Dr Julian, Co-founder of TenX has confirmed that his company has indeed signed a partnership with the Wirecard to issue credit cards. While TenX is yet to make a public announcement about it, Dr Julian has confirmed in a reddit thread stating that this partnership will allow them to get the cards available worldwide. However, they do not have a concrete timeline regarding this. TenX is expected to make an announcement about this soon.
First Neo iOS wallet called the O3 wallet has made its debut. It is already available for download from the app store. Registrations for beta testing the O3 Neo wallet began few weeks back and after numerous bug fixes and extensive testing, the developer has made it available to everyonen. The wallet offers similar functionality to the official bitcoin’s blockchain wallet where you can store private key and monitor your cold or Neo paper wallets in read-only mode. This allows you to easily manage all of your NEO wallets.
PivX has released final, stable version of the v3 wallet that irons out zPiv and blockchain related bugs. It also includes numerous fixes over previous releases. Before doing the update, make sure to backup the wallet.dat file and copy it someone. If you use CLI/Linux, you can backup using the command ./pivx-cli backupwallet.
OmiseGo has released a roadmap for 2017 / 2018 year that shows various features and enhancements that will be to OMG users. In Q4 2017, first wallet SDK prototype will be released for workshop testing and development. This is followed by release of wallet SDK public release in Q1 2018. After that, public blockchain will be released to the OMG users which will make staking possible. Then in Q3 2018, cash in/out touchpoint interface with payment gateway will be released.
Airbitz has renamed itself to Edge Wallet and added support for Litecoin. The app has been completely redesigned and with its new release, the company is focusing on Edge Security that promises to challenge conventional security models. Edge welcomes contribution of other developers to add their support for their blockchain. For that, they can make use of a simple plugin that enables Edge wallet to work with their crypto currency.
ZenCash team has officially released v1 of the Arizen wallet. This is a light wallet that makes use of the remote node which means you can start using it right away – no need to download entire blockchain. Compatible with Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems, this wallet allows you to create and manage multiple ZEN address. Anything and everything stored by the ZenCash Arizen wallet is encrypted and stored only on your local storage.
Official Qtum mobile wallet application has been released. This makes Qtum the world’s first smart-contract capable mobile wallet. This means you will be able to make smart contracts on the move. Of course, you will be able to send and receive Qtum – just like other crypto currency wallets. It makes use of the iPhone’s touch ID feature to keep the funds secure and also allows faster access. It is much faster to swipe your thumb than enter the PIN.
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Coinbase, the most popular bitcoin exchange in USA has issued a statement about the upcoming bitcoin forks, Segwit2x (Bitcoin2x) and Bitcoin Gold (BTG). Segwit2x fork date is November 16th 2017 while the Bitcoin Gold fork occurred on October 23rd 2017. Due to lack of information about Bitcoin Gold, Coinbase has decided not to support it so you won’t get free BTG for your bitcoins. However, you will get free Bitcoin2x coins for the upcoming Segwit2x fork.
Kyber Network has announced its partnership with three companies, WAX (worldwide asset exchange), OPSkins and Enigma. Kyber Network will be facilitating the payments on all three platforms which are already accepting bitcoin. OPSkins also has plans to start offering buyers to pay using Ethereum. Kyber Network will allow instant buy and sell of digital assets and also provide payment APIs that will allow them to receive payment in any crypto currency.