The blockchain revolution has been fairly quiet since Facebook announced it would add its own form of the cryptocurrency, Libra, back in June 2019. While this may indicate that the market has begun to stagnate – which would reinforce the idea that some have of cryptocurrency being very volatile – it could just be the fact that the cryptocurrency market is working away quietly.

But, media attention aside, the cryptocurrency market is actually proving to be a reliable barometer of global events. From Samsung’s secret addition of Bitcoin to its blockchain platform, to the growing importance of Bitcoin across social media messaging and as a financial plan for political unrest. Is Bitcoin’s importance in the world hugely underestimated?

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Korean tech company, Samsung, have added Bitcoin support to their Blockchain Keystore, SDK – and they have done so under the radar. This