One of the biggest stock exchanges in Europe has developed a cryptocurrency trading platform through a subsidiary.
<h1>European Union Approves Regulation To Combat Cryptocurrency Anonymity</h1>
A new directive adopted by the European Union aims to shut down criminal financing by targeting the relative anonymity afforded by virtual currencies.
<h1>Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Releases Client Specification 1.0</h1>
Until today, organizations had to create proprietary versions of a permissioned corporate Ethereum implementation. Thanks to the EEA’s new client spec, the global development community can now design their Ethereum solutions via a coordinated, interoperable foundation.
<h1>CME Group Launches Ether Reference Rate, Ether Real Time Index With Crypto Facilities Ltd</h1>
CME Group and Crypto Facilities have teamed up to offer Ether reference sources.
<h1>Reserve Bank Of Zimbabwe: Banks Can’t Deal In Cryptocurrency</h1>
Zimbabwe’s central bank has barred all domestic financial institutions from participating in or being affiliated with cryptocurrency.
<h1>Bank Of Canada And Partners Release Project Jasper Phase Three Findings</h1>
The results from phase three of the Project Jasper banking trials were revealed during the Payments Canada Summit yesterday and highlighted a new integrated DLT securities and settlement platform.
<h1>ETHNews Exclusive | E Glen Weyl On Radical Markets, Ethereum, And Designing A Better Society</h1>
A look into the new book “Radical Markets” by E. Glen Weyl and Eric A. Posner, and why its principles play so nicely with those of Ethereum.
<h1>Broadridge Patents Blockchain Solution For Proxy Voting And Repurchase Agreements</h1>
A new US patent has been granted to a prominent financial services company that aims to “enhance the processes for proxy voting and repurchase, or repo, agreements.”
<h1>Australian 2018-19 National Budget Highlights Blockchain Alongside Global Digitization</h1>
The Australian government has released its annual budget report for 2018-19. Funds have been earmarked for blockchain research alongside broader digital initiatives.
<h1>New FSS Governor: South Korea To Consider Relaxing Crypto Regulation</h1>
After a tumultuous start to the year, the Republic of Korea’s Financial Supervisory Service has a new governor. Judging by recent statements, his official appointment may have implications for cryptocurrency.
<h1>EDCON Toronto Highlights Ethereum’s Cutting Edge</h1>
The second Community Ethereum Development Conference kicked off in Toronto today. The event features technical talks by leading members of the Ethereum community on some of the most pressing ecosystem initiatives.
<h1>Ethereum Foundation Announces New Grant Recipients</h1>
The Ethereum Foundation continues to fund research and development for the advancement of the distributed application platform. Today’s grants provide insight into what critical infrastructure the foundation is focusing on.
<h1>Bank Of Korea Taskforce To Research Possible CBDC</h1>
Reports emerging out of South Korea today highlight ongoing work by the BOK to understand the broad ramifications of cryptocurrency, and explore central bank-issued digital currency.
<h1>Vitalik Buterin: ‘Sharding Is Coming’</h1>
Dramatic improvements to Ethereum’s transaction processing throughput might be closer than previously thought, according to recent social media hints from Vitalik Buterin.
<h1>EEA Releases Business Standards: The Enterprise Ethereum Architecture Stack</h1>
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance corporate consortium is releasing common business standards for organizations that use Ethereum.
<h1>UNICEF Australia Asks Users To Donate To Rohingya Refugee Aid Through Cryptocurrency Mining</h1>
Those seeking an immediate and secure way to donate to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh have a new avenue thanks to UNICEF Australia, which is continuing its foray into the cryptospace like a growing number of its fellow UN branches.
<h1>Ethereum Security Lead Martin Holst Swende Publishes Thoughts On EIP 210</h1>
The security specialist published his thoughts on one of Ethereum’s currently prominent improvement proposals. His thoughts on the matter provide insight into some new features coming with the next hard fork, Constantinople.
<h1>Prominent Spanish Lender Issues Distributed Ledger Corporate Loan On Ethereum Testnet</h1>
One of Ethereum’s testnets played a critical role in a successful loan transfer completed by the Spanish multinational banking group BBVA. The pilot project enabled a loan to be transacted from negotiation to signing using blockchain technology.
<h1>Contract Exploits Spark ERC20 Token Suspensions Across Several Cryptocurrency Exchanges</h1>
Function exploits found in electronically distributed code contracts of ERC20 tokens have caused a flurry of concern at cryptocurrency exchanges. While no vulnerabilities have been detected in the ERC20 token standard itself, several cryptocurrency exchanges have taken precautionary measures due to the findings.
<h1>DNS Cache Poisoning Attack Affects MyEtherWallet Servers</h1>
MyEtherWallet DNS Servers were briefly hijacked and made to redirect users to a phishing site in a classic poisoning attack.