Ethereum Watch

A cryptocurrency exchange in Israel has agreed to share certain customer transaction information with the country’s tax authority. Advertisements The Israel Tax Authority (ITA), the country’s tax collector, recently entered an agreement with Bits of Gold Ltd., a major Israeli cryptocurrency exchange, to obtain customer transaction information. The agreement requires the exchange to provide information […]

Russia has been a hot topic for some time now. Advertisements There’s been news about a new crypto law which might pass soon. In addition, media in the space reported on a crypto investment bank being launched by the payment system Qiwi, while several months earlier we learned about a state bank doing a successful […]

R3 has scored another win in the insurance sector, giving the startup a wide lead over other distributed ledger technology (DLT) providers in the sector. Advertisements Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, the RiskBlock Alliance, whose members include such insurance heavyweights as Chubb, Marsh and Liberty Mutual, has decided to build its first set of use cases using […]

Happy Independence Day to our American audience, but Crypto takes no vacations! In today’s crypto minute, Ripple goes all out to create more useful XRP, blockchain is creeping into the mainstream, top gainers and more! Advertisements Ripple is Giving Away XRP to Promote More Real World Use The third largest cryptocurrency by market cap, Ripple, has been […]

ICO Alert Quick Facts Decentralized registry for the arts & collectibles (“A&C”) industry $0.067 US = 1 CODX Whitelist registration (July 2–6, 2018) ICO: July 23, 2018 — August 8, 2018 400,000,000 CODX available in ICO / 1,000,000,000 CODX total supply Existing partnerships integrating Codex into more than 5,000 auction houses Q & A ICO Alert: For those who […]

The price of EOS RAM has increased 600 percent, creating fears that hoarding may hinder Dapp production and endanger the future of EOS itself. Advertisements On July 1, RAM in the EOS network cost about 0.11 EOS per kilobyte, a price around which the resource had long hovered. Then, over the course of two days, […]

For two Nevada residents, the gamble of illegally selling blockchain stock did not pay off. Advertisements Two Nevada residents have been charged with profiting from the illegal sale of stocks in a suspicious company that claimed to be blockchain-related. According to a July 2 press release from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), attorney T.J. […]

Buterin’s proposal is intended to help miners choose their optimal bid when participating in a transaction. Advertisements In a paper published July 2, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin outlined the problems with the current system by which crypto miners are compensated for their work, and how to improve this process. According to the paper, nearly all […]

Fanchain will allow you to turn your ‘fandom’ into real merchandise and prizes Our guests this episode were Kevin April and Nick Schupak of the Fanchain team. Fanchain is the first project from the company Sportscastr, a mobile application (think Twitch) for commentary on your favorite sporting events. We discuss the difference between Sportscastr and Fanchain, […]

The SEC has approved a proposal to “modernize” the ETF application process. But will it actually impact crypto-related products? Advertisements On June 28, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose a new regulatory framework that would allow exchange-traded funds (ETF) to come to market without requiring applicants to apply for individual exemptive orders. […]