The standard that governs how new cryptographic tokens can be launched on top of the ethereum blockchain has been been finalized. Revealed today by the open-source project's developer team, the ERC-20 standard establishes a common set of rules for tokens issued via ethereum smart contracts, and currently serves as the basis for the many tokens that have been released […]
Josh Stark (@0xstark) is a member of Ledger Labs and Blockgeeks Lab, a blockchain co-creation company in Toronto, Canada. In this CoinDesk opinion piece, Stark argues that the term "cryptoeconomics" is widely misunderstood, despite being a crucial concept needed to understand and analyze the blockchain industry. A few months ago Parker Thompson, a well known Silicon Valley VC, tweeted that […]
"When and how should governments intervene?" With that question, MEP Jakob von Weizsäcker kicked off a session of discussion yesterday held at the European Parliament (EP) and centered on the future of blockchain regulation in the 28-nation economic bloc. The "Spotlight on Blockchain" workshop, hosted jointly by the European Parliament and the European Commission, gathered representatives from […]
Ether prices have been hovering above $40 per coin as of late, indicating significant support for that price, according to several analysts. Since 22nd March, ether, the cryptocurrency powering the decentralized application platform ethereum, has traded above this particular level. During this time, ether has risen past $50 more than once, reaching as much as $53.78 on 29th March, according […]
