Pro-Ether News & Developments

Some recent positive news and developments for one of my favorite coins and largest holdings. If I've missed anything, please share.

A. Chinese government released its own cryptocurrency ratings and rankings with Ethereum (#ETH) as #1, whereas it ranked Bitcoin #13. In fact, the top 5 were ETH, STEEM, LSK, NEO, KMD. Nice to see both ETH and STEEM among the top 3.

Source: https://ethereumworldnews.com/chinese-government-provides-ratings-on-cryptocurrencies-eth-ranks-first/

B. CME is launched two indexes for tracking ethereum price, spurring speculation that futures similar to Bitcoin would come next. However, the CME's Bitcoin future contract has been sluggish aside from a spike in April, and thus, they are likely more cautious this time.

Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/14/futures-exchange-cme-launches-indexes-for-ethereum-the-second-largest-cryptocurrency.html

C. Excitement over Ethereum’s first Casper release drove recent price action, which I already covered and will relink.

Link: https://steemit.com/ethereum/@kywt/ethereum-s-casper-release-and-longer-term-plans-969ae0febb57a

D. Vitalik proposed a hard cap on the supply of ETH at ~120 million, which I also covered and will relink.

Link: https://steemit.com/ethereum/@kywt/vitalik-proposes-a-cap-on-ether-supply-bb8f9cae8d3a1