The Marshall Islands, a US associated state near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, has signed an agreement with Tangem, a blockchain-enabled smart card company, to introduce Sovereign (SOV), the world's first decentralized digital currency in physical banknotes form. However, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has opposed the state's plans to launch SOV. In September 2018, it urged the island not to create a national digital currency, due to the associated concerns such as macroeconomic and money-laundering.

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO, in a recent interview with Jonathan Zittrain, a Harvard Law Professor, has revealed his plans to enable Facebook login using blockchain, which is expected to eliminate the need to depend on 3rd party services like Facebook Connect, a single sign-on app. The pros of the move include empowering the individuals to know when and how they might be giving consent to an entity to use their credentials.

In the race of blockchain adoption, India has been performing quite well so far. What's been even more interesting is the...

Samsung has launched Galaxy S10 smartphone, featuring cryptocurrency storage to house private cryptocurrency keys. Currently, the phone has been announced in Seoul, San Francisco, and London. According to the company, Galaxy S10 comes with Samsung Knox function that will provide a hardware-backed secure storage for the private keys. The feature is expected to enable the smartphone users experience streamlined blockchain-enabled mobile services.