1. Indonesia Could Soon Have More People Investing in Crypto Than Stocks Indonesia Digital Asset Exchange, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the country, could soon have . The latter currently has 40,000 more members than the former. However, it has been predicted that the crypto platform, previously called Bitcoin.co.id, will have 1.5 million crypto investors by the end of the year. Oscar Darmawan, the Chief Executive Officer, has disclosed that the exchange is receiving 3,000 new registrations on a daily basis. Most trading is done in Bitcoin, but Ethereum is also growing. The country’s central bank, Bank Indonesia has not banned crypto exchanges, but has more participants registered than the Indonesia Stock Exchange issued strong warnings about the risks. 2. Coinbase Partners With Barclays Coinbase, one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world, has with Barclays, where it also opened an account. This might come as a surprise considering the wary approach adopted by many British banks. The news was released on Tuesday by the crypto exchange. The move means that now Coinbase’s members will benefit from smoother transaction processing, compared to when Coinbase was working with an Estonian bank. Previously customers could easily deposit using Pound Sterling, withdrawals were a long process. Furthermore, the UK regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has covering 23 EU countries to Coinbase. formed a banking relationship awarded an e-money license 3. New Tech By Huawei Could Allow To Stress Test Blockchains Chinese tech giant which will enable on the various blockchains. It has been named , and will be submitted to the Hyperledger consortium, which is led by the Linux Foundation. Hyperleger Fabric, Hylerledger Sawtooth and Hyperledger Iroha can already be examined using the tool. However, more will be added going forward. The idea behind the project is to enable a simplified comparison of blockchains by integrating them into this framework. At the heart of this tech, there is an , which serves as a connector between the existing blockchains and Caliper. Huawei is working on a framework stress tests Project Caliper adaptation layer 4. 46 US States Can Now Enjoy Circle’s Cryptocurrency Investing App Goldman Sachs-backed startup to the US market. 46 states will now enjoy immediate crypto trading with no commission. New York, Minnesota, Wyoming, and Hawaii are excluded. On Tuesday, people who took part in the conducted by Circle Invest, received an email to announce that a new version of its app was . Users can trade any amount of the main cryptocurrencies. Rather than charging a commission, the app makes a profit from the spread i.e. the difference between the buy and sell price (approximately 1.5/2%). The company is also keen to receive feedback on the early access version made available. Circle has introduced its cryptocurrency investing app beta testing program available on the Apple Store and Google Play This news roundup was brought to you by . BlockEx To receive our daily news roundup in your mailbox, sign up here: http://bit.ly/BlockExNewsRoundup-Updates

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