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Opera Adds Crypto Buying Service to Android Wallet

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By Yogita Khatri Opera now lets Android users buy ethereum’s ether (ETH) cryptocurrency directly from its browser-based wallet, it announced Wednesday. For the new service, Opera said it has partnered with regulated crypto brokerage Safello to provide the cash-to-crypto exchange. The feature allows payments with credit and debit cards, along with “trusted” payment networks including Swish in Sweden. At launch, ether purchasing is available only in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, however. Safello – which is registered with Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority – will verify users who make purchases using Sweden’s BankID and Denmark’s NemID citizens’ identity solutions. Topping up a wallet with ether should take “less than a minute,” according to Opera. Charles Hamel, Opera’s crypt product lead, said: “We think that the next important phase for crypto will come from usage and that for it to reach wider adoption, it has to be easy to buy and e...

Users can earn cryptocurrencies through their Smartphone

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By Moris Beracha .- Many people who are not familiar with the technology and the world of cryptocurrencies can believe it is very expensive to acquire a token; however, mechanisms such as mobile mining can help you obtain benefits through smartphones. Users of computers with Android operating systems can download mining applications from their store called Google Play, which simply work with leaving the mobile device on and connected to a Wi-Fi network. Some of these apps, which are usually free, can fulfill their function perfectly, being able to mine cryptocurrencies from a cell phone, but it is very important to verify very well who is the programmer of the app that will be installed, since many scammers are infecting with malwares, some of these programs and the economic benefits can shift to another side. For iPhone and iPad users, unfortunately there is bad news, because there are virtually no applications that help exploit cryptocurrencies sinc...

The Simpsons go crypto

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By Moris Beracha.- Mobile games are at their best. The Simpsons is among the most popular: Tapped Out, a game that brings together the popular yellow family. In the game, Crypto Cool is limited time line of missions. Crypto Cool begins when Homer, as per usual, is not taking his nuclear power plant job seriously, because he is spending his time playing games on his tablet instead of working. Players are to keep the nerdy character Martin talking about Blockchain, mentioning it a zillion times, never explaining exactly what it is he is talking about. At a key point in the game, Martin admits that he has only heard about blockchain “last week. But now I act like I’m an expert on it,” echoing a very real occurrence in the current ecosystem. At another point in the game, Martin brags at having “mined some bitcoins with his computer, and then the value went through the roof”. Another task is to get, with Martin, more characters to mine Bitcoin on their devices. Curr...