Category: Ethereum

Abra adds native ETH deposits and withdrawals in the Abra wallet
January 02, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ethereum to cut its energy consumption by 99%

While most people are concerned with the energy consumption of Bitcoin, or rather, the process of its mining, many fail to acknowledge that Ethereum, among the top three cryptocurrencies in the world by market cap, is consuming not less energy than the "people's currency". Ethereum reportedly consumes around 25%-50% of what Bitcoin does, which means…

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Abra adds native ETH deposits and withdrawals in the Abra wallet
October 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

POA Network launches open-source Ethereum block explorer tool

POA Network, the Ethereum-based platform offering an open-source framework for smart contracts, has just announced that it has unveiled BlockScout, the first full featured open-source block explorer tool for the Ethereum ecosystem. BlockScout is a secure tool that lets users search and explore transactions, addresses, and balances on the Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, and POA Network…

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June 16, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ethereum Futures on their way?

The SEC has recently announced that Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency in the world by market cap, will not be treated as a security by the SEC. The news is an important one, especially for what it might mean for the development of ETH-related "offsprings". Bloomberg reported that the CBOE Global Markets President, Chris Concannon,…

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May 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Regulated Ethereum futures go live via Crypto Facilities

Cryptocurrency trading platform Crypto Facilities has just announced the launch of futures for Ethereum. The new derivatives contract will start trading at 4pm UK time today. The first Ethereum futures to be offered by a regulated firm, the products will enable market participants to take a long or short position in the cryptocurrency, allowing them to…

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April 30, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ethereum goes back to the top

After going down to $390, Ethereum just went back to almost $691, noting an increase of almost 80% in just under a month. The digital currency took a huge plunge following the massive price of $1,330 in December. The reason for the increase in price at the end of last year may be owing to…

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Abra adds native ETH deposits and withdrawals in the Abra wallet
March 14, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

BBOD launches Ethereum derivatives and spot exchange with GMEX Technologies

GMEX Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of GMEX Group and a provider of multi-asset exchange trading and post trade technology delivered through a partnership driven approach, has announced that the Blockchain Board of Derivatives (BBOD) will be the latest Exchange to implement GMEX Fusion, an integrated centralised and distributed exchange platform solution. As one of…

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November 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ethereum game CryptoKitties launches today

CryptoKitties aims to make blockchain technology accessible by leveraging the power of fun Axiom Zen, a venture studio specializing in emerging technology, is the team behind CryptoKitties - the world's first game built on the Ethereum network. Releasing to the public on November 28th, users can collect and breed digital cats called CryptoKitties. The game…

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November 24, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Ethereum with a new, all-time high of $400

All investors have been waiting for Ethereum to break the $400 level. As the cryptocurrency was gathering momentum this week, as could be seen in the graph below, the new all-time high signals confidence in the Ethereum community and a very important threshold to be reached. With a market capitalization of around $40 billion, ethereum…

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