Ethereum ecosystem in 60 seconds:
Coindesk launches interactive initial coin offering tracking tool, allowing users to extract data and generate charts and analytics to support investments research.
For details: https://www.coindesk.com/chart-learn-explore-coindesk-launches-ico-tracking-tool/
International Swaps and Derivatives Association suggests smart contracts have interpretation challenges that could narrow the scope of practical use cases. The main concern has to do with subjective interpretations of legal nuances that can’t be written into programmable contracts.
For details: https://www.coindesk.com/legal-experts-blockchain-smart-contracts-spark-interpretation-challenges/
Chatter within the tech hardware industry suggests AMD’s Radeon RX Vega 64 could be the best mining card yet, topping 100 million hashes per second, which could stoke pent up demand from miners.
For details: https://hothardware.com/news/amds-radeon-rx-vega-64-ethereum-mining-100-mhs-rate
A growing list of blockchain startups plan for pre-ICOs at upcoming ICO-Hypethon conference in Saint Petersburg where their projects will compete for Angle funding.
For details: https://cointelegraph.com/news/dozens-of-startups-preparing-pre-icos-at-ico-hypethon-2017
Meeting location with historical significance hosts cryptocurrency leaders, tapping their knowledge on financial inclusion issues. Among the members attending the Bretton Woods Conference were from the World Bank, UN, Zcash, Microsoft, and MIT Media Lab.
For details: https://www.ethnews.com/bretton-woods-summit-quietly-concludes?platform=hootsuite
Analytics from Coindesk’s new ICO tracking tool shows this hyper growth market has raised a cumulative of $1.67 billion via token sales, with a record $500M in July alone.
For details: https://www.coindesk.com/1-6-billion-all-time-ico-funding-climbs-as-record-500-million-invested-in-july/
Chicago Board of Exchange and Gemini digital assets exchange enters deal to share Bitcoin data, aiming a launch of cash settled coin futures possibly in Q4 2017. This is consistent with Gemini’s overall strategy of making digital assets more available to retail and institutional investors.
For details: https://www.ethnews.com/cboe-and-gemini-strike-exclusive-global-licensing-agreement-for-bitcoin-data?platform=hootsuite
Ethereum blockchain-based electric car charging is planning to enter the California market. The distributed P2P model could increase the availability of open EV chargers, with real time network data, driven by incentives that reflect charging demand and supply.
For details: https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/blockchain-enabled-electric-car-charging-california
Coinbase officially allows Bitcoin Cash on its platform as well as its trading exchange GDAX, in response to customer criticisms and massive amounts of bitcoin funds withdrawn from the Coinbase vault prior to the August 1st fork.
For details: http://fortune.com/2017/08/03/coinbase-to-let-users-withdraw-bitcoin-cash-after-outcry/