Samsung unveiled details about cryptocurrency wallet included on new Galaxy S10 smartphones, at Mobile World Congress (MWC)

Briefing

March 25, 2019

Briefing	Smartphone-Based Crypto Wallet – Samsung confirmed at Mobile World Congress on February 21, 2019 that new Galaxy S10 phones will have their own cryptocurrency wallet Ether-Based – Will support cryptocurrencies Ether and Ethereum-based ERC20 tokens, such as Basic Attention Token, TrueUSD, Binance Coin, USD Coin, Paxos Standard, Chainlink, Maker, and Augur Decentralized Apps – Can also host decentralized apps (dApps), such as crypto gaming platform Enjin, beauty community Cosmee, crypto collectibles platform CryptoKitties and merchant payments service CoinDuck Security – Proprietary security platform Samsung Knox stores private keys to crypto wallet on hardware of mobile device Backup – If phone is lost or stolen, private keys on device can be remotely deleted with Find My Mobile service, and keys can be restored when accidentally deleted
Accelerator	Mobile and Wearable Devices, Web3 Ecosystems, Tokens and Consensus Mechanisms
Sector	Consumer Durables, Information Technology
Organization	Samsung
Source	Cuthbertson, A., "Samsung Galaxy S10 bitcoin wallet brings cryptocurrency into the mainstream", Independent, http://www.independent.co.uk/; Franjkovic, T., "Samsung Galaxy S10 line: New crypto details revealed", Coinspeaker, https://www.coinspeaker.com/; Khatri, Y., "Samsung unveils cryptocurrency wallet, dApps for Galaxy S10 phone", CoinDesk, http://www.coindesk.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	February 28, 2019

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