Tagged: ether

November 26, 2019 @ 9:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Travala, a service that lets users pay for hotel reservations with digital currencies, will now be allowing its clients to book any hotel that is available via Booking.com. Travala’s management says that it has integrated Booking.com’s listed accommodations on its platform. The newly launched feature… Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

New Zealand-based Brave New Coin (BNC), a data and research firm focused on the blockchain and digital equities industry, has partnered with multi-currency futures exchange BTSE in order to release the BNC-BTSE Composite Index (BBCX).  According to a press release shared with Crowdfund Insider, the… Read More

October 22, 2019 @ 9:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Heath Tarbert, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has reiterated the statement that  Ether (ETH) futures contracts might be introduced next year. Earlier this month, Tarbert broke the news on the possibility of ETH futures during the Yahoo Markets All Finance conference. Tarbert… Read More

October 16, 2019 @ 3:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CipherTrace, the leading provider of cryptocurrency intelligence and blockchain security, announced on October 15 the launch of a comprehensive virtual asset tracing capability.  According to a press release shared with Crowdfund Insider, CipherTrace customers can trace Bitcoin (BTC) transactions and over 700 digital tokens following… Read More

October 10, 2019 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Speaking at the Yahoo Markets All Finance conference, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Dr. Heath P. Tarbert made several important comments today. Tarbert stated, that in his opinion, Ether is a commodity and thus not a security. Tarbert also predicted trading of Ether derivatives as… Read More

May 6, 2019 @ 6:32 pm By Cali Haan  |  

“Cryptocurrency market insights and community platform” Viewbase is analyzing wallet balances held by cryptocurrency exchanges to evaluate the accuracy of trading-volume figures reported by them. Viewbase claims to have found, “a huge disparity between the Ether balances and the reported trading volumes by exchanges.” “Reported versus… Read More

January 4, 2019 @ 11:39 am By Cali Haan  |  

At the top of markets in December 2017, mining an Ether, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum network, cost about 240,000 Korean won ($213 USD), and that Ether could be sold for 2.3 million won ($2093 USD). At that time, South Korea was the third… Read More

December 13, 2018 @ 11:15 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The world of cryptocurrencies has often been compared to the Wild West or some other “every man for himself” situation. Users are repeatedly admonished to protect their “private keys” (passwords, essentially) and maintain custody of them whenever possible. “No keys, no crypto” is a popular… Read More

September 10, 2018 @ 7:29 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a temporary suspension of trading of two cryptocurrency related securities. Both the Bitcoin Tracker One (CXBTF) and Ether Tracker One (CETHF) traded on OTC Markets saw trading halted as ordered by the SEC. The temporary suspension went into effect… Read More

August 16, 2018 @ 9:09 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The CEO of BitMEX, Arthur Hayes, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by reported volume, says delusions of grandeur fed by bullish crypto markets in 2017 are about to disperse, and massive, overdue sell off of altcoins and Ethereum could sink Ethereum’s price to double digits… Read More

November 29, 2017 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has been on an absolute hyperbolic ascent this past year. Yesterday, Bitcoin topped $10,000 and currently stands over $11,0000. One year ago, Bitcoin was priced at around $730. Think about that for a moment. IF you had purchased Bitcoin last… Read More

July 20, 2017 @ 1:44 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

As previously reported, the Delaware House of Representatives passed amendments to state law that would make it explicitly legal for stocks to be traded on a blockchain, the technology behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether. The amendments relating to trading stock on a blockchain were added… Read More

July 11, 2017 @ 12:00 pm By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Ether, the cryptocurrency based off of and powering the blockchain technology Ethereum, made headlines last month after soaring to over $400 a coin. The huge surge caused many people to speculate that Ethereum would one day surpass Bitcoin, the world’s most valuable cryptocoin both by market… Read More

June 22, 2017 @ 8:11 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Ether, the cryptocurrency which runs the Ethereum blockchain network, fell over 10% the last couple days which was caused by a backlog of network orders from recent Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). The cryptocoin had reached a high of over $400 a coin earlier this month… Read More

May 23, 2017 @ 2:26 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

The Ethereum Enterprise Alliance (EEA) has announced the addition of over 86 new members to the group. The EEA is an alliance of fortune 500 companies, startups, academics, and technology vendors with a shared goal: to build and develop Ethereum with a clear roadmap for… Read More