Ethereum Watch

One crypto token on two different blockchains? Advertisements While it might sound unlikely, social messaging app Kik has announced it’ll be doing just that with its “kin” token, which allowed the company to raise $98 million in an initial coin offering (ICO) in September. After some back and forth about which blockchain the company wanted […]

After raising $12 million in its first round of venture capital funding, CryptoKitties will break away from its creator, Canadian blockchain startup Axiom Zen, the company announced Tuesday. Advertisements The ethereum-based app, which has enjoyed tremendous popularity since its launch in December of 2017, allows users to buy, collect, breed and exchange unique digital cats […]

iStock.com/BackyardProduction Ethereum News Update If there’s one fear that haunts crypto enthusiasts, it’s that governments will attach burdensome regulations to slow innovation across the industry. Advertisements So when U.S. regulators—like the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)—started cracking down on the initial coin offering (ICO) market, investors assumed their worst nightmares were coming true. They […]

The 40 percent month-on-month decline of ethereum’s ether cryptocurrency has pushed the long-term price floor down to $300, the technical charts indicate. Advertisements As of writing, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is changing hands at $534, as per CoinMarketCap. Stepping back, ether’s sharp reversal from the Feb. 6 low of $555 (prices […]

iStock.com/EtiAmmos Ethereum News Update Although cryptocurrency prices recovered slightly on Sunday night, the market is still burdened by what appears to be a regulatory crackdown in the United States. Advertisements So it hardly matters that Ethereum prices are up 4.66%. Hours earlier, the world’s second-biggest crypto hit a three-month low, making the gains seem less […]

Ether’s technical recovery from the 100-day low hit yesterday looks to be a “dead cat bounce.” Advertisements The world’s second largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, which traded around $740 a week ago, fell to $460 on Sunday – its lowest level since Dec. 11.  The 37.8 percent fall looks to be associated with ether-specific news […]

iStock.com/rclassenlayouts Ethereum News Update A three-year-old blockchain startup from MIT’s Media Lab recently accepted $20.0 million in venture capital, raising investors’ expectations about its upcoming airdrop. Advertisements The startup is called Eximchain. It is a blockchain company looking to adapt distributed ledger technology to supply chain management, which makes it a sliver less dull than […]

Both Bitcoin and Ethereum networks have test-ready solutions to increase speed, global cryptocurrency volume has decreased 75% since January 2018, top 5 cryptocurrency price changes, and more! Advertisements Both Bitcoin and Ethereum networks have test-ready solutions to increase speed. Image from Pasko Maksim. Loom Network Launches First Production-Ready Platform to Increase Ethereum’s Scalability Loom Network, a TechStars-incubated […]

A TechStars-incubated startup has launched what looks like the first production-ready platform designed to increase the capacity of ethereum. Advertisements Called Loom Network, the little-known company is today releasing a developer toolkit that makes it possible to deploy scalable ethereum apps on the second-largest cryptocurrency network, effectively leapfrogging ongoing efforts such as Raiden Network and Plasma. […]

Ethereum News Update Earlier this week, just days before the U.S. House of Representatives would hold a hearing on cryptocurrencies, one government official turned his attention toward the American government’s favorite punching bag: Venezuela. Advertisements The U.S. official in question is Florida Senator Bill Nelson. Senator Nelson sent a letter to the Treasury Secretary on […]