Cryptocurrency

South Korean global electronics conglomerate Samsung adds Bitcoin (BTC) support for their blockchain Galaxy 10 smartphone. The Galaxy phone which supports cryptocurrency was officially launched back in March. Since then, the digital currency community has been seen increasingly purchasing the handset so as they can start trading and using the supported cryptocurrency through the Blockchain Keystore App installed in the phone.

A giant firm offering investment management services such as mutual funds, annuity management and fund platforms to both private and institutional investors, Fidelity International, is trying to explore Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology further, and this could see Bitcoin gain a lot of traction.

A recent Kaspersky report shows that ignorance is slowing down Bitcoin, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology adoption in Italy. Around 84% of the Italian people have never bought or used cryptocurrency. The citizens fear that cryptocurrencies have no strong security, considering the losses users and exchanges have made since the Bitcoin inception.

The Republic of India, the seventh-biggest nation by area geographically located in South Asia, has shown much disbelief in the new cryptocurrency owned by Facebook known as Libra aka GlobalCoin. In fact, the coin will not be allowed to operate in the country.

The world’s second cryptocurrency by market cap (MC), Ethereum (ETH), is bearish against the US Dollar (USD) and more downbeat against the leading digital currency by MC, Bitcoin (BTC), due to the fact that, a few weeks ago, ETH/BTC was seen almost breaking a major support. The support has been held for quite a long period and if it is broken now, we might see some dire significances, such as becoming a strong resistance: explicitly and implicitly.

The financiers of the Special Antitrust Unit in Verona, Italy, have managed to seize around 93 social pages and 7 websites where cryptocurrencies including OneCoin were offered to people while promising them quick massive returns and earnings.

A report by GoDaddy shows that an unidentified individual purchased Loser.com, a domain worth more than $21,000, and he/she has used this particular platform to violently mock Craig Steven Wright, a 49-year old businessman from Australia claiming to be Nakamoto Satoshi, the original Bitcoin inventor.

President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, issued an order to Banco de Venezuela (BDV), a global financial institution based in Caracas, to begin accepting the Petro (PTR), the country’s popular oil-backed digital currency. Through the Minister of Finance, the President told the country’s third market leader with a market share for deposits of more than 11.2%, to begin allowing Petro cryptocurrency in all of its functioning branches.

The Republic of Cyprus is going to draft blockchain and cryptocurrency regulations this year, according to the Ministry of Finance. Minister Harris Georgiades is optimistic the regulation draft will be completed very soon and will play a big part to revolutionize the finance industry in the country, Financial Mirror reports.