Ethereum Watch

Ripple, the cryptocurrency answer to the real-time remittance, payment, and settlement problem, admits that a blockchain global payment solution may not be ready for prime time. Advertisements Reuters reported on June 13 that Ripple’s chief cryptographer, David Schwartz, acknowledged that difficulty with scalability, along with concerns about privacy, will likely keep distributed ledger-enabled settlement systems […]

After William Hinman, director of the division of corporation finance for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), shared his view that Ether is not a security, Cboe Global Markets (Cboe) issued a statement about the potential for a financial derivative linked to the cryptocurrency. Advertisements “This announcement clears a key stumbling block for Ether futures, […]

Although it has been reported by several outlets that Walmart was just awarded a patent on a blockchain-based method and system for managing demand on an electric grid, there is no such news to report. Here’s what we actually know. Advertisements On June 14, United States Patent Application number 15/840724 was published on the US […]

Ethereum is not a security, at least in the view of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) director of corporate finance William Hinman. Advertisements Speaking at the Yahoo! All Markets Summit: Crypto event in San Francisco Thursday, the official told the audience that the agency “doesn’t see a lot of value in treating ether today […]

Tether may be used to manipulate cryptocurrency market, Thailand’s SEC likely to approve only one of fifty ICOs under new framework, top 5 cryptocurrency price changes, and more! Advertisements A recently published research paper from the University of Texas concluded that Tether may have been used to manipulate the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Image […]

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Advertisements At Thursday’s Yahoo Finance summit on cryptocurrency, the director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, William Hinman, delivered remarks entitled “Digital Asset Transactions: When Howey Met Gary (Plastic).” Today, some publications latched onto Hinman’s statements regarding Ether, the second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization (behind bitcoin). […]

Now that cryptocurrency laws and regulations have been put into place, Thailand’s SEC is ready to approve ICO fundraising. Advertisements The Bangkok Times reported June 13 that five new ICO projects will register for consideration by Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to begin fundraising procedures after regulatory laws for the cryptocurrency industry come into […]

Today the New York Department of Financial Services announced it has granted a BitLicense to Xapo and authorized settlement platform Paxos to expand the scope of its services. Advertisements The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has granted a BitLicense to the digital financial services company Xapo, bringing the total number of approved charters […]

Wouldn’t it be nice if money just fell from the sky? In the world of cryptocurrency, sometimes it happens. Advertisements Note: This article was initially published on October 9, 2017. The word “airdrop” immediately evokes images of parachutes and crates filled with vital supplies floating through the sky. When you hear “airdrop,” you might think […]

New research claims Bitcoin, Tether and Bitfinex manipulations artificially pumped the crypto markets, Binance to begin fiat-to-crypto trading market, highs, lows, and more… Advertisements New Research Claims Bitcoin Price was Artificially Inflated According to the New York Times, a concentrated campaign of price manipulation may have accounted for at least half of the increase in the […]