1. Binance Launches Fiat-Crypto Exchange in Singapore
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance said on Wednesday morning that it has launched in Singapore.
Binance SG will allow users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies with Singapore dollars (SGD). This is the third fiat-to-crypto exchange that Binance has set up, with the other two located in Jersey and Uganda.
[Source: FinanceMagnates] ✩✩✩✩
2. Samsung releases Ethereum blockchain SDK beta for the latest Galaxy smartphones
In Samsung’s latest move into crypto, the electronics juggernaut made the beta version of its blockchain SDK for the Ethereum blockchain available to partner developers. The kit provides additional tools for dApp and blockchain mobile development on the latest Galaxy smartphones.
[Source: CryptoSlate] ✩✩✩✩
3. Facebook to Senators: Libra Crypto Will Respect Consumer Privacy
Facebook blockchain lead David Marcus told U.S. lawmakers that the social media giant plagued by privacy scandals won’t have access to personal financial information with its new cryptocurrency.
[Source: Coindesk] ✩✩✩✩
4. BitTorrent Inc. Tron Launch Crypto-powered Speed Downloading Software
Peer-to-peer torrent client BitTorrent has launched its downloads optimization software, BitTorrent Speed, with native token functionality. The news was revealed in an official press release published on July 8.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩✩
5. IRS Allegedly Hopes to Make Tech Giants Release User Crypto Activity
The United States’ Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is allegedly considering requiring tech giants to report on crypto activity by users, according to a presentation reportedly from an IRS presentation and provided by a Twitter user on July 9.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩
6. ethereum-Based Healthcare Startup Inks Partnership with Uber Subsidiary
Uber Health, the subsidiary of America’s biggest ride-sharing company, has joined forces with Ethereum-based startup Solve.Care to record healthcare-related data on an immutable ledger, Forbes reports. With the help of Blockchain, the company wants to provide patients and caregivers with more comfortable rides.
[Source: U.Today] ✩✩✩
7. Polish cryptocurrency exchange BitMarket shuts down due to liquidity problems
The second largest cryptocurrency exchange in Poland halted trading operations cited liquidity problems as the key reason behind the decision.
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8. Report: Fortress Offers to Buy Mt. Gox Bitcoin Claims at $900 a Piece
Fortress Investment Group is buying bitcoin (BTC) claims from Mt. Gox creditors, according to a report by CoinDesk on July 8.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩
9. LG CNS to launch food blockchain for schools
Today it was revealed that tech giant LG’s tech subsidiary, LG CNS, is planning a food traceability blockchain. In partnership with SayIT, a Korean IT service provider, the platform will provide traceability information on food served at school canteens.
According to ZDNet, the information on the food’s production, processing, distribution, acquisition, and consumption will be stored on a public blockchain. It will enable parents and carers to check on what their children are eating at school, for their health and food sustainability.
[Source: LedgerInsights] ✩✩✩
10. Overstock’s tZero to tokenize major movie biopic on Atari founder
Nolan Bushnell went from repairing broken pinball machines to launching the videogame manufacturer Atari in the 1970s. Producers of a biopic on his life, “Atari: Fistful of Quarters,” are taking a unique approach and tokenizing the enterprise.
tZero, a subsidiary of online retail platform Overstock, will develop “Bushnell” tokens, on behalf of film production and financing company Vision Tree. Token holders will receive shares of movie earnings, assist in choosing the movie cast and vote on its trailer.
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