Zuckerberg Talks Blockchain / QuadrigaCX / Galaxy S10 / Bitcoin Futures

Subscribe | View in browser $BTC (2:12 p.m. EST): $3,944.61 (-0.83%) // 90-day high: $6,286.41 // 90-day low: $3,286.14 / / More… $BCH ABC (2:12 p.m. EST): $142.23 (-3.1%) // 90-day high: $432.88// 90-day low: $80.95 // More… $ETH (2:12 p.m. EST): $145.15 (-1.42%) // 90-day high: $201.35 // 90-day low: $86.08 // More… $LTC (2:13 p.m. EST): $48.89 (-4.13%) // 90-day high: $49.19 // 90-day low: $22.09 // More… $XRP (2:13 p.m. EST): $0.31 (-2.29%) // 90-day high: $0.52 // 90-day low: $0.28 // More… Here are the 10 most important stories about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies today       1. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he is "potentially interested" in harnessing blockchain technology at the social media giant. In an interview with Harvard Law professor Jonathan Zittrain, Zuckerberg said the blockchain could give Facebook users unique powers when granting data access to third-party apps (insert joke here). Zuckerberg admitted in the interview that he is unsure how this would work, but wants to explore blockchain for potential uses. It makes sense considering Facebook has invested the past year in blockchain with speculation the platform may create its own cryptocurrency. –THE VERGE       2. QuadrigaCX has emptied its hot storage wallets and sent the funds to its court-appointed monitor, Ernst & Young. The embattled exchange, which has more than $130 million in cryptocurrency stored in inaccessible cold wallets, sent 52 bitcoin and 960 ether to EY, which confirmed it received the coins and is storing them in its own cold wallet. EY will hold the coins until it receives further orders from a Canadian court. The move comes a few days after QuadrigaCX officials revealed that they accidentally sent more than 100 bitcoins to one of the company's inaccessible wallets by mistake. –GLOBAL NEWS       Ad Engineers Build Business with GitPrime Ship faster because you know more, not because you're rushing. GitPrime aggregates historical git data into easy to understand insights and reports, to help make engineering teams more successful. Debug your development process with objective data. Get started today. 3. Samsung confirmed that its flagship Galaxy S10 smartphones will feature secure storage for private cryptocurrency keys, making the device a hardware wallet for bitcoin and altcoins. The Galaxy S10 line includes four smartphones and is built with "defense-grade" Samsung Knox, the company's enterprise mobile security solution, as well as a secure storage enclave in the hardware. Samsung has not yet said if it will introduce a native crypto wallet on the phones or allow third-party developers to build applications for crypto storage. –DAILY HODL       4. CME Group has seen record trading of its futures contract in recent days, according to an internal company email. The firm said that 18,338 contracts were traded on Tuesday, beating a record set last November. The contracts amounted to 91,690 bitcoin, worth about $360 million. While CME Group is just a fraction of the derivatives market, Mark Lamb, the CEO of CoinFLEX, a crypto derivatives exchange, said as markets mature investors want to find new ways to take advantage, so the growth of futures in cryptocurrency has been a logical progression for the market. –THE BLOCK CRYPTO       Ad Build Proficiency with IoT while Exploring Azure IoT Tools and Technologies Developing applications for the Internet of Things is a balancing act. From avoiding business interruptions to factoring in security, there's a lot to consider. Find the resources you need to work through technical challenges in one, convenient place.   5. Litecoin has already seen its price rise 59 percent in February and is up more than 120 percent since mid-December thanks to its most recent surge. –COINGAPE 6. Bancor and Uniswap have equally competed to trade illiquid ethereum tokens despite major differences in funding. –COINDESK 7. RaspiBlitz has published instructions for building a node for the Lightning Network on the Raspberry Pi, a tiny computer favored by hobbyists. –COINDESK 8. Jack Heslin, president of consulting firm 3D Tech Talks, believes 3D printing will ultimately need blockchain to add security and transparency to vulnerabilities that currently exist in the 3D printing process. –DESIGN NEWS 9. The bitcoin.dev domain address was purchased for $12,500 shortly after Google made the .dev top-level domain available for purchase (the blockchain.dev domain was also scooped up for the same price). –BITCOINIST 10. JPMorgan's announcement that it would create its own coin might have helped rejuvenate interest in cryptocurrency, contributing at least somewhat to the recent price surge. –ETHEREUM WORLD NEWS       Written and curated by David Stegon. He has been a reporter for 15 years, the past 10 focused on technology. Follow him @davidstegon. Editing team: Lon Harris (editor-in-chief at Inside.com, game-master at Screen Junkies) and Susmita Baral (editor at Inside, recent bylines in NatGeo, Teen Vogue, and Quartz. Runs the biggest mac and cheese account on Instagram).       Ad A reimagined Jira Software. Simpler and more powerful than ever before. Learn more.

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