Binance Weekly Report: Bitcoin, Litecoin on Trust Wallet, Pre-Hackathon Winners, Binance Labs Meetup

In this weekly report, we recap major updates on Trust Wallet, finalists of this week’s SAFU pre-hackathons, and new Binance Labs initiatives for the year.

1. Trust Wallet, the official crypto wallet app of Binance, is releasing new features over the next few weeks, starting with support on both iOS and Android for Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin. Visit the Trust Wallet site for more info and join their Telegram group.

2. Over the weekend, Binance Labs held meetups in Shenzhen and Hong Kong for startups who are interested in the future programs of Binance’s investment arm. During the meetup, Binance Labs discussed details of the upcoming Season 2 of the Binance Incubation Program, now being staged across five continents, as well as the Binance Fellowship Program. We will reveal more details about these new programs soon.

3. Binance Blockchain Week hosted three pre-Hackathons this weekend in Hong Kong, Singapore and Seoul. Winning teams from each pre-Hackathon will move on to participate in the Binance SAFU Hackathon in Singapore, January 19-20, where the theme is: “Query Platform for Address Security: ‘Is the transaction address you are sending your crypto to SAFU?’”

Learn more about the SAFU Hackathon here.

4. Speaking of Binance Blockchain Week, we provided a preview of what you can expect from some of the speakers during the event on this new blog post. Some of Binance’s leaders will also speak during the event, such as CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, CFO Wei Zhou, Binance Labs Head Ella Zhang, Binance Charity Foundation Head Helen Hai, and Chief Growth Officer Ted Lin. Register for Binance Blockchain Week now by clicking this link.

5. A new week means a new learning opportunity on Binance Academy. Read up on these topics:

- What Is a DoS Attack? And how to protect yourself from these attacks?

- Game Theory and Cryptocurrencies. How does game theory help in making blockchains secure?

6. Our Wish to Binance campaign just concluded. More than 40,000 showed interest in the campaign, while 4,463 made their wishes to Binance. We will announce the lucky winner of the campaign this week, so stay tuned for that.

7. Binance’s Twitter page grew the most among cryptocurrency accounts in 2018, with more than 682,000 new followers added over the year, according to CoinMarketSocial. As a result, the number of followers on our Twitter account increased from 216,000 to 899,000 in just 12 months! Thank you Binancians for your continued patronage.

That’s a wrap for last week! Aside from our ever-growing Twitter account, please follow us on Instagram and Facebook to stay up-to-date with our latest announcements. Join our official Binance Telegram group to participate in discussions with our users, staff, and volunteers.