Ethereum Watch

Ukraine uses blockchain for voting trail; SEC postpones decision on Bitcoin ETF; Opera browser to add wallet feature to desktop. Advertisements Image courtesy of DailyNews. Ukraine uses Blockchain for Voting Trail According to a Facebook post, Ukraine is working on a voting platform using the NEM blockchain. The head of the State Register at the Central […]

Congressman Tom Emmer has praised the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for clarifying that ethereum’s native cryptocurrency, ether, is not a security. Advertisements As previously reported, last week, the SEC’s director of Corporation Finance, William Hinman, told the audience at the Yahoo! All Markets Summit: Crypto conference that “current offers and sales of ether […]

Cboe Global Markets may now be close to launching an ether futures product, following a recent comment from a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official indicating that the agency doesn’t consider ethereum’s native cryptocurrency a security. Advertisements On Thursday, the SEC’s director of corporation finance William Hinman notably said that, based on his understanding of “the […]

“Based on my understanding of the present state of ether, the ethereum network and its decentralized structure, current offers and sales of ether are not securities transactions.” Advertisements So said William Hinman, director of the division of corporate finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) at a Yahoo! All Markets Summit event in […]

Ethereum is not a security, at least in the view of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) director of corporate finance William Hinman. Advertisements Speaking at the Yahoo! All Markets Summit: Crypto event in San Francisco Thursday, the official told the audience that the agency “doesn’t see a lot of value in treating ether today […]

In Today’s Crypto Minute: The SEC tries to scam ICO investors, Golem CEO raves on Ethereum, and Thailand successfully regulates the crypto market. HoweyCoins…seems legit! SEC Created its Own Scammy ICO to Teach Investors a Lesson According to theverge, the SEC has set up its own ICO to try to lure unsophisticated investors into purchasing its fake […]

Amazon Web Services launches blockchain templates, Venture Capital Working Group lobbies against classifying utility tokens as securities, top 5 cryptocurrency price changes, and more! Advertisements Amazon Web Services has launched “AWS Blockchain Templates,” which gives users pre-set blockchain framework templates. Image from LuckyStep. Amazon Web Services Launches Blockchain Templates for Ethereum and Hyperledger Amazon Web Services […]

Praetorian Group aims to conduct first-ever SEC-registered STO, U.S. federal judge rules that cryptocurrencies are commodities, top 5 cryptocurrency price changes, and more! Advertisements The Praetorian Group has filed its USD 75 million STO with the U.S. SEC. Image from vectopicta. Praetorian Group Files Application to Conduct First-Ever SEC-Registered STO The Praetorian Group, referred to as […]

An interview with former Securities Attorney and Founder & CEO of Bootstrap Legal, Amy Wan My guest today is Amy Wan, the Founder & CEO of Bootstrap Legal. During the podcast, Amy will help clarify the current state of cryptocurrencies and ICOs in the United States from the perspective of a securities attorney. She’ll also give […]

Assets have been frozen in relation to anti-fraud charges filed by the SEC’s Cyber Unit. Advertisements Today, December 4, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission froze $15 million in assets associated with a token offering in which investors say they were given a false promise of 13-fold profit in less than a month. Charges were […]