Ethereum (ETH)

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Ethereum needs all the help it can get these days, and with the addition of researcher Justin Drake at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin, it just might garner the appeal it so desperately needs.Ethereum Needs Some Good PREthereum is the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap and the number one competitor to bitcoin. It also boasts smart contract capabilities, which makes it one of the most popular blockchains for building new tokens and applications. Unfortunately, this popularity has...

The decision over whether to ban the sale of crypto derivative products to retail customers in the UK will be determined solely by the financial regulator. This was the message delivered by Economic Secretary to the Treasury, John Glen, in an answer to a question posed by the Member of Parliament for Shipley, Philip Davies. Referring to a commitment by the Financial Conduct Authority to launch consultations to find out the implications of prohibiting the sale of cryptocurrency...

Is it possible that altcoins could potentially disappear forever?Altcoins Don’t Have the Same Appeal They Once DidWhile they may not vanish into thin air, Adam Back – the CEO of Block Stream and the co-author of a bitcoin sidechains whitepaper – claims that the presence and stamina of presence bitcoin sidechains could lower interest in altcoins altogether, thereby making their appeal virtually non-existent.As it stands, currencies like Ethereum (ETH), Ripple’s XRP, EOS (EOS), and Litecoin...

CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be the next Facebook executive to face a bipartisan grilling when he testifies before the US House Committee on Financial Services tomorrow. The committee published a transcript of Zuckerberg’s prepared testimony ahead of the hearing, and there was one thing noticeably absent from his statement: any reference to bitcoin, cryptocurrency, or even blockchain. House Releases Mark Zuckerberg’s Libra Testimony That’s somewhat remarkable, given that Zuckerberg has...

Who would have known Opera and bitcoin could go so well together? We’re not necessarily talking about classically trained singers that wear Viking horns and hit high notes, but rather the Norwegian financial platform that’s been touting the addition of bitcoin to its Android app since July of 2018.Opera and BTC: A Perfect Match?The app was launched privately and was later available to the public in December. Opera inherently became one of the first browsers to support bitcoin directly, and...

BitcoinThe price was supported on critical levels as indicated in the chart. Meanwhile, it holds positively and produces higher lows that are technically healthy. However, it should be considered that a potential correction could set us back as far as $6,000. Support in the $8,000 range held this week. We saw a failed attempt to break above the 200MA and the upward trend stopped at $8,350.EthereumAgainst the USD, the price has been relatively stable since the last correction. Resistance is at...

Browser minnow Opera is ramping up cryptocurrency support for Android users in version 54, which has just been released on Tuesday. Among a host of other cosmetic improvements and a new UI, this latest release improves upon the current crypto wallet with support for both Bitcoin and Tron payments. Ethereum has been the staple payment option of the low-flying web browser for more than a year now; however, developers have heeded the calls in recent months for integration with other...

One of the more popular VPN service providers, NordVPN, has confirmed that there has been a breach in their security. While the company maintains a “zero logs” policy, the event raises concerns that some of the user data might have been jeopardized. Knowing that NordVPN is something that quite a lot of cryptocurrency users take advantage of, it’s perhaps worth to take additional care following the breach.NordVPN Confirms Security BreachNordVPN, being among the well-known VPN service...

Heath Tarbert, the chairman of the United States Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) says that the first Ethereum futures will arrive by 2020. Just ten days back, the CFTC chairman confirmed that Ethereum is a ‘commodity’ just like Bitcoin.Speaking at the DC Fintech Week at Georgetown University, Tarbert told Chris Brummer that ETH futures could “absolutely” arrive within the next six to twelve months. He cautioned that launching new futures contracts doesn’t mean there’s...