Blockchain Startup Enables Litecoin Transactions via Telegram Messenger: Lite.im will allow users to send commands to check their current LTC balance and send LTC to a wallet or an email address.
Bank of China CIO Says Bank to Increase Investments in Blockchain, Fintech: Bank of China has revealed plans to increase the company’s investments in research and development technologies such as blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT), and fintech. Bank of China has been applying blockchain technology in 12 different projects.
Binance Offers First Look At Planned Decentralized Crypto Exchange: Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges by trading volume, announced back in March that it plans to launch a new public blockchain for the purposes of developing the Binance Chain, a platform to transfer and trade different crypto assets without a centralized operator. This week, CEO Changpeng Zhao provided the first demonstration of the Binance Decentralized Exchange and the Binance Chain.
Google Search Can Predict Bitcoin Price Increases, Study Finds: This study incorporates data from consumer activity on search forums such as Google and social media sites such as Twitter. It found that a standard deviation increase in searches for keywords such as “bitcoin” forecasted a small increase in the token’s price in the following weeks.