Top five stories from the last week
Nasdaq Begins Listing Brave New Coin's Bitcoin and Ethereum Price Indexes What is this all about? Nasdaq, the world's second-largest stock exchange, began its live listing of two crypto price indexes, Bitcoin Liquid Index and Ethereum Liquid Index, from United States blockchain and crypto market data company Brave New Coin How would it work? The indexes will show reference rates for the price of 1 BTC and 1 ETH, quoted in USD and refreshed every 30 seconds Read more here Samsung Announces Galaxy S10 Crypto Partners, Bitcoin and Ethereum Support What happened? South Korean tech giant Samsung's new Galaxy S10 smartphone will reportedly have crypto wallet functions for both Ethereum and Bitcoin. What else is new? Samsung will support the cosmetic industry-focused COSMEE token and crypto gaming-focused Enjin's token, as well as Enjin Wallet would be backing a blockchain wallet in Samsung's new smartphone Read more here New York Times: Facebook Reportedly Shopping 'Facebook Coin' to Crypto Exchanges What is this all about? Social media giant Facebook is reportedly "hoping to succeed where Bitcoin failed" with its highly secretive cryptocurrency project, according to anonymous sources speaking to the New York Times What does it mean? Facebook plans to rehaul its messaging infrastructure and integrate its three wholly-owned apps — WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram — under one canopy and provide the newly unified service with a crypto token with exposure across the combined 2.7 billion users who use the three services each month Read more here Jamie Dimon Says JPM Coin Could Eventually Find Consumer Use What happened? Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, said this week that the company's previously announced JPM Coin could eventually see consumer use What is he talking about? Dimon's comments to CNBC this week implied a wider focus for the coin's use, as he noted that it "could be internal, could be commercial, it could one day be consumer" Details here Warren Buffett: Bitcoin Is a Delusion That Attracts Charlatans What is this all about? Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett defined Bitcoin as a delusion and said that it attracts charlatans, according to an interview with CNBC What is he basing this on? Buffet pointed out that Bitcoin has no unique value at all, since "blockchain does not depend on Bitcoin" and it does not produce anything Read more Prefer video instead of text? Check out our latest Hodler's Digest | | | | |