Tagged: ethereum

July 10, 2018 @ 12:50 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The general unwillingness of banks to provide services to cryptocurrency firms is a well-known dirty secret in the Toronto start up scene. Any use of the word ‘bit’ in a business plan will have you politely shown the door by an account manager, even at… Read More

July 9, 2018 @ 4:13 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Users of a little-known Chinese cryptocurrency exchange called FCoin managed to clog the Ethereum network last week when they gamed a voting process on the exchange. FCoin ran a promotional scheme last week whereby they told users to vote for cryptocoins they wanted listed on… Read More

July 2, 2018 @ 8:16 am By Anthony Zeoli  |  

Through a triad of recent releases/interviews, the SEC has further clarified how it views the offering and sale of crypto assets. These guidance materials provide some really good insight on the SEC’s thinking with respect to its treatment of crypto assets; including some bright line… Read More

June 22, 2018 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

This week, the Federal Reserve of St. Louis has added multiple cryptocurrencies to their data tracking service FRED. FRED has added four series on the prices of different cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Litecoin (but no Ripple), with the data is coming from Coinbase. All of the information is being updated… Read More

June 20, 2018 @ 6:20 pm By Cali Haan  |  

“I don’t really see Ethereum’s pre-sale being an ICO.” And thus begins one of the latest videos posted by widely-respected cryptocurrency commentator, writer and technologist Andreas Antonopoulos on his YouTube site. Ether was issued as a genuine utility token, Antonopoulos believes,  and not as a… Read More

June 19, 2018 @ 9:12 am By Cali Haan  |  

It seems the cutest bubble in crypto has popped for the time being, but don’t worry, Vancouver firm Axiom Zen are trotting out all kinds of ways to restore heat to Ethereum’s favourite cartoon cats. CryptoKitties are a set of limited-edition digital-cartoon collector cats registered… Read More

June 14, 2018 @ 8:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ethereum rose dramatically today following the comments of William Hinman, Director of the Division of Corporate Finance at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), who inserted a statement in a speech today that ended the question of Ethereum being a security. Hinman told an audience… Read More

June 9, 2018 @ 2:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online lender Unchained Capital has closed on a $2.995 million seed round, including a $595k SAFE. Investors included, Michael Komaransky, Brian Spaly, Mike W. Erwin and Whurley of Ecliptic Capital, and Ezra Galston of Starting Line. In addition to making investments this round, Komaransky, Erwin and Galston… Read More

June 6, 2018 @ 11:16 am By Cali Haan  |  

ZenCash, a privacy coin and fork of ZClassic, which is itself a fork of ZCash, a privacy coin once recommended by Edward Snowdon, has been hacked. For four hours starting around 10:30 pm Sunday, June 3rd, a hacker gained majority control over the relatively small… Read More

May 29, 2018 @ 12:41 pm By Cali Haan  |  

In many parts of the Philippines, you’re more likely to encounter a remittance house like Western Union than a bank branch. Cash arrives from abroad, but the access to business loans and mortgages needed to build a self-sustaining economic base are hard to come by…. Read More

May 20, 2018 @ 3:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week the Chinese National Committee of Experts on the Financial Security Technology issued a report highlighting fraud in the cryptocurrency marketplace. The government sponsored group pointed to 421 “fake virtual currencies coming from overseas.” China has effectively banned cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings…. Read More

May 17, 2018 @ 12:36 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Indorse, a blockchain-powered social network for professionals, has partnered with ICOCrunch, an independent research platform that showcases ICO projects. Through this partnership, Indorse will help ICOCrunch add an “additional layer of legitimacy” to projects on the platform. Once a project has been verified through Indorse,… Read More

May 9, 2018 @ 9:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pundi X (CURRENCY: PXS), a cryptocurrency point-of-sale solution provider, announced on Tuesday it has appointed Microsoft and Ethereum veteran David Ben Kay as its new Chief Legal Counsel. According to Pundi X, Ben Kay helped establish over 250 companies in that country, including Microsoft’s China subsidiary which he helped set… Read More

May 8, 2018 @ 11:21 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In under 100 hours, Proxeus created a dApp to issue certificates for the “Bitcoin, Blockchain und Kryptoassets” course run by the University of Basel’s Center of Innovative Finance (CIF) and registering them on Ethereum, making CIF the first institution in Switzerland to use blockchain to… Read More

May 4, 2018 @ 6:05 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Ethereum co-founder and Consensys founder Joseph Lubin told The Street last week that he is “extremely comfortable” that Ethereum does not qualify as a security under US law. “We spent a tremendous amount of time with lawyers in the U.S. and in other countries…it never… Read More

May 3, 2018 @ 7:24 am By Cali Haan  |  

If you thought CryptoKitties were frivolous, wait until you hear about “Lovecoin.” Anyone suffering from extreme levels of both crypto and general romanticism can now waste discretionary funds on one of the latest token trinkets built on Ethereum: Lovecoin. According to the Lovecoin website, Lovecoin… Read More

May 2, 2018 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

According to a WSJ report, regulators are engaged in a debate as to whether Ether and other cryptocurrencies are in fact securities. While Bitcoin has been more clearly defined as a commodity, the rest broader universe of cryptocurrencies remain in limbo. The advent of Ethereum… Read More

April 30, 2018 @ 4:00 am By AdaPia d'Errico  |  

Zoe Adamovicz is the CEO and co-founder of Germany-based Neufund. Neufund is a blockchain-based equity fundraising platform specializing in Legaltech and Regtech. She and co-founder Marcin Rudolf are building more than a platform. They are building an ecosystem of smart contracts and a community of… Read More

April 29, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Cali Haan  |  

#MeToo activists at Peking University have attempted to permanently log accusations of on-campus harassment on the Ethereum public blockchain, Quartz  reports. This story begins this year on April 5th, China’s national day for honouring the dead. Inspired by recent #MeToo activism in China, including numerous reports… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 8:43 am By Cali Haan  |  

The cofounders of Parity.io, a company that lost or lost access to nearly half a billion dollars of client funds last year, have stated in a blog post today that they are “deeply sorry” and have no intention of forking the Ethereum blockchain to recover… Read More