Cobo Raises $13M in Series A Funding Round

Chinese startup Cobo raised $13 million this week in a Series A financing round led by DHVC and Wu Capital. The Beijing-based company — established by Bihang wallet developer Changhao Jiang and Shixing “Discus Fish” Mao, the co-founder of F2Pool — said it will use the funds to support the international expansion of its two … Read more

Cointext Launches Bitcoin Cash SMS Wallet in Argentina and Turkey

Cointext began offering its new SMS-based bitcoin cash wallet service on Oct. 15 in Turkey and Argentina, two countries in which cryptocurrency use has been rising sharply in response to dire economic conditions. Also read: Binance Launches Fiat-to-Crpto Exchange in Uganda Mobile Wallet Handles BCH Transactions by Text Message “Bitcoin is better money,” Vin Armani, founder … Read more

Electron Cash Developer Reveals In-Wallet BCH Fundraiser Prototype

On Monday, Oct. 8, Jonald Fyookball, the lead developer of the bitcoin cash-centric light wallet Electron Cash, revealed he has developed a crowdfunding module for the Electron Cash wallet. The feature allows anyone to raise funds from within the Electron Cash wallet through a process that uses the Bitcoin protocol’s Sighash flag. Also Read: Rapper Soulja … Read more

Mobile SMS Bitcoin Cash Wallet Cointext Expands to Asia

Hong Kong is the first country in Asia to officially be connected by Cointext, a service which enables anyone to send money to mobile phone numbers or Bitcoin Cash addresses without Internet, apps, or accounts. In addition to residents of the Chinese autonomous territory, Israelis and Palestinians also now have access to the service. Also … Read more

Bitcoin Cash Developers Launch Chrome Extension Badgerwallet.cash

A team of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developers has released a new BCH desktop wallet that resembles the ethereum-light client Metamask. The new beta version Chrome extension wallet called Badgerwallet.cash can be tested in the browser’s developer mode and soon will be able to hold BCH-issued tokens. Also read: Bitpay Phases Out Crypto-Debit Cards for European Cardholders … Read more

South African Startup Centbee Launches Bitcoin Cash Payments App

Centbee of South Africa has announced the launch of its bitcoin cash wallet app in beta, as adoption continues to grow in Africa and elsewhere around the world. Some shops in Kenya already accept bitcoin cash for purchases. Also read: BCH Roundup: Merchant Adoption, Wallet Services And Hackathon. Centbee Wallet App Allows Users to Send Bitcoin … Read more

How to Set up a Bitcoin Paper Wallet

This article is a step-by-step how-to guide for creating bitcoin paper wallets. It walks through choosing a paper wallet generator, securing the computer environment to use it on, configuring and printing the wallets, cleaning up before and afterward to thwart hackers, and physically securing the wallets. Also read: 160 Crypto Exchanges Seek to Enter Japanese Market, … Read more

Popular Bitcoin Wallet Samourai Ditches All Government Currencies

In what could be construed as calling the casual enthusiast’s bluff, BTC maximalists at the Samourai project announced, “All fiat currency conversions have been removed from Samourai Wallet. We understand this may inconvenience some, it may even be enough to cause us to lose some users, but we believe it is fundamental that our existing … Read more

Security Specialist Wizsec Gives Insight on the Billion Dollar BTC Wallet

The bitcoin security specialists Wizsec has recently explained to the public that the wallet that held more than 111,000 BTC did not derive from the Silk Road marketplace, and it’s also not one of the Mt Gox wallets. Further Wizsec detailed today that a recent article had quoted the organization by cherry-picking quotes which in … Read more