Ethereum

It has been a long week for Ethereum developers in the wake of the delayed Constantinople upgrade. The hard fork was expected earlier this week, opening the road to further scaling and efficiency for the smart contract protocol.  But the…

It is "very unlikely" that the people behind the Cryptopia hack will be caught, according to a leader in blockchain security. Michael Ou, the CEO of Taiwan-based CoolBitX, says that even if the hackers are apprehended, returning the…

Constantinople is not broken, but it definitely seems to need maintainance. Yesterday the Ethereum Foundation revealed that the planned upgrade was not yet ready for the road, commencing emergency repairs on a software fork that many…

The excitement surrounding this week's Constantinople hard fork has provided a much-needed boost for the Ether (ETH) price. Trading volumes suggest recent movements have been fueled by investors based in Europe and North America. Ether…

Vitalik Buterin wants to be more like Zooko Wilcox. Well, more accurately, he wants Ethereum (ETH) to be more like Zcash (ZEC) with the upcoming Constantinople fork.  It may have been panic selling - or profit taking - which has so far…

The Ethereum community is preparing for a hard fork, as the next step on a road that will ultimately leave mining behind. At block height 7,080,000,  the Constantinople update will change the rules for network consensus. The upgrade is…

What a difference a new year makes. The crypto market is decidedly positive, with nearly all of the top 10 cryptocurrencies trading in the green -- including Ethereum (ETH). With the ether price holding above $150, the community is…

If there’s one thing the mainstream business media and their allies in banking managed to achieve in 2018, it was to throw shade on the entire blockchain industry. There’s no proven use-case. It’s a work-in-progress. It’s better-handled…

No coin is perfect, but Ethereum has more than its share of problems. The ICO-laden token has shed 80% of its value since its peak and given up the No. 2 spot to XRP (that had to hurt). Now its very mission has been called into question. In…

The Ethereum (ETH) price has warmed up from the crypto thawing and has made its way back above the $100 threshold once again. A wider perspective over the last 90 days, however, shows the No. 3 cryptocurrency has shed some 38% of its value.…

Despite the 90% decline in its price, Ethereum has still been making moves in 2018. Forecasts for its ecosystem development, made last year, may have been exaggerated in terms of what the community could accomplish in 12 months. And that…

Vitalik Buterin continued his transformation from the mild-mannered Clark Kent of crypto to an avenging angel of Twitter fury, as he went on yet another tweetstorm over the Christmas holiday. This time, his target was  the contentious…

The Oracle has spoken. Blockchain pioneer Joseph Lubin has called the "cryptobottom of 2018." In a tweetstorm that is uncharacteristic of the Ethereum Co-Founder and ConsenSys leader, Lubin addressed the elephant in the room -- market…

A cryptocurrency designed for the adult entertainment industry, as well as one purportedly offering global access to Jesus Christ, are among some of the projects held in Ethereum (ETH) creator Vitalik Buterin's wallet. More than 100…

It's been a year since the CFTC gave a regulatory green light for bitcoin futures and ether futures could be next. But this time around, the agency is taking its time, as evidenced by a recent request for input on the third biggest…

The market is still reeling from last month's bloodbath. What looked like the beginnings of a potential bull breakout at the start of the month descended into a frenzied sell-off midway through. It's a mixed picture on the markets this…