Ethereum Watch

In a letter to investors, Google co-founder Sergey Brin said that demand for the powerful computers used to mine ether and other cryptocurrencies has contributed to a “boom of computing.” Advertisements Brin wrote Saturday that several factors have led to a surge in computing power that has seen search giant Google’s own processors speed up […]

Spanish banking giant BBVA has completed a pilot that issued a €75 million ($91 million) corporate loan using two different blockchain technologies. Advertisements According to a report from the Financial Times on Thursday, the bank’s latest exploration of the technology focuses on the entire issuance process, including negotiation of terms and signing the corporate loan. […]

Parity Technologies issued a statement Thursday stating it has no plans to move forward with a code change that would result in an ethereum blockchain split. Advertisements Named EIP-999, the contentious code change would recover the $264 million lost due to a code fault in Parity wallets in November 2017. Signed by co-founder of the […]

This series was titled “Ethereum Competitors,” but that was probably overzealous. Advertisements These protocols — EOS, NEO, Cardano, etc. — are often described as “Ethereum Killers,” but numerous platforms can co-exist, as Windows, macOS, and Linux do today. Perhaps the future will see many of these cryptocurrency challengers coexisting as alternatives or as platforms with different strengths and specialties. […]

New code written to change the way the ethereum network reaches consensus is now ready for review, developers said Friday. Advertisements Ethereum improvement proposal (EIP) 1011, known as Hybrid Casper FFG (short for “Friendly Finality Gadget”), would implement the first step in a long-planned shift away from the energy-intensive mining process and toward towards a […]

In today’s ICO Alert Crypto Minute: NASA invests in blockchain research, tZero discusses ICO regulation with the SEC, and Seeking Alpha makes the move into the crypto space. Don’t miss this… NASA Funds Development Of Autonomous Spacecraft That Uses Blockchain NASA awarded a grant of $330,000 to Jin Wei Kocsis, an assistant professor of electrical and […]

The stock for cryptocurrency investment firm Ether Capital has begun trading on a Canadian stock exchange. Advertisements Formerly known as Ethereum Capital, the investment fund’s shares went live on the NEO Exchange in Toronto Thursday. The company plans to invest the funds it raises both into startups developing projects in the space as well make direct purchases of […]

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) intends to release a set of common blockchain standards for businesses in 2018, one of the consortium’s leading members said Thursday. Advertisements Onstage at Blockchain Expo in London, Jeremy Millar, a founding board member of the 450-member group, which boasts Accenture, JP Morgan and UBS among its ranks, provided the update […]

Things may be looking up for Ethereum’s native token, ether (ETH). Advertisements Having suffered a 50 percent decline in March, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market value fell to $394 by April 1 – the lowest level since Dec. 7, according to Bitfinex data. However, at the time, ETH was extremely oversold, with the 14-day […]

iStock.com/tigerstrawberry Ethereum News Update Investors tend to panic when international organizations talk about cryptocurrency regulation, but is that really the nightmare scenario? Advertisements What we have at the moment seems worse. With each country or state striking its own path on crypto regulation, investors are left without a clear sense of direction. “Where is the industry […]