Ethereum Watch

Australia Post simplifies exchange selfies, Mastercard seeks to reshape crypto transactions, the Royal Mint is getting out of the stablecoin game, and bitcoin is property – per a Chinese court. Advertisements Here is what’s happening for Friday, October 26, 2018: New Patent Claims Crypto Benefits from Fractional Reserve Banking Per a patent application filed Thursday, […]

The “wrapped bitcoin” token was developed by BitGo, Kyber, and Republic Protocol. Advertisements A consortium of cryptocurrency companies are bringing a bitcoin-backed ERC 20 token to the Ethereum platform in an effort to “bridge Bitcoin liquidity and the decentralized ecosystem on Ethereum, enhancing all decentralized applications,” according to an October 25 press release. The development […]

ADM, Bunge, Cargill, and LDC haven’t identified a platform yet, but one of them has experience using blockchain technology for agricultural trading. Advertisements Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), Bunge Ltd, Cargill Incorporation, and Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), known as the ABCDs of global grain trading, are investigating blockchain to improve efficiency and transparency for customers. […]

The Reserve Bank of India agrees that cryptocurrency regulations should be left to government policymakers. Advertisements The Supreme Court of India has asked the country’s government to provide an official opinion regarding cryptocurrency within two weeks, according to an October 26 article published in the Indian newspaper The Economic Times. According to the article, the […]

Sony ups the cold storage game, Binance publicizes charitable contributions, and more legal drama in Plattsburgh and India. Advertisements Here is some of what’s happening for Thursday, October 25, 2018: Sony Developing Contact-less Hardware Wallet Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc, has announced the creation of a contact-less hardware wallet, per a press release published Tuesday. […]

October 25, 2018 10:48 PM Advertisements Germany’s central bank and the operator of its stock exchange – one of the largest securities trading centers in the world – have successfully performed a pilot of securities settlements using blockchain technology. Deutsche Bundesbank and Deutsche Börse Group, long-time collaborators in the development of financial market infrastructure, partnered […]

October 25, 2018 11:42 PM Advertisements The purpose of Buidler is to make developers’ lives easier. Earlier this month, Nomic Labs won a $50,000 Ethereum Foundation grant to work on Buidler. The idea is that the current tools available to developers of EDCCs (aka smart contracts) on the Ethereum blockchain are “unreliable” and “rigid,” which […]

Coinbase adds custody services, Japan lets its crypto association self-regulate, and the HTC Exodus only takes crypto. Advertisements New York Authorizes Coinbase to Create Crypto Custody Trust Per an announcement Tuesday, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) approved an application from Coinbase to operate a crypto custody trust. The trust, the Coinbase […]

October 24, 2018 10:40 PM Advertisements The Aurora exchange’s latest move has drawn some ire. Aurora, which identifies itself as a decentralized crypto-banking platform, tweeted yesterday that its IDEX exchange will start to block orders from New York users on Thursday, October 25. Although the company has not officially announced why it will block the […]

October 24, 2018 10:25 PM Advertisements The race is on to bring blockchain development to every enterprise. Alibaba has extended its cloud blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) product to include Southeast Asia, the US, and Europe. Advertisements Alibaba Cloud’s BaaS is already available in China, having launched in August 2018, and Alibaba says it already has a proven […]