Binance’s crypto exchange for United States-based users, Binance.US, has opened beta testing of its iOS application to all users. The exchange announced the news in a Dec. 30 tweet, revealing the successful private beta test and inviting all of its clients to participate in the iOS beta. The private beta testing phase began on Dec. 18, giving Binance.US the opportunity to address possible flaws and have them resolved before making the app available to a wider audience. Following iOS beta testing, Binance.US made it available for beta testing on Android devices, also urging the public to help identify possible issues …

After Google removed Ethereum-based decentralized application (DApp) browser MetaMask from its Android application store, Apple may now force Coinbase to remove the DApp browser feature from its crypto wallet application. According to a Reddit post published on Dec. 28, United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase warned its users that in order to comply with Apple’s mobile App Store policy, it might be forced to remove the DApp browser feature from its wallet application. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong commented on the post: “Coinbase CEO here. This is really unfortunate to see. Apple seems to be eliminating usage of Dapps from the App …

Binance’s cryptocurrency trading platform for United States-based users, Binance.US, is asking its customers to beta test the upcoming Binance.US iOS app. On Dec. 18, Binance.US took to Twitter to announce that the iOS app is now in the beta testing phase. Give the importance of beta testing to a successful app launch, the company is reaching out to its active community to help test the app. The beta testing phase will give Binance.US the opportunity to address possible flaws and have them resolved before making the app available to a wider audience. Beta testers will use the app over a …

Binance, the second-biggest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume at press time, now supports Bitcoin (BTC) futures trading on its new iOS app. After Binance initially launched its two futures testnet platforms on Sept. 2, the exchange now allows its users to trade Bitcoin and Ether (ETH) futures contracts via its newly released iOS application, according to a blog post on Dec. 9. BTC and ETH futures trading is also available on Android According to the firm, Binance iOS app users can now trade BTC/USDT contracts at up to 125x leverage, while ETH/USDT contracts are capped at 50x leverage. The …

Major American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has launched a mobile app for its professional trading platform Coinbase Pro. Coinbase introduced the app in an Oct. 10 announcement. It provides access to more than 50 trading pairs for users in over 100 countries, and generally duplicates the platform’s features including real-time candles, depth charts, order books and types. Coinbase Pro’s mobile app users will pay the same fees for orders as those executed on the desktop platform. Although the Coinbase Pro mobile app is currently only available for iOS users, an app for Android is set to come soon. Adoption of a …

A prominent cryptocurrency swap platform has unveiled its latest mobile apps — a second iteration for Android users, and a long-awaited debut on iOS. Changelly says its software, available on Google Play and through Apple’s App Store, delivers a fixed-rate mechanism that mitigates the risk of fluctuations in the market when cryptocurrencies are being exchanged. A flat fee is offered for crypto-to-crypto conversions — a rate that Changelly claims is one of the lowest on the market today. The company says that this fixed rate is achieved by integrating a small reserve inside the exchange rate when the final figures …

At the end of September, a number of established crypto firms (including Kraken, Bittrex and Coinbase) that are currently operating in the United States came together to establish a new governance body called the Crypto Rating Council (CRC) so as to jointly provide more clarity on the definition of various cryptocurrencies — that is, establish which digital assets can be classified as securities and those that can not. This development comes as an effort to provide investors (as well as casual enthusiasts) with a clear outlook on which tokens they can trade freely without supervision by various regulatory authorities. Some …

Encrypted instant messaging service Telegram has revealed a wallet for its network's native token, Gram (GRM), available in the app’s alpha version for iOS. As Telegram Info reported on Sept. 26, the Gram wallet is now active on the alpha version of Telegram on iOS, although currently the wallet operates in the Telegram Open Network (TON) testnet. So far, users can only create and delete a wallet, receive and send Grams, and share their wallet address. Basic functions only Fyodor Skuratov of software startup TON Labs, which is managed by Telegram’s token offering investors, said that the wallet’s design is …

Major global crypto exchange Binance has got its iOS application listed on the Apple App Store. In a blog post on Aug. 19, the exchange announced that the Binance iOS App (V1.7.1) has returned to the App Store. Prior to the official announcement, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao revealed the news in a tweet on Aug. 17, stressing that the process of getting listed on the App Store was tough and probably harder than getting listed on Binance, due to a number of rules and procedures. Delay complaints The app’s recent return to the Apple App Store was preceded by a …

The appearance of blockchain technology can be compared with the emergence of internet at the initial stage of its development: Users were cautious about a decentralized system and failed to understand many of its subtleties. But just as firms opened up to the internet, almost all corporations are now working on integrating blockchain into their processes — at least as a trial. And there are some reasons for this trend: With the acceleration of data transfers, globalization and the amount of information, the security questions concerning personal data are becoming more acute for users. Personal information, in a way, is …

Despite bitcoin’s (BTC) recent price surge, the download count of cryptocurrency-related mobile applications is not increasing, Bloomberg reports on June 28 Data form mobile app analytics firm App Annie shows that, while in the first half of 2018 there were 65.8 million cryptocurrency-related app downloads, in the first six months of this year there were 67 million, an increase of about 1.82%. This growth is not nearly as sharp as that reported in previous years, considering that the first half of 2017 saw 28.2 million crypto apps downloads from 2016’s 15.3 million, a 45% increase. Apps related to the industry …

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