein. It is one of Europe’s smallest microstates, and host to less […]

February 5, 2018 10:31 PM Advertisements A trio of organizations are receiving donations in cryptocurrency, including UNICEF, the Open Medicine Foundation, and the SENS Research Foundation. Cryptocurrencies saw monumental growth over last year, and despite recent volatility, people are opening up their hearts, and wallets, to noble causes. Advertisements In one case, an anonymous philanthropist […]

Advertisements credits:istock.com/BackyardProduction Here’s Why Ethereum Is Faring Better Than Other Cryptos Cryptocurrencies are in an unholy mess. It feels like the sky is falling as we watch the crypto markets crash to new lows. But for some reason, there’s a ray of hope shining for one crypto. Of all the top 10 cryptocurrencies, there’s only […]

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, […]