Ethereum Watch

The gear has come under scrutiny by the State Bank of Vietnam and the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Advertisements According to Hanoi newspaper Việt Nam News, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), the country’s central bank, has agreed with the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to temporarily halt the import of cryptocurrency mining […]

One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, OKEx, will form a joint venture company with MSX, the digital and FinTech division of Malta Stock Exchange Holdings, to create a security-token trading platform under the name OKMSX. Advertisements OKEx and MSX signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on July 19 to establish a security token trading […]

It’s an impressive step forward but seems to ignore the major concerns of the last few years: privacy and security. Advertisements One proposed advantage of blockchain technology is the opportunity for consumers to privately control their own data. That’s an immensely powerful idea, especially in the age of information. What if a person were able […]

Bitgenstein’s Table, the Crypto Philosophy Podcast, ep. 3 Bitgenstein’s Table: the Crypto Philosophy Podcast applies 2500 years of the wisest human thought in philosophy, psychology, sociology, history, and economics to the future of blockchain & cryptocurrency & how to make better decisions. Advertisements I’m joined this week by my colleague Ryan Dennis, Head of Content at […]

A new test network has been launched for Raiden, the ethereum payments channel project. Advertisements Announced at the Dappcon developer conference in Berlin on Thursday, the release features a minimal implementation of the scaling solution that will allow ethereum tokens to be traded on off-chain payment channels. Notably, this particular testnet will be the final one to […]

Blockchain Popularity, Athletes in Crypto, Mastercard Patent and more! Blockchain and Crypto as Familiar as the Internet Blockchain and Cryptocurrency usage could one day be as commonplace as using the internet. In an interview with CNBC, Jeremy Allaire, CEO and co-founder of fintech company Circle, described the industry as “a really fertile space in terms of the […]

Ethereum’s most polarizing debate is back – and, arguably, as complex as ever. Advertisements Largely undiscussed since April, the question of whether the world’s second-largest blockchain would consider a system-wide software upgrade as a way to return $239 million lost due to a mishap at a major startup resurfaced with a new round of infighting among […]

Before my one and only “mon” reached level 4, I was out of ether. Advertisements Such was the end result of my first experience with Etheremon, a game inspired by Pokemon and built on the world’s second-largest blockchain, ethereum. I had around $15 worth of ether to spare, so I decided to try it out, eventually […]

Augur, a decentralized platform for creating predictions markets, just hit a major milestone. Advertisements “The first markets have successfully resolved,” the project tweeted Wednesday. Payments of ether worth around $20,000 are now going out to the first brave crop of users, who used the betting platform without knowing for sure whether it would work as advertised. […]

CFPB director Mick Mulvaney is preparing to hand the reins to Kathleen Kraninger. While her nomination process grows contentious, Mulvaney is leaving his mark on the agency, creating an Office of Innovation and launching a regulatory sandbox. Advertisements On Thursday, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a confirmation hearing for Kathleen […]