OKEx has just listed Ripple (XRP) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) on its customer-to-customer platform, according to a report released this morning by Cointelegraph. The customer-to-customer platform is the cryptocurrency exchange’s newest venture. At the time of writing, OKEx is the top cryptocurrency exchange by its 24-hour trade volume.

OKEx Adds Ripple (XRP) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

OKEx users can now buy or sell XRP and BCH with five supported fiat currencies. The fiat currencies include the British Pound (GBP), Chinese Renminbi (CNY), Vietnamese Dong (VND), Russian Ruble (RUB), and the Thai Baht (THB). The Baht was added to OKEx last week.

All services on OKEx’s customer-to-customer platform will remain the same, as the company has just added the new coins. This new C2C platform allows its customers to place orders with self-selected exchange rates and various payment methods. It also has zero transaction features, which is a big highlight for the platform itself.

This platform differs from the others due to its varying fiat currencies and the option to purchase and sell crypto directly to other users on the platform. Currently, the C2C platform already has Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Tether (USDT), and Litecoin (LTC).

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The cryptocurrency exchange is making a ton of different moves to its platform, including delisting a few. On February 25th, NEO (NEO), Exchange Union (XUC), and QTUM (QTUM) will be removed from the platform.

OKEx is one of the most used cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. The addition of Ripple and Bitcoin Cash to its C2C platform will likely spark interest from investors and may bring more users onto the platform. It remains unknown at this time when more fiat currencies will be supported on the new OKEx customer-to-customer platform. The lack of fiat currencies supported is most likely due to regulation within each country.

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Less than 24 hours ago, Samsung Mobile announced the release of its next-generation Galaxy smartphone. The new Samsung Galaxy S10 is beautifully designed, and it includes a new feature that many crypto enthusiasts might appreciate.

Meet the Next Generation Galaxy. #GalaxyS10
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— Samsung Mobile (@SamsungMobile) February 20, 2019

Samsung Galaxy S10

In the official press release Samsung explains:

“Galaxy S10 is built with defense-grade Samsung Knox, as well as a secure storage backed by hardware, which houses your private keys for blockchain-enabled mobile services.”

That’s right. The new Samsung Galaxy S10 will include storage for private cryptocurrency keys. However, that’s the only information the company released on the phone’s private key storage. It remains unknown how detailed the security is on the phone in storing private keys. However, many phones nowadays store credit card information and account data, such as with Apple Pay.

It may just be that logging into your accounts on unsecured internet networks could pose a risk to exposing your private keys. The same way it is warned to never log into any financial accounts while sitting at a local Starbucks.

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Sirin Labs

Still, the company’s new Samsung Galaxy S10 announcement is exciting for the cryptocurrency community and investors. There is a company that has been working on a blockchain phone for years, but the fact that Samsung has now implemented some of these features changes the game. Sirin Labs has been working on Finney for a while now, and it was supposed to be shipped to customers in December of 2018.

Finney came with a hefty price tag of $1,000 but its nothing in comparison to the company’s first blockchain phone, the Solarin. Sirin Labs tried selling the Solarin Phone for $14,000. Yikes! If major phone manufacturers rip off what these smaller tech companies have been trying to accomplish, it could be the end game for them.

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