If you need a smartphone that will also work as a mobile cryptocurrency wallet, Samsung may have a handset for you. Photos tweeted by leaker Ice universe on Wednesday purport to show the Samsung Galaxy S10 with support for cryptocurrencies and sporting a Blockchain KeyStore. Text on the handset’s screen calls the KeyStore a “secure …
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Facebook may be getting into the cryptocurrency game. The social network is reportedly developing a digital currency that will let users transfer money on its WhatsApp messaging service, according to a report Friday from Bloomberg. The effort will focus first on the remittances market in India, according to Bloomberg. Facebook didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Now playing: Watch this: …
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The good news for Brave: its ad-blocking web browser is now the default option for surfing the net on a phone from a major phone maker, HTC. The bad news: it’s the HTC Exodus 1, a niche product aimed at cryptocurrency fans who’ve grown scarcer with bitcoin’s plunging value. Chief Executive Brendan Eich, co-founder of Brave and previously Firefox maker …
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Want to sell your vegetables through Walmart’s formidably large network of stores? Better get on the blockchain. Blockchain, a technology for creating a single ledger of transactions shared among the many parties involved, is potentially a big deal. That’s certainly how Walmart sees it, requiring all suppliers of leafy green vegetables for Walmart’s 5,358 stores to track their food with …
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For years I’ve urged online shoppers to use a cashback service like BeFrugal, Ebates, Honey or TopCashback. With little effort, you can score cash rebates from many, if not most, online stores. Cash? Phbbblltt. How 20th-century. These days, it’s all about cryptocurrency, right? So wouldn’t it be cool if you could get your online-shopping rebates in the form of Bitcoin? …
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Global financial regulators are now keeping an eye cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, having published their framework for monitoring stability implications within the market. The framework was established to allow the Financial Stability Board, which helps G20 countries coordinate policy, to catch stability risks early, Reuters noted. The cryptocurrency sector has sat in a regulatory gray area, with a lack of clarity as …
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The price of Ether surged roughly 11 percent to $526 a coin on Thursday after a Securities and Exchange Commission official said the cryptocurrency doesn’t have to adhere to the agency’s rules. William Hinman, an SEC director, said the agency doesn’t view Ether as a security. The SEC made the determination after deciding the Ethereum network is “sufficiently decentralized,” Hinman said at …
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Apple is cracking down on cryptocurrency activity on its devices. During Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference last week, the company released new App Store guidelines that ban cryptocurrency mining on both iOS devices and Mac. AppleInsider first spotted the changes to the policy on Monday. This is the first time Apple has offered a clear stance on its policy on cryptocurrency …
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South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail was hacked on Sunday, losing about 30 percent of the coins traded there. The site has temporarily suspended trading as it works with investigators. A statement on the exchange’s site sought to reassure users — saying that the remainder of the coins were “safely stored” — but Reuters reports that the value of Bitcoin tumbled …
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Back in January, Brisbane Airport announced a partnership allowing customers to use cryptocurrency as payment at all retail outlets in the airport. On Sunday, it’s now a practical reality. It’s the end result of a partnership between Brisbane Airport and TravelByBit, an Australian startup focusing on payment platforms designed to help travellers pay for trips using cryptocurrencies. Right now, there …
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