Ethereum Watch

The latest synopsis of the collective projects in the Ethereum ecosystem was released by the development team. Advertisements The Ethereum Foundation has released a roundup of 2017’s Q4 developments. These latter updates focus on scalability, with the goal of expanding the capacity of the network to handle more complex applications and a higher volume of […]

Ether (ETH), the native currency of the Ethereum platform and the third largest cryptocurrency by market cap, reached a new all-time high today, trading at $914 earlier this morning. At press time Ether was trading at an average of $889 and boasting a 16.26 percent increase in price in the past 24 hours. Advertisements In […]

Credit: iStock.com/gamegfx Advertisements After failing to break above $800.00 for more than a week, Ethereum prices finally caught a tailwind on Tuesday morning, soaring as high as $914.83. This was a record high for the Ethereum to USD exchange rate. The Ethereum to Bitcoin rate, meanwhile, also rose 13.59% to 0.06439940 BTC. Clearly, money is […]

There is a race going on today between two cryptocurrencies for second place in the market capacity charts. Ripple and Ethereum are both vying for the spot just behind Bitcoin, the two altcoins have posted strong gains during the Asian trading session today. Advertisements Recently knocked off its second spot is Ethereum which has also […]

Malaysia’s deputy finance minister has clarified the country’s position on cryptocurrencies. There will not be a blanket ban against crypto. Advertisements Local media is reporting that the Malaysian deputy finance minister, Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani, has said that his nation will not make cryptocurrencies illegal and that regulations are still being considered. “Financial innovation […]

Yves Mersch is worried that bitcoin may threaten financial stability as “market infrastructures such as stock exchanges enter this business.” Advertisements The ex-governor of the Luxembourg Central Bank, Yves Mersch, serves as a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank (ECB). In a recent interview with German newspaper Börsen-Zeitung, Mersch discussed the […]

In 2017, several Ethereum-based decentralized application (dapp) browsers gained significant popularity, primarily due to the rise of dapps like CryptoKitties. During its peak, CryptoKitties, the digital cartoon collectibles game, was responsible for more than 20 percent of the entire Ethereum network’s daily transaction volume. Advertisements CryptoKitties in particular was praised by some of the cryptocurrency […]

Key Highlights ETH price is trading in a range below the $715 resistance area against the US Dollar. There is a major contracting triangle forming with current support at $665 on the 4-hours chart of ETH/USD (data feed via SimpleFX). The pair might soon make the next move and either break $715 or trade below […]

The cryptocurrency market has experienced a powerful drop this Friday and Saturday. Coins were losing value across the board, with just three of the top twenty by market capitalization displaying growth of over 10 percent: Cardano, Qtum and Neo. Advertisements Bitcoin, on the other hand, has dropped from a Friday high of $15,266 to as […]

Credit:iStock.com/ByoungJoo Advertisements Earlier this week—as investors were in the thick of the holiday rush—South Korean authorities debated how to curb the irrational exuberance of cryptocurrencies. The proposals ranged far and wide. One idea was to close certain exchanges, another was to crack down on anonymous transactions. Whatever the regulators decide, it seems inevitable that Korea […]