Cboe Global Markets may now be close to launching an ether futures product, following a recent comment from a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official indicating that the agency doesn’t consider ethereum’s native cryptocurrency a security. On Thursday, the SEC’s director of corporation finance William Hinman notably said that, based on his understanding of “the ethereum network […]

The University of Texas at Austin is among one of the first academic institutions to receive funding from Ripple, the San Francisco-based distributed ledger technology startup. The company pledged to invest $2 million over the next five years in the university’s McCombs School of Business to support its Blockchain Research Initiative, according to a report […]

Social network company Spot.IM is planning to pay employees using Bitcoin, as reported by Israeli newspaper Calcalist. However, the firm is currently negotiating with the Israel Tax Authority to receive permission for the proposed payment method, along with the proper way of calculating exchange rates. Itay Bracha, Spot.IM’s legal representative, said that salary or benefit paid to […]

By Laura Desmond Understanding Ethereum Mining and the Need for Proof of Stake.  Mining is the lifeblood of all POW based cryptocurrencies. When miners “mine” to form new blocks to add to the blockchain. Miners use heavy duty computational power to solve cryptographical puzzles to satisfy a difficulty level. Understanding Ethereum Mining and the Need for a Stake/Proof of Work Hybrid […]

The EOS blockchain is now live. What was perhaps one of the most hotly anticipated blockchain launches, after the company that developed its software, Block.one raised more than $4 billion during an almost year-long initial coin offering (ICO), is finally live as of 18:46 UTC on June 14. At press time, the blockchain has received […]

By  Scott Brown DOOH is a wonderfully compatible technology with supermarkets. It can be used in different ways to nudge customers to make decisions beneficial to the supermarket and buyer. Communicating through digital displays comes with a clutch of advantages; in fact, when you consider that with VODXS you can communicate with people visiting a […]

A pair of bills submitted to Michigan’s state legislature would make it a crime to illegally alter a blockchain record. One of two bills presented earlier this month by state representative Curt WanderWall tweaks the state’s penal code pertaining to those who “makes, alters, forges or counterfeits a public record.” Under the proposed legislation, this would […]

The bitcoin price has dipped below the $6,500 mark, falling to the lower end of $6,400. A major support level at $6,421 was breached, a major support level since early April. The next major support level is at $6,000, and falling below it could result in bitcoin falling to $5,000. Is $5,000 Next? Weak volume has been […]

BY Alex Mardikian The public sector can always do with help that enables smoother running and quicker functioning. With digital signage, public service institutions that include courts, police stations, and sundry government offices can become more efficient and save money while generating goodwill for the work they do. From delivering relevant information via screens to […]

Coinbase, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange, brokerage, and wallet based in the US, integrated Ethereum Classic on June 12 ahead of other major cryptocurrencies such as Ripple and EOS. The community was taken aback by the abrupt decision of Coinbase to add ETC to its platform, given that it is the 18th most valuable cryptocurrency in the global […]