A Telegram-based wallet is in early-stage talks with Facebook to provide cryptocurrency payment services, including in bitcoin (BTC).

Alekasndr Safanov, co-founder and CEO of Button Wallet, says his company is currently in discussions with the social media giant to build an inbuilt payments feature for Facebook’s two billion users. Button Wallet is a Venmo-like non-custodial wallet that allows users to send and receive crypto payments on the Telegram network.

The ARK crew plans to bring blockchain to the masses by building a sandbox DIY ecosystem of blockchain development. The ARK platform uses SmartBridges and listeners to connect blockchains and has built-in support for over a dozen alternative programming languages, including Python, Java, Swift iOS, and Ruby. Recently, it launched the ARK Deployer, a graphic tool to create your own blockchain in minutes. The ARK coin is used to fuel transactions on the platform.

A small group of deep-pocketed traders has been able to exploit market sentiment and set the trajectory for crypto prices, according to one asset manager. Travis Kling, Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Ikigai Asset Management, believes that there could be sufficient momentum to take Bitcoin (BTC) past its all-time high.

The blockchain is out of the bottle, with Facebook the latest corporate giant to announce a native cryptocurrency. It won’t be without competitors, though.

Coinbase has today announced it will be adding EOS to its custodial wallet, effective immediately.

Coinbase customers will now be able to buy and sell EOS, as well as exchange it against supported fiat currencies. The coin will be available in most countries in which the exchange operates, with the two exceptions of the United Kingdom and the state of New York.

BitTorrent and TRON (TRX) have developed a new decentralized storage system, which they hope will become key infrastructure for a new, borderless internet.

• NEO has a bullish short-term outlook, with the cryptocurrency moving to a fresh 2019 trading high
• The four-hour time frame is showing that a large inverted head and shoulders pattern has formed
• The daily time frame is showing that bulls have successfully invalidated a large bearish pattern

NEO has a bullish short-term trading outlook, with the cryptocurrency advancing to a fresh 2019 trading high.

• Ark has a bullish short-term bias, with the ARK / USD pair continuing to trade above its key 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame
• The four-hour time frame is showing that a large head and shoulders pattern has formed
• The daily time frame is showing a much larger bearish pattern has formed

Ark has a bullish short-term trading outlook, with the cryptocurrency continuing to trade above its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame.

• Cosmos has a bullish short-term outlook, with the cryptocurrency challenging towards its all-time price high
• A bullish breakout is currently underway on the four-hour time frame
• The daily time frame is showing that the ATOM / USD pair is trading within a rising price channel

Cosmos has a bullish short-term outlook, with the ATOM / USD pair challenging towards its all-time trading high.

I have attended a number of cryptocurrency events, where I usually interact with cryptocurrency and blockchain enthusiasts who have been in the industry for quite some time. Only once have I been to an event where everyone was new to crypto.