Ethereum Watch

Vitalik Buterin is coming out against a proposal that would find the blockchain he created changing its software to limit the performance of mining hardware designed to yield a greater cut of the network’s rewards. Advertisements Buterin’s comments, issued in a biweekly developer meeting Friday, come in response to the launch of a new product […]

iStock.com/MysteryShot Ethereum News Update The first quarter of 2018 was historically bad for ETH prices, according to a recent CoinDesk report, but there’s a silver lining embedded in the data: namely, that ETH recovered from these types of slumps in the past. Advertisements For instance, Ethereum prices lost 40% in the fourth quarter of 2016. […]

2017 was a very active year for blockchain and cryptocurrency patent filings. The number of significant patent applications appears to be on the rise throughout the first few months of 2018. Here are some of the highlights that you should know about. Advertisements Highest Blockchain/Crypto Patent-producing Nations According to an analysis recently released by Thomson […]

iStock.com/Nawadoln Ethereum News Update As Ethereum prices trended lower on Wednesday morning, my attention was drawn to a Bloomberg report claiming that cryptocurrency hedge funds are facing a “reckoning” in 2018. Advertisements Are they really? The article says that nine hedge funds have already exited the market, while the rest are sustaining heavy losses. And […]

It wasn’t the talk he was supposed to give. Advertisements At the Deconomy conference in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin scrapped a plan to discuss his 12-month vision for the world’s second-largest blockchain, opting for a more general discussion on blockchain and its potential. That said, the discussion with fellow ethereum […]

Many begin to trade cryptocurrencies because they want to make a large amount of money with a small initial investment. In the cryptocurrency market, where volatility can exceed more than 25% in a single day, this can often be one of the primary drivers to bring new traders into the market. What is not always […]

Bitcoin mining hardware firm Bitmain unveiled its long-rumored ethereum mining tech on Monday. Advertisements The Antminer E3 is set to ship this July, according to Bitmain’s website, at a price of $800 per unit. According to statements, the company is limiting orders to “one unit per user” with restrictions on shipping to China and Taiwan. […]

iStock.com/BackyardProduction Ethereum News Update Have we reached a bottom? That’s the question on most people’s minds today, as cryptocurrency markets flashed green for the second consecutive trading session. Advertisements Personally, I’m not convinced. ETH prices face a long winding road to their pre-crisis levels, which means it won’t be a straight rocket ride back to […]

Just trolling – but maybe we should do it anyway. Advertisements That’s the gist of a tweetstorm Monday from Vitalik Buterin, in which the ethereum creator said his proposal to create a hard cap on the supply of ether tokens was intended as an April Fool’s “meta-joke.” While he said he originally just wanted to […]

iStock.com/Evgeny Gromov Ethereum News Analysis Two seemingly contradictory things are happening in cryptocurrency markets: 1) Valuations are shrinking, and 2) Blockchain adoption is growing. These trends appear to be in conflict. Advertisements What exactly is going on? Well, the first thing to remember is you’re not in a nightmare. Ethereum prices are truly trading below […]