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Berkeley Professor Questions Stablecoin Viability in Unflattering Op-Ed

University of Berkeley Professor Barry Eichengreen has taken a swipe at the viability of stablecoins in an op-ed published on Project Syndicate. The critique, entitled “The Stable-Coin Myth,” argues stablecoins are not automatically "viable" just because they are pegged to an asset, though Eichengreen does believe they have an advantage over "conventional cryptocurrencies" such as bitcoin which he says "is highly unstable" and "unattractive as units of account. дальше »

2018-9-13 18:07


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DevCon 4 Will Set the Stage for Ethereum’s Next Milestone: Constantinople

Ethereum is embracing the Constantinople milestone at the end of November 2018, after DevCon4 in Prague. Constantinople is the latest Ethereum release, introduced through a hard fork, that will include five Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs):Bitwise shifting instructions (EIP 145) in the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) allow for direct manipulation of bytes on the EVM layer. дальше »

2018-9-11 18:15


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Crypto Flirts With Stock Market: Robinhood Prepares to Go Public, Coinbase CEO Hints Toward Possible IPO

The cryptocurrency market is currently in the midst of a major sell-off, with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and virtually all altcoins plummeting in value. The loss of over $40 billion from the cumulative cryptocurrency market cap over the last week hasn’t deterred some of the largest companies in the blockchain industry from looking toward the future, however, […] The post Crypto Flirts With Stock Market: Robinhood Prepares to Go Public, Coinbase CEO Hints Toward Possible IPO appeared first on CryptoSlate. дальше »

2018-9-9 15:18


In Jeremy Rubin’s Opinion, The Value Of Ethereum (ETH) Will Drop To Zero

The Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin has hit back at “naysayers” who believe ETH will turn to zero in the nearest future. The Claim Amidst the exceptional performance of ETH in recent times, breaking records after records, especially in China, where they currently rate it as the best crypto for the […] The post In Jeremy Rubin’s Opinion, The Value Of Ethereum (ETH) Will Drop To Zero appeared first on ZyCrypto. дальше »

2018-9-5 15:59


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Ethereum Price and Usage Disappoint Despite ETH Futures Rumors

CBOE could launch Ethereum (ETH) futures by the end of 2018 if US regulators approve its product, anonymous sources told Business Insider August 30. ‘Getting Comfortable’ CBOE, which launched pioneering Bitcoin futures in December last year, is currently waiting while the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to “get comfortable with the product before its official launch,” the publication reported citing “people familiar with the matter. дальше »

2018-9-1 01:00


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Morgan Creek Launches Digital Asset Index Fund, Excludes Ripple and Stellar Lumens

Morgan Creek Digital Asset Index Fund launched on August 29th signaling a jump forward for large-scale adoption of cryptocurrencies. With the backing of the Morgan Creek Institutional Investment House, the digital asset index fund will include significant players like bitcoin, and ethereum, though it will leave ripple and lumens out of the asset mix. дальше »

2018-8-31 03:00


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New Morgan Creek Index Excludes ‘Pre-Mined’ Tokens Like XRP – But Not Ethereum

Morgan Creek Capital Management, the investment house with $1. 5 billion of assets under its wing, has refused to include Ripple in its new rules-based index fund. ‘A Lot Of Additional Risk’ As Forbes reports on the launch day of Digital Asset Index Fund August 28, Morgan Creek has opted to exclude any cryptocurrency with more than a 30 percent premine. дальше »

2018-8-28 19:00


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The Inherently Decentralized Nature of XRP Ledger

The topic of decentralization in blockchain is wildly nuanced, misunderstood and, frankly, evolving. Bitcoin and Ethereum are currently viewed as the gold standard for decentralization — meaning they are architected in a way that no single individual or minority group can dictate rules or rewrite transaction history (the power of blockchain!). дальше »

2018-8-24 20:12