Ethereum Watch

Vitalik Buterin has penned a new proposal that could lay the foundation for resolving one of the ethereum network’s biggest outstanding questions – whether a limit on the amount of ether that could be created would ever be set. Advertisements In a new ethereum improvement proposal (EIP) authored April 1, the cryptocurrency’s creator issued his […]

iStock.com/rclassenlayouts Ethereum News Update As Ethereum prices shed another 10% on Thursday morning, it seems appropriate to ask big questions: Were Ethereum prices in a bubble? Is that why ETH prices are crashing? Or is there a different explanation? Advertisements My initial reaction is that, no, Ethereum prices were not in a bubble. However, it’s […]

iStock.com/Evgeny Gromov Ethereum News Update Ever since the dawn of cryptocurrencies, two things have been true: 1) Retail investors are excited about distributed ledgers/blockchain technology, and 2) Institutions are not. Advertisements Now that paradigm is changing. You don’t have to go back very far to see what I’m talking about. At the end of 2017, […]

iStock.com/juststock Ethereum News Update As Ethereum prices continue to fall—alongside the rest of the market, I might add—investors are concentrating their funds in Bitcoin, otherwise known as digital gold. Advertisements Bitcoin has drawn these comparisons for much of its history, though the reasons have evolved with time. At first, investors argued that Bitcoin’s fixed supply […]

iStock.com/Adrian Bysiak Ethereum News Update The intricate web of U.S. cryptocurrency regulations is choking off innovation, says a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Advertisements The GAO report describes a fintech industry whose participants are stumbling around in the dark. No one quite knows which laws apply or when. So it becomes […]

iStock.com/LEEDDONG Ethereum News Update Reports surfaced on Friday that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) is thinking of spinning off its “Quorum” blockchain division into a separate company. Is this good for cryptocurrencies like Ethereum? Is it bad? Advertisements Let’s take a closer look… Quorum is JPMorgan’s attempt to build a blockchain. You can think of […]

iStock.com/BackyardProduction Ethereum News Update Ethereum prices are down six percent on Thursday morning as the market slips back into angst and fear about upcoming regulations. Advertisements These gyrations have become a normal part of the Ethereum to USD exchange rate. They don’t surprise me. One number that did catch my eye, however, is the total […]

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 […]