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South Korean technology giant Samsung announced it decided to integrate Tron (TRX) support to its decentralized app (DApp) store, Blockchain Keystore.According to a release note published on Tuesday, Samsung Blockchain Keystore SDK v1.2.0 will now engage APIs that support TRX transactions.Samsung revealed its Samsung Blockchain Platform SDK at the Samsung Developer Conference 2019 today. The truth is, bringing blockchain technology to mobile has been a challenge for quite of time now since...

The growing internet of things (IoT) segment hasn’t been showing any signs of weakening for now. As per IDC, 41.6 billion devices, including smartphones and smart home assistants, should be connected to the internet by the year 2025. The whole market is expected to be worth around $24.88 billion by 2022,At IoT Solutions World Congress on Monday, Microsoft announced new capabilities in its cloud computing service Azure in order to “simplify” the whole process for its customers and deliver...

One of the biggest bitcoin miner manufacturers, the Avalon Bitcoin miner Canaan Creative, publicly filed for a U.S. Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Monday, with big names as underwriters. Credit Suisse, Galaxy Digital, Citigroup, China Renaissance, CMBI, Huatai Securities and Tiger brokers are obliged to pay for and accept delivery of the ADSs offered by this prospectus.The second-largest manufacturer of ASIC mining hardware after Bitmain, Canaan plans to list its shares on Nasdaq under the...

The cryptosphere is generally still celebrating Bitcoin’s spike to levels above $9,500 a few days ago, after it fell more than $500, a while before that. Currently, the market seems a tad invigorated by the Bitcoin rally and there is now a lot of hope that all of the bullish forecasts that swept the sector, could actually come to pass.Not only did Bitcoin surge, but as its wont to do, it seemed to carry major altcoins along with it, with some of them shooting up to 30%. In the same vein, the...

Ripple sees itself as so much more than a currency. That much is obvious, but the company is now making waves in the regulatory space.Ripple Is Heading Into New TerritoryRipple has opened a new office in Washington D.C., making it the only crypto venture to have devoted itself to government affairs according to an official press release. Craig Phillips, the former counselor to the secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department, is also joining Ripple’s board of directors alongside Michelle Bond,...

In what sounds like the makings of the plot of a telenovela series, top crypto billionaire and founder of cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain Micree  Ketuan Zhan has been forced out of his own company where he holds about 60% control. CEO and fellow co-founder Jihan Wu has terminated all the day-to-day working positions and responsibilities that Micree Zhan had and held within the organization down to the deletion of his e-mail and denial of access to Bitmain’s premises.Bitmain, meanwhile,...

Photo: Bitfinex / TwitterCryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex’s new token platform Bitfinex Token Sales recently announced its first project, K.IM, the decentralized new P2P digital content, and monetization platform brought to you by Kim Dotcom.In a press release that the company shared with the Coinspeaker, it is said that K.im was created in order to merge internet with the Bitcoin so there could be a platform that allows artists, content creators and digital businesses to sell their content...

Just a few days after Facebook officially announced its News feature in collaboration with more than a few major media outfits, the social media giant has announced the launch of a new tool but this time in the health department. The new offering will work in collaboration with several health organizations in the U.S. to help people access health resources much easier as well as design ways to prevent health issues.Dubbed “Preventive Health”, the tool will also set up reminders for users to...

In what has been seen by many as a move into the fitness sector, Alphabet Inc. parent company of Google has been in talks with fitness device manufacturer Fitbit for the prospects of acquisition. Alphabet Inc. has been eyeing the wearable fitness device for some time and this could be a culmination of the innovative company’s intentions to get a slice of the fitness pie.Sources familiar with the matter indicate that while Alphabet is already at par with other device makers in terms of devices...

MasterCard announced that it is partnering with food track-and-trace software provider Envisible. Through that partnership, the companies will create a blockchain-based supply chain platform that will enable supermarkets to trace the origin of seafood sold at Topco Associates. Topco is a $14 billion food cooperative that is based in Illinois.Envisible’s new Wholechain traceability infrastructure will be powered by Mastercard’s blockchain-based Provenance Solution service. Announced on October...