Ethereum Watch

Credit: iStock.com/hwanchul Advertisements Cryptocurrencies look like a wasteland this Tuesday morning, and Ethereum is no exception. ETH was down 13.18% against the U.S. dollar at the time of writing. This put the Ethereum to USD rate at $1,143.57, which is a sharp retracement, though a minor one compared to Ripple or Bitcoin. XRP lost more […]

As the South Korean government backs away from a full-scale ban, investors should be thinking more and more about political risk. How do you protect your crypto investments against sudden shifts in the regulatory landscape? Advertisements One option is to avoid cryptos altogether. I know the potential returns are seductive, but if you can’t take […]

Source: dencg / Shutterstock.com Advertisements Over the past few years, the number of monthly Bitcoin transactions has skyrocketed. Source: Wikipedia The problem is, the current mechanism is not sufficient to maintain these levels of growth. Right now, the state of all blockchain protocols involves every node storing all states and processing all transactions. Advertisements While […]

The price of ether, the native token of the ethereum platform, is bucking the bearish trend seen in top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Advertisements As per data source OnChainFX, ether (ETH) has appreciated by 7.44 percent in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, bitcoin, litecoin, stellar lumens and dash are down at least 3 percent […]

Advertisements Days after hitting $900, ethereum’s native ether token, ether, has topped $1,000 for the first time in its history. After spending two days mostly below its previous high of $900, ether went on a rally Wednesday, and hit its latest milestone of $1,000 early Thursday morning, according to data from CoinDesk’s Ethereum Price Chart […]

The price of ether, the native token of the ethereum platform, has hit a new all-time high over $970 and is eyeing the $1,000 mark. Advertisements As of writing, ether (ETH) is trading at a record $978. The world’s third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization has appreciated by 11 percent in the last 24 hours, according to […]

The non-profit that oversees development of ethereum has officially unveiled two subsidy programs that will support research on how to grow the number of transactions its blockchain can process. Advertisements In a blog post published Tuesday, ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin described how the network is beginning to reach 1 million transactions per day. In his […]

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This article is an entry in CoinDesk’s Most Influential in Blockchain 2017 series. Advertisements Blockchain may be an early-stage technology, but it’s big business already. In this video interview, ConsenSys CEO, and one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential people, Joe Lubin discusses his company’s explosive growth, the value of cryptocurrencies and the social impact of his startup’s work. […]

“We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.” — Daniel Kahneman from his book, Thinking Fast and Slow Whether you are a new cryptocurrency investor or a self-declared “crypto-expert,” your decisions on which cryptocurrency to purchase require you to make estimates on the future. However, with whitepapers, “expert” opinions and […]