Bitcoin's future is yet to be decided, and Ethereum is gaining on the uncertainty. Ethereum, the second most popular cryptocurrency by volume, is up 9.15% in early trading Tuesday, trading at $224.34. That is down 43.22% from its high of $395.13 on July 12.

Most cryptocurrency enthusiasts will no doubt be familiar with the Gemini exchange. The platform is owned by the Winklevoss twins and has attracted a lot of attention from institutional investors over the past few months. The exchange is especially known for its daily Bitcoin auctions. Last night, the company also started providing Ethereum auctions. As it happened, the first one performed abysmally.

Cryptocurrency has had mixed performance in recent weeks with Ethereum doing particularly bad - going down around $125 (35%) since June. The other two major coins held up better. Bitcoin (COIN) gained 5% and Litcoin now trades at roughly the same price it traded for at the end of June.

Miningbedrijven die massaal Ethereumcoins delven, zouden inmiddels vrachtvliegtuigen afhuren om nieuwe GPU's zo snel mogelijk te kunnen toevoegen aan hun datacenters. Dat meldt de Amerikaanse nieuwssite Quartz, die de informatie verkreeg in gesprek met Marco Streng, directeur van het bedrijf Genesis Mining. Die vertelde de website dat "we complete vliegtuigen huren, Boeing 747's, voor een tijdig transport. Alle andere mogelijkheden, zoals transport over zee, zijn een gemiste kans."

Ethereum technologie biedt de mogelijkheid voor innovatieve start-ups om de verzekeringsmarkt met disruptieve businessmodellen volledig te transformeren naar een op blockchain gebaseerd verzekeringsmodel. Deze start-ups kunnen kostenbesparend opereren ten opzichte van de huidige verzekeraars.

Onlangs wisten hackers op ingenieuze wijze 27 miljoen aan ethereums te stelen uit een lekke digitale portemonnee. Maar dat had nog veel meer kunnen zijn. Good guys wisten in sneltreinvaart 73 miljoen in veiligheid te brengen. Eind goed al goed?

You’ve probably heard of Ethereum by now. And you might have read the story the other day about a young Australian who bought $2,000 worth of Ethereum in 2013, forgot about it, then checked his crypto wallet a few months ago and found it was now worth $1 million! It’s one of the most interesting and game-changing of the cryptocurrencies out there. But then you go to buy some on an exchange and find there are actually two Ethereums! Confused? Well, welcome to the world of cryptocurrency!

Antshares, the China-based open-source Blockchain platform, is trying to position itself as the country’s version of one of the known digital cryptocurrency platforms, Ethereum. As part of its rebranding, the platform will be renamed as NEO by the end of 2017.

De Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) verwelkomt 34 nieuwe leden tot het initiatief dat enterprise organisaties, start-ups, academici en technologieleveranciers met ethereum experts hoopt te verbinden, waaronder Cisco en Scotiabank.

ETHLend, a blockchain startup that introduced decentralized lending a few months ago is about to deliver lending without the need to use collateral. Until today, lending Ether on ETHLend required the borrower to pledge any ERC-20 compatible token such as DigixDAO or GOLEM tokens as a collateral for the loan. Alternatively, the borrower can pledge Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domains as a collateral for the loan.

Roughly $90,000 in stolen ether confiscated as a result of a bug in a popular ethereum wallet software service yesterday have been cashed out, blockchain data shows.

De weg naar de absolute toppen is nog lang, maar de prijs van bitcoin en ethereum is weer even hersteld van de verliezen van afgelopen weekend.