Crypto in Press [2018-06-07] - Ledger app, Ripple CEO on Bitcoin, Bitcoin Promotion in Argentina, Bitcoin and Investors, Swiss Bank and Crypto

Ledger Will Release The Desktop App This Week

Hardware cryptocurrency wallet manufacturer Ledger is going to launch a new application that will operate on almost any computer. Release for Windows, macOS and Linux will be available on June 9.

Company representatives report that the novelty will combine all functions which support other its applications, incluidid unify and multicurrency. Until now, Ledger users managed their coins with separate applications for Chrome.
Below there is a complete list of characteristics of the upcoming release:
native desktop application (Windows, macOS, Linux);
multicurrency support (28 cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, etherium and Ripple);
support for various devices (Ledger Nano S, Ledger Blue);
the ability to access the account only for reading without a device (protected with an additional password);
dashboard of all assets;
possibility of the choice of currency and exchanges;.

Read more on: https://en.bit.news/ledger-will-release-desktop-app-wallets/

Brad Garlinghouse, speaking at the Money 20/20 conference held this week in Amsterdam said,

I think Bitcoin is not going to be the panacea that people once thought it would be, where it would solve all of these different kinds of problems. Instead, you’re seeing specializations of different kind of ledgers, different kinds of blockchains.

Read more on: https://marketmongers.com/bitcoin-not-going-to-be-the-global-currency-brad-garlinghouse-ripple-ceo/

“Bitcoineta”, a cryptocurrency awareness program conceived by non-profit organizations, Bitcoin Argentina, and Bitcoin Americana has commenced. The campaign will comprise a minivan boldly donning the bitcoin logo embarking on a road trip across Argentina and Latin America with the goal of spreading knowledge and fostering bitcoin adoption.

Read more on: https://news.bitcoin.com/latin-american-ngos-embark-upon-tour-promote-bitcoin-argentina/

“I guess I’m a little skeptical that [cryptocurrencies] are going to hold value the way that people expect that they will,” David Siegel, co-chairman of Two Sigma, a hedge fund with $52 billion under management, said at the Bloomberg Invest conference Tuesday.

Read more on: http://fortune.com/2018/06/06/two-sigma-hedge-fund-bitcoin-blockchain/

Hypothekarbank Lenzburg has become the first bank in Switzerland to provide business accounts to blockchain and cryptocurrency companies, Cointelegraph auf Deutsch reported June 6.

While Falcon Private Bank has provided crypto asset management services since last year, Hypothekarbank Lenzburg CEO Marianne Wildi confirmed that they are first bank in the country to open company accounts for blockchain and crypto-related fintech companies. Wildi said:

"As a bank that sets itself up technologically and pursues a cooperative strategy in the field of fintech, it is also a matter of credibility to work together with the young sector of crypto and blockchain companies in Switzerland".

Read more on: https://cointelegraph.com/news/swiss-bank-becomes-first-in-country-to-offer-business-accounts-to-crypto-companies