ACINQ, a startup that is working on bitcoin’s Lightning Network to make it a “scalable and instant” payments network, has just launched a non-custodial wallet for making faster payments. Dubbed “Phoenix,” the second-generation lightning wallet allows making payments “in less than 3 minutes,” ACINQ announced…
Cryptocurrency wallet provider BRD (formerly Bread) has received a $750,000 investment from blockchain payments firm Ripple to boost the adoption of its XRP cryptocurrency. The investment, made via Ripple’s Xpring program, will allow BRD to build on the XRP Ledger and integrate XRP into its…
GK8, a blockchain startup based out of Tel Aviv, Israel, has made some significant strides in its mission to improve cryptocurrency security and convenience solutions. On September 18, 2019, the firm announced completion of what it is calling the world’s first and only secured cold…
There’s a new crypto platform called Honeypoints that just released for beta testing on Apple’s Testflight. The digital currency application created by two former Bitcoin.com employees aims to fuel merchant adoption with loyalty rewards. The Honeypoints app is meant to stimulate retail acceptance by rewarding…
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Binance’s venture arm is leading a $5.7 million fundraiser for a protocol looking to make wallets easier to use. Developer Dapix is making strides in the development of its Foundation for Interwallet Operability (FIO) protocol bolstered with the latest funding. The protocol could lower the…
Blockchain.com, the largest cryptocurrency wallet provider with allegedly more than 40 million users, is raising a $50 million venture capital fund to invest in startups. Yahoo Finance reported that, according to two sources, Sam Harrison of Blockchain is leading the effort. Harrison’s LinkedIn profile shows…
One of the more interesting conversations I had during Berlin blockchain week involved multi-sig contracts and legal liability of key holders. It’s a bit of a trick box, and one without a lot of direct caselaw on point. As I suspected, if you go to…
Trust wallet is a dynamic cryptocurrency wallet that facilitates crypto storage and transactions on the Ethereum blockchain. This open-source wallet aims to make mobile trading on exchanges seamless. In this review let’s look at some of the highlight features, security arrangements, currency support, and partnerships.…
Blockchain, a cryptocurrency wallet and trading platform, has partnered with cryptocurrency payments processor, BitPay. According to a blog post by Blockchain, the firm has integrated BitPay into the Blockchain Wallet so users “can pay for products and services from an extensive network of merchants without…