Ethereum Watch

Advertisements Credits:iStock.com/BackyardProduction Ethereum News Update On Tuesday, Ethereum prices continued to falter as investors rotated funds out toward fiat currency. ETH prices dropped 11.4% against the U.S. dollar, bringing the ETH to USD rate down to $947.05. It wasn’t pretty. But there’s some hope on the horizon because…it’s Davos time again. Advertisements Every year, the […]

From the outside, all digital assets look the same. A lot of volatility. A lot of upside potential. Not a lot of variety. Advertisements This two-dimensional view of cryptocurrencies is pretty common among newbie investors, but experienced hands know it’s not true. There’s a world of difference between Monero and XRP, or between NEM and […]

Ajit Tripathi is a EMEA partner at Consensys Enterprise, and a former director of fintech and digital banking at PwC, where he co-founded its UK blockchain and smart contracts practice. Advertisements The following article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2017 in Review. I have come to trust Vitalik Buterin to ask the most important questions […]

Given the recent rollercoaster in Ethereum prices, it’s time to consider what makes ETH more valuable than the 1,400 other cryptocurrencies on the market. I call this theory “trickle-down cryptonomics”—others call it “fat protocol theory.” Advertisements What am I talking about? To put it simply, Ethereum’s greatest strength is that it serves as a launching […]

Decentralized exchange startup Radar Relay has announced that it has added support for the Ledger hardware wallet. Advertisements In a post published Wednesday, the Øx order book provider announced the integration with Ledger, allowing people who use the hardware to transfer ether (the cryptocurrency of the ethereum network) or supported ERC-20-based tokens directly to another Ledger […]

Advertisements credits:istock.com/allanswart Making Sense of the Cryptocurrency Crash 2018 How eerie is it that exactly 10 days ago, I was sitting in the exact same spot around the exact same time and writing about the possibility of an Ethereum crash? 10 days later, it has occurred and here I am, reiterating my stance. There’s little […]

All this week, a dark cloud hung over cryptocurrency markets. It was caused by the first batch of Bitcoin futures contracts coming due…and investors having no idea what to expect from the fallout. Advertisements But then the contract was settled. The world continued spinning on its axis, and the sun still rose in the east. […]

24,270 tokens. 27,358 pending transactions. 463,713 digital kittens. Advertisements Ethereum has hosted a lot of activity recently, and while many crypto enthusiasts see that as a positive sign, as the network’s usage soars, its history gets longer and its blockchain more unruly. And although network congestion leading to transaction backlogs and rising fees has taken […]

Until yesterday, Ethereum prices were holding up (better than most) against the raging tide of pessimism. But the dam broke on Tuesday, causing ETH prices to fall 25.17% against the U.S. dollar. Advertisements This brought the Ethereum to USD rate down to $831.27. While novice investors are fleeing the market at this sudden crash, old […]

Roger Boodoo, MD, is a radiologist and clinical informatics fellow actively seeking opportunities where blockchain technology might be applied to challenges in healthcare. Advertisements The following article is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2017 in Review. Let’s start with the problematic scenario. Advertisements A medical researcher stands behind the podium at a prestigious healthcare conference […]