Ethereum (ETH)

Ethereum has seen a small decline of about 1% over the past 24 hours, bringing its price to $177.67. ETH had struggled to break above $187.84 level which caused the market to fall. Despite the recent price drop, Ethereum has started to crawl higher after increasing by around 6% over the past 7 days.Ethereum remains the second-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $19.27 billion.Looking at the ETH/USD 1-day chart:Since our previous ETH/USD analysis, the cryptocurrency continued to break...

Photo: Global Currency Organization (GCO) / MediumThe Global Currency Organization (GCO) announced the release of USD Digital (USDD), a new US dollar-backed stablecoin. The stablecoin is based on Ethereum and is targeted at institutions, exchanges, traders, and OTC desk who are in need of such a product but are not able to develop their own. The Global Currency Organization (GCO) is a new project created by former employees of TrustToken, JPMorgan and Intel. According to the GCO team, the...

École Ploytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Forscher entwickeln umweltfreundliche Bitcoin-Alternative: Nicht nur durch den Erfolg von Streamingdiensten wird das Internet immer mehr zum Stromfresser. Auch die Kryptowährung Bitcoin verursacht durch den äußerst stromintensiven Herstellungsprozess gewaltige Emissionen von CO2. Forscher der ETH Lausanne haben daher eine...

INVAO Trading AG: INVAO emittiert weltweit erste vollwertige Anleihe auf Ethereum-Blockchain INVAO hat die weltweit erste vollwertige Anleiheemission auf der Ethereum-Blockchain getätigt. Mit dem erfolgreich abgeschlossenen Token Generation Event (TGE) des IVO – Blockchain Diversified Bond (ISIN: LI0471823018) wurden sämtliche im von der FMA Liechtenstein gebilligten...

The second-largest cryptocurrency, Ether (ETH) went through a sudden flash crash on popular exchange Poloniex. It saw its price dropping down with 20% in an instant, allowing those who had placed orders along the way to benefit from the quick recovery.ETH Flash-Crashed On PoloniexFlash-crashes tend to take place every now and then on the cryptocurrency market. Just now, Ether (ETH), the second-largest altcoin went through a sudden steep drop which saw its price being reduced by as much as 20%...

The main net of Band Capital, a decentralized finance network, began on Monday, September 30, and customers will now have access to the startup’s new decentralized application Bit Swing, which offers bitcoin binary trading options.Band Capital Is Live for Crypto TradersThe company is backed by a venture capital firm known as Sequoia India, and this is interesting in that India has had a very mixed relationship with cryptocurrency. The nation has repeatedly banned activity surrounding crypto,...

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro openly admitted that his policy is definitely pro-crypto – especially regarding Bitcoin and Ethereum. He said Venezuela’s government will use cryptocurrencies as a “method for free national and international payments.”Let’s not forget that the U.S. imposed sanctions that have largely isolated the country from the global financial system, causing one of the world’s most severe economic crises and forcing statesmen and executives to use a whole new network...

The prevalence of underbanked people in the United States is a cause for concern. Currently, eight percent of 115 million households in the United States alone are underbanked or don’t have access to banking services such as checking accounts, savings, loans, or lines of credit. This prevalence is driven largely by high fees, inconvenience, and a distrust of traditional banking systems. While there’s no fast or easy solution to America’s underbanking issue, could cryptocurrency ATMs be the...

CRC Securities Framework Asset Ratings Die Krypto-Börsen Coinbase, Kraken, Bittrex, Anchorage, Circle, DRW Cumberland, Genesis sowie Grayscale Investments haben zusammen ein Punktesystem für Token herausgebracht. Dieses soll anzeigen, ob und inwieweit eine Kryptowährung einem Wertpapier entspricht. Kryptowährungen – Aktien, Handelswaren oder Zahlungsmittel? Über die Frage, ob Kryptowährungen eher als Aktien, Handelswaren oder...

Ethereum testnet Ropsten split following the release of the Istanbul upgrade. This occurred because the upgrade was expected on approximately October 2nd, 2019 and at a block height of 6, 485, 846. The upgrade was released about 48 hours earlier on September 30th at around 3:40 a.m UTC.This, of course, has expectedly caused quite a bit of difference in terms of block confirmation times. Ethereum foundation community manager indicated in a tweet that there is no cause for alarm in this...