Huawei to offer BTC.com Bitcoin Wallet in App Store
Huawei is releasing BTC.com’s bitcoin wallet in its AppGallery
PUBLISHED : Friday, 11 May, 2018, 4:39am
UPDATED : Tuesday, 03 July, 2018, 6:01pm
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Users of Huawei’s mobile phones will be able to download Bitcoin wallets on their devices for the first time starting Friday.
Huawei, the world’s third-biggest handset maker, is releasing BTC.com’s Bitcoin wallet in its AppGallery, according to an e-mail statement by the company. The BTC.com wallet will be the first cryptocurrency app offered by Shenzhen-based
Huawei. The AppGallery will be pre-installed on all new Huawei and Honor phones and will be rolled out to older devices in the coming months.
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“BTC’s Bitcoin wallet application was reviewed by AppGallery, and was approved for official release in multiple countries and regions, not including Mainland China,” a Huawei spokesman said in a statement.
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BTC.com, which also controls the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool, is owned by mining hardware manufacturer Bitmain Technologies. Huawei is considering developing a mobile phone targeting blockchain-based applications, Bloomberg News reported in March.
This corrects an earlier story filed by Bloomberg to make clear the Bitcoin wallet will not be offered in China.
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