Ethereum Watch

The developer team behind ethereum is considering possible changes to a planned rollout of new technology upgrades. Advertisements Addressing rumors that such plans are now under review, ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin told a meeting of the platform’s open-source developers Friday that the idea is that the team might seek to alter the sequence in which Casper and […]

Cboe Global Markets may now be close to launching an ether futures product, following a recent comment from a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official indicating that the agency doesn’t consider ethereum’s native cryptocurrency a security. Advertisements On Thursday, the SEC’s director of corporation finance William Hinman notably said that, based on his understanding of “the […]

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 […]

Tykn, Climate Future, ImpactPPA, and Grapevine presented their pitches. Which one will be the winner? The pitches below are taken directly from these ICO companies’ own pitch slides and website pitches, with modifications for this article format. Links are provided to the website of each company. Advertisements World Blockchain Forum’s Humanitarian & Environmental ICO Pitch Panel […]

A critical consensus bug has been uncovered in a testing environment used by one of the two principal softwares crucial to the operation of the world’s second-largest blockchain. Advertisements Revealed last night by UK-based Parity Technologies in a blog post, the issue was found to cause those running the software to fall out of sync, […]

Are cryptocurrencies securities? There is no statement defining whether or not digital currency will be categorized as securities by the U.S. government. Advertisements With an announcement like this, we may be lead to believe there is a high probability the government can be closer to defining cryptocurrency as securities under the umbrella of cryptocurrency derivatives. […]

On May 23, the largest U.S. digital currency exchange Coinbase announced that it has acquired the decentralized exchange Paradex as part of Coinbase’s commitment to investing in decentralized infrastructure and its focus on international traders. Advertisements Paradex is a decentralized exchange that enables traders to transact directly with each other through the use of smart […]

Ethereum classic (ETC) is set to fork in the coming days as part of a bid to diffuse a so-called ‘bomb’ in its code. Advertisements Set for block 5,900,000, the change, in which all users of the original ethereum blockchain will need to update their software, is meant to disable a feature that is designed to […]

Coinbase makes a notable acquisition, U.S. Justice department takes a deeper look at price manipulation, Google approaches Vitalik Buterin, and top gainers, big losers and everything else going on with crypto! Coinbase Acquires Cryptocurrency Trading Platform Paradex According to cnbc, Coinbase has bought a decentralized exchange named Paradex. This move by Coinbase is notable for two reasons. […]

Smart assets for businesses with easy-to-use templates, public and private blockchain support, and a growing ecosystem. Public and Private Blockchain NEMjas battle for dominance. (Video version: youtu.be/XlvVrMXMcpw) We’ve been investigating decentralized application platforms that might challenge Ethereum’s future market share. Advertisements So far, our Ethereum Challengers series has covered RSK (Rootstock), EOS, Cardano, and NEO. […]