1. Samsung Invests $2.9 Million in Crypto Hardware Startup Ledger
South Korean technology giant Samsung has invested 2.6 million euros ($2.9 million) into crypto hardware startup Ledger.
The investment gives the startup a valuation of roughly $290 million, French business magazine Capital reported Wednesday. A spokesperson for Ledger confirmed that Samsung backed the startup, but could not confirm further details. A Samsung representative did not respond to a request for comment by press time.
[Source: Coindesk] ✩✩✩✩✩
2. Blockchain Browser Brave (Basic Attention Token) to Reward Users with BAT Tokens for Watching Ads
Decentralized browser Brave has launched Brave Ads, an option that enables its users to earn rewards for watching advertising. The development was announced on Brave’s website on April 24.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩✩✩
3. Binance Singapore Launches But Offers Just One Trading Pair, Report
Binance has launched a new cryptocurrency exchange in Singapore after months of anticipation, TechCrunch reported on April 23, albeit with limited features.
Users of the platform are only able to purchase bitcoin (BTC) using Singapore dollars (SGD,) meaning far fewer trading pairs are available for consumers compared with the company’s main exchange.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩✩
4. Ripple : The Oldest Thai Bank Reduced Cross-Border Transaction Time From 2 Days To 1 Minute Using Ripple Tech
Thai bank, Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), has revealed that it has made a cross-border payments transfer using Ripple’s technology, a development that highlights the efficiency of the technology, as it drastically reduced the transaction time from 2 days to 1 minute.
[Source: Investinblockchain] ✩✩✩✩
5. Samsung Developing ethereum-Based Blockchain, May Issue Own Token
South Korean electronics giant Samsung is developing its own blockchain network and eyeing the issuance of its own token further down the road.
An exclusive CoinDesk Korea report on Tuesday, citing a person “familiar with Samsung’s internal situation,” said that the company’s blockchain task force — part of its wireless division — is building a blockchain mainnet based on ethereum. The work, however, is still at the “internal experimental” stage.
[Source: Coindesk] ✩✩✩✩
6. SBI Group Invests $15 Million in ‘Smart Card’ Wallet Manufacturer
‘Smart card’ crypto wallet manufacturer Tangem has received a $15 million investment from major Japanese financial services firm SBI Group, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reports on April 24. The new investment will purportedly allow Tangem to relocate its headquarters to the ‘Crypto Valley’ of Zug, Switzerland.
[Source: Cointelegraph] ✩✩✩✩
7. New bitFlyer Europe Survey Says Crypto Assets Are Safe In Next Decade But Bitcoin Will Be Topped
A new study by bitFlyer Europe polled respondents about crypto and didn’t make mention of price, but rather what they believe to be the future of bitcoin and crypto as a whole regards to their survival. 10,000 individuals took part in the poll and it was revealed that 63 percent believed that digital currency will survive into the future. While there is optimism the future of crypto, there is less so about bitcoin according to them as 55 percent believe that bitcoin will be around compared to the 63 percent that believes other cryptos will thrive.
[Source: Bitcoinexchangeguide] ✩✩✩
8. The Bitfury Group Join Forces with Final Frontier to Launch Bitcoin Mining Fund
Bitfury, one of the leading infrastructure providers for the Bitcoin blockchain, has collaborated with Final Frontier, a Swiss-based artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain investment firm, to launch a regulated Bitcoin mining fund, according to a Reuters report on April 24, 2019.
[Source: BTCmanager] ✩✩✩
9. China’s Foreign Exchange Regulator Piloting Blockchain in Trade Finance
The agency that regulates and manages China’s foreign exchange reserves has developed a blockchain system aimed to address inefficiencies in cross-border trade finance. As reported by local financial news source CNStock, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) worked with the Hangzhou Blockchain Technology Research Institute to build the open blockchain platform, which uses multi-signature technology to keep transaction content private, revealing details only to the firms involved and regulators such as those relating to customs, taxation, industry and commerce.
[Source: Coindesk] ✩✩✩✩
10. Bitcoin (BTC) Tracker Chainalysis Team Launches Monitoring for Four Additional Cryptocurrencies Ahead of Regulatory Guidance
Bitcoin tracker Chainalysis, which uses data from public blockchains to unveil the identity of cryptocurrency users, has added four digital assets to its roster for real-time transaction monitoring services: Binance Coin (BNB), Gemini Dollar (GUSD), Tether (USDT) and USD Coin (USDC). In addition to the four cryptocurrencies, the company tracks Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ether, Litecoin, Paxos Standard, and TrueUSD.
[Source: TheDailyHodl] ✩✩✩
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