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The magic $5,000 per single coin price for legacy bitcoin (BTC) is now within sight, as Thursday mid-day prices saw it at an all-time high of $4,700.
With analysts predicting all sorts of sky-high valuations, it seems only a matter of time before BTC escalates into serious territory.
News that the Ethereum Foundation is partnering with Vnesheconombank (VEB) is not true, according to Vitalik Buterin.
Instead of a partnership with the Ethereum Foundation, the Buterin-VEB relationship is now described as a collaboration between the bank and Ethereum Russia, an entity being created specifically for the deal.
BlockMason has added blockchain entrepreneur and publisher Richard Kastelein as an advisor to the upcoming Credit Protocol ICO.
Kastelein is best known as the founder and publisher of Blockchain News, a source of breaking news and feature articles about the blockchain community.
Blockchains currently operate in silos, each specific to its own tasks. A company called Nuco is out to change that by introducing Aion, billed as the first network to connect blockchains.
Founded by Matthew Spoke, who started Deloitte’s blockchain group in 2013 and is a founding member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance,
A new trade association that will advocate for cryptocurrency and blockchain issues in Russia is about to be unveiled.
Herman Klimenko, a key advisor on Internet issues to Russian President Vladimir Putin, revealed the new association during a discussion with Russian news organization RNS at a meetup of cryptocurrency meetup DeCenter..
Blockchain CEO Peter Smith has predicted that one of the world’s major governments will issue its own digital currency within the next years.
Interviewed on the This Week in Startups show, Smith told host Jason Calacanis that a “Top 30” government will take the crucial step and create a currency.
BitCoin IRA has added Ripple to its offerings users can add to their retirement accounts. The company already has investment options in bitcoin and ethereum.
Chris Kline, COO of BitcoinIRA, said the demand for Ripple’s XRP tokens has been “immense,” prompting the addition.
Ethereum Foundation, the non-profit dedicated to supporting development of the ethereum protocol, has teamed with Russian state-owned development bank Vnesheconombank (VEB) to support VEB’s new blockchain research center.
The agreement was signed by Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin and Vnesheconombank Chairman Sergey Gorkov.
Cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift will halt operations in Washington state because of local regulatory policies.
Washington state legislators passed Senate bill 5031 in April. The new law, which took effect in July, aims to regulate money transmitters and currency exchanges in the state,
UAE Exchange is in talks with blockchain firm Ripple for streamlining payments using blockchain technology.
UAE Exchange, one of the region’s earliest remittance operators with some 800 offices across 31 countries, is planning to introduce real-time cross-border payments. It believes that incorporating blockchain into its processes would help it cut the speed and cost of money transfers for its customers.
