Samsung files for a UK-encrypted patent

• Samsung
  file for an encrypted patent in the United Kingdom

The most important electronic giant Samsung has never hidden its charm
with the world of cryptocurrency and is said to have been in the middle a long time
to develop a solution based on cryptography for its technology. According to a deposit
with the UK Intellectual Property Office from December 27th^th, the Korean
the company is trying to patent some cryptographic solutions.

In the "Classes and terms" section of the application,
Samsung cites such developments as "Computer
software to be used as a cryptocurrency portfolio; Computer software
cryptocurrency transfer and payment via blockchain technology; Computer
application software for smartphones, or software to allow users to
transfer cryptocurrency based on blockchain technology and pay via third parties
application software. "

These last documents
Undoubtedly we indicate that we could see the cryptographic portfolios pre-installed with various
Samsung smartphone soon enough.

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• ripple of
  Earthport partner purchased by Visa

The popular Visa payment service provider has shown interest in
expanding its entrepreneurial initiatives in the crypt. Their plans came much closer
to become reality when they decided to buy Earthport, a start-up with neighbor
ties with Ripple, a company behind the XRP cryptocurrency.

Earthport is a London-based start-up focused on distribution
cross-border payment services to banks and financial institutions. L & # 39; Company
previously collaborated with Ripple to integrate its cryptocurrency protocol into
its existing payment network. This partnership was intended to exploit Ripple
Frontier-free cross-border payment solutions to create a fast, secure and legal service
payment / transaction infrastructure compliant.

Earthport has launched its application programming interface
(API) designed to connect banks to the distributed accounting protocol of Ripple when
the processing of cross-border payments in 2016. Cointelegraph believes it
the technology will be integrated with Visa's native Visa B2B Connect
payment infrastructure, ready for launch in the first quarter of 2019.

The start-up had difficulties during the year 2018, like his
the shares lost almost 30 percent compared to the January value. Visa International
The Service Association, a unit of Visa, offered 30 pence for each Earthport
share, a price that is four times the Monday closing price of the stock of 7.45
pence, Reuters reports. Earthport felt that the offer was "fair and reasonable" e
recommended to its shareholders to collect their shares. Rothschild
& Co advised Earthport on the deal, while Goldman Sachs advised Visa.

• Genesis
  Publication of the Vision post-release report

Genesis Vision, a project that allows its users to invest
encrypted with the help of certified and successful fund managers, released
a summary of all the work that has been done since trading on
platform went live.

After less than a year spent in development, Genesis Vision
launched only a couple of months ago. With a fully functional product, a solid
ecosystem "which encompasses many markets, market operators and companies", the
the team reiterates that a solid infrastructure has been set up to guarantee
positive future development of the platform.

The GV funds were launched immediately after the exit of the main platform
live, allowing investors to consolidate their investment into different activities.
This system will soon be expanded even further with the introduction of forex
resources. The team describes how the GV Funds module was initially postponed due
updates to the Binance API.

GV Levels is mentioned as the next function of the platform.
The levels, as the name suggests, have brought a leveling system that allows the platform
level up based on their trading experience. The system is still a work inside
progress and further changes are to be expected.

As for the other features implemented after the launch,
Numerous updates, hotfixes and code improvements have been introduced
the line. In addition, USDT was introduced as the currency of the account
platform. This was also done to prepare user accounts for the FOREX launch
instruments. The introduction of FOREX through integration with Just2Trade
broker was the last piece of the 2018 puzzle, one that was just deposited
a couple of days ago. Overall, Genesis Vision has been quite active throughout the
past period and there is no reason to suggest they will not continue
unbridled intensity.

• Monero
  development report released

Popular privacy solution Monero has seen a development report for
the month of December came out only a couple of hours ago. The relationship was
published by Sarang Noether, mathematician and cryptographer who works at
project.

Noether emphasizes that this last month of the year has seen
activity reduced by contributors, who mostly had time to rest and
Celebrate winter holidays with their friends and families. However, the job was
carried out on the revision of the current software and on the planning of future updates.
"Rewritable substantial" and works on a document that establishes a bit of computation
limits transaction heuristics, generalizes some previous analyzes and establishes
the bases for future research were the key points of the period.

Other reviews have been completed on external requests that have not done so
still been released, submissions that include some ideas for return addresses
and other extensions to the original CryptoNote protocol, transaction
definition formalisations, protocols for swaps and others. The previous StringCT schema has been updated
with basic functionality of the invisible address, a function that was not included
the original version of the prototype.

Finally, Noether emphasizes that the discussion is under way
inside the laboratory to determine ways to further increase the indistinguishability
of Monero transactions. You can check the complete update here.