Ethereum Watch

Advertisements Ethereum News Update Earlier in the week, I predicted that Ethereum prices might soar in response to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) panels on virtual currencies. They did. ETH prices advanced 6.29% in the last 24 hours, bringing the Ethereum to USD rate to $923.16. This upward momentum puts Ethereum within reach of […]

Yoichi Hirai has resigned as an ethereum editor citing concerns that a contentious proposal may be in violation of penal law. Advertisements Named EIP 867, the proposal defines a method to better facilitate the return of lost funds on the platform. Speaking on GitHub, the developer wrote: “Some EIP editors look nonchalant about legal consequences […]

iStock.com/ByoungJoo Ethereum News Update There’s a lot going on in Ethereum news this month. Advertisements India is apparently exploring ways to crack down on virtual currencies, meaning that we could see more volatility in ETH prices over the next few weeks. (Source: “India to bar cryptocurrencies from its payments system: finance ministry official,” Reuters, February 5, […]

iStock.com/allanswart Ethereum Price Prediction: Why ETH Is the Best Cryptocurrency in 2018 The recent cryptocurrency crash has bolstered our faith in Ethereum. Ethereum is one cryptocurrency that proved its mettle, while most others, including crypto heavyweight Bitcoin, faltered. Ethereum “Casper,” the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA), and Ethereum applications are some of its strengths that we’ll […]

iStock.com/Adrian Bysiak Ethereum News Update The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is not the hero investors asked for, but it’s the one they got when Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo testified before the Senate Banking Committee. Advertisements Giancarlo struck a bullish tone on cryptocurrencies, saying that regulators should “do no harm” to private sector innovation. He […]

flickr.com/Marc van der Chijs Ethereum News Update Something has changed in cryptocurrency markets. Advertisements In less than a week, investors have gone from agonizing over pending regulations to not caring about big announcements. For example, there was zero reaction to International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chairperson Christine Lagarde saying that regulatory action on cryptocurrencies is “inevitable.” […]

Why is the U.S. Government Cool with Bitcoin Now? Last year decentralized currency was labeled a black market for money laundering. In Banking on Bitcoin, the opening scene shows Charlie Shrem, a founding member of the Bitcoin Foundation, wearing an ankle bracelet awaiting a two-year prison sentence. He was charged with aiding and abetting the operation […]

Ethereum’s more senior developers are calling for a public debate over what steps, if any, should be taken at the software level to return funds lost in high-profile hacks and incidents. Advertisements In a bi-weekly meeting Friday, the developers took sides over a controversial ethereum improvement proposal, EIP 867, which advocates for a method of […]

iStock.com/gamegfx Ethereum News Update On Friday morning, ETH prices moved sideways against the U.S. dollar, rising a measly 0.03%. Advertisements This brought the Ethereum to USD exchange rate to $835.90. But that number is completely boring. I am much more interested in the Ethereum to Bitcoin rate, which rose 1.83% to 0.1 BTC. Here’s what […]

iStock.com/hwanchul Ethereum News Update After a devastating January, cryptocurrencies stabilized in early February. The calming event was—to everyone’s surprise—testimony from two U.S. regulators. Advertisements Jay Clayton of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and J. Christopher Giancarlo of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) provided expert guidance during U.S. Senate hearings on the future […]