South Korean tech giant Samsung has announced a new revolutionary turnkey security solution to secure cryptocurrency transactions on its smartphones and tablets.   Cryptocurrency transactions are one of the primary purposes of Samsung’s new Secure Element chip, which is expected to be available in Q3 2020.    The solution …

What is Novi?   Facebook has renamed its digital wallet, Calibra, as Novi. Calibra was the digital wallet that the social media giant has been building to access Libra digital currencies.      In a blog post, the company explained that the new name was inspired by the Latin words …

Argentina’s Financial Information Unit (FIU) has ordered stricter controls and monitoring into cryptocurrency transactions in the country to eradicate money laundering and other illicit activities.      Argentine newspaper El Cronista reported that the FIU, a government agency that is responsible for enforcing anti-money laundering laws and compliance, is looking …

Crypto businesses may soon be offered a regulated path to legalization in the state of Louisiana. The state of Louisiana may soon pass a bill, that was filed earlier this year and will allow crypto-businesses to operate legally under a state license. The proposed bill has been backed by Louisiana …

According to recent data and reports, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency adoption are soaring across Africa. Cryptocurrency adoption and peer-to-peer Bitcoin transactions are on the rise across the African continent. There have been significant advances across Africa for crypto adoption in terms of regulation, trade volume, and reported cryptocurrency ownership. Currently Uganda, …

Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com, also known as Jingdong, has successfully launched two enterprise-level applications, including blockchain-based smart contracts, and the protection of commercially confidential information.     These two applications were launched on JD’s independently-developed proprietary blockchain, JD Chain. The JD Chain blockchain framework was made open sourced around a …

Over the past week, the comments of a counter-terrorism think tank Director have indicated that ISIS has been using cryptocurrency platforms to conceal donations and bypass financial security measures and could be hoarding close to 300 million in Bitcoin. The Think Tank expert initially made the revelation after identifying an increase in …

AP/Business Insider JK Rowling asked Twitter to explain bitcoin to her, and was bombarded by replies — including from Elon Musk. Rowling ultimately gave up engaging with the topic, a decision Musk supported. In the process, he took a swipe at conventional central banks, which he said had undermined their …

Reuters Bitcoin crossed the $8,000 mark for the first time on Wednesday since March ahead of “bitcoin halving” that will take place on May 12.  Some analysts expect the bitcoin halving to increase prices. “After the two previous halvings, we’ve seen the price reach an all-time high within 3-9 months …

REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones is buying bitcoin, Bloomberg reported Thursday. The hedge fund manager said his fund may hold as much as a low single-digit percentage of its assets in bitcoin futures to help protect against a rise in inflation, according to the report. Paul Tudor Jones is …