Blockchains don’t exist in isolation. This is especially true of enterprise blockchains, which target the business and financial sectors. These projects rely on industry-wide consortia to attract new clients, research, and investments.

Unlike public ledgers, projects in the world of enterprise blockchain rarely issue cryptocurrencies or launch an ICO. As such, they don’t have much of a public image. But that may soon change, as many enterprise blockchain projects are joining forces in order to gain recognition.

You can now top up your mobile phone with Electroneum (ETN) – if you happen to live in Brazil. A new integration with the country’s four largest mobile phone operators will extend cryptocurrency purchases to 220 million people – representing  95% of the country’s mobile phone market.

China’s government may have a dim view of decentralization, but cryptocurrency trading continues. Crypto Briefing recently caught up with Dillon Song, Global Operations Manager at BaseFEX, a Beijing-operated crypto derivatives exchange. 

Song, a marketing graduate from New York University, shared his views and insights regarding the digital asset trading market, and discussed the trajectory of the growing market for cryptocurrencies. 

Filing crypto taxes can be quite tedious and frustrating, as the process requires data from every exchange account and wallet you have ever used for a transaction. This is exacerbated by the fact that crypto is so new that the tax rules are not very clear to the average investor. As a result, mistakes in crypto tax filings are commonplace.

DappRadar, a platform which lists leading dApps by popularity and usage, has announced the completion of its seed funding round, raising $2.33M.

The round was led by Naspers, a major worldwide technology investor. Blockchain.com Ventures and Angel Invest Berlin also participated. 

Grin is a privacy focused coin, which places it in the same sector as Monero, Zcash and the like. By protecting, sender, receiver, and transaction data information, the project aims to become digital cash in the true sense of the term. This is a $36.8T market.

The leading cryptocurrency exchange has revealed new details about its upcoming move to the United States. In a blog post published today, Binance announced that the new Binance.US marketplace will open to North American customers “in the coming weeks.”

It may be the official end of summer, but this week has been a bumper one for the Bitcoin price. Spot markets appear to be reacting to bullish news that institutional involvement is increasing. A SIMETRI Research analysis (below) highlights that if Bitcoin successfully passes $11,000, the market might see a retest of $15,000.

Friday is turning into the greenest day of the week for most of the crypto market. After successfully holding its gains yesterday, Bitcoin is now continuing its run towards $11,000.

The altcoin landscape is even more interesting, with several strong outliers in a fairly green sea. And then there’s the rogue wave from Augur – up 29.18% in a single day as of writing.

Institutional investors are paying high premiums for shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), which allows them to bet on Bitcoin (BTC) without holding the asset itself.

GBTC is an investment vehicle which tracks the spot price of Bitcoin, providing investors from mainstream finance with a familiar means to gain exposure.