Brave Browser has quietly launched Basic Attention Token tipping on its iOS app. As the only platform where the feature was missing, it was highly anticipated by the community.

Released on Nov. 12, version 1.13 of Brave Browser is the first iOS update since September. The support for Brave Rewards allows users to support content creators while enjoying tracking-free browsing without invasive adds. A triangular BAT icon in the URL bar can be used to get started with Brave Rewards.

Cardano completed the first snapshot and balance check for its incentivized Shelley testnet. This is Cardano’s latest step toward staking and will allow investors to earn rewards on their Ada for the first time.

IOHK, the development arm of Cardano, announced the news via Twitter on Tuesday. The company also launched a website and will release special testnet wallets over the next few days.

Crypto.com will offer its users the ability to buy and sell cryptocurrencies with the Singapore Dollar. This will be the primary result of a partnership with Singapore-based Xfers, announced today at the Singapore Fintech Festival.

Crypto.com users will be able to instantly buy and sell mainstream cryptocurrencies including BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP and its own MCO and CRO tokens. 

The world’s largest digital asset fund, Grayscale Investment Trust, received wide-spread attention from the crypto community when it attracted a record amount of investment in Q3 2019.

According to the fund, Grayscale brought in $254.9 million from July 1 until September 31, marking $400 million in capital inflows over the past year.

TRON founder Justin Sun confirmed that he was part of an Asian investment group that purchased Poloniex. Sun plans to leverage the exchange to further accelerate growth in the TRON ecosystem.

In a joint livestream from the Poloniex and TRON Twitter accounts, Sun confirmed an investment in the struggling crypto-exchange Poloniex: 

As part of its effort to fight fake exchange volumes, CoinMarketCap has released a new ranking tool called the Liquidity metric. The announcement came as the company hosts its first conference, The Capital, held in Singapore.

• Bitcoin Cash has a bullish short-term bias and a bearish medium-term trading outlook
• The four-hour time frame shows that a head and shoulders pattern has formed
• The daily time frame is showing that a neutral wedge pattern has formed

Bitcoin Cash has been on a wild ride since mid-September, with the BCH / USD pair quickly reversing from the $330.00 level towards the $197.00 level and then recovering back towards the $300.00 level.

A few days ago, Bitcoin saw one of the largest single miner difficulty drops since late 2018. Multiple culprits have been proposed, but data shows that this may have been a random coincidence.

Coinbase, Kraken and other cryptocurrency exchanges are taking positions on proof-of-work consensus and Bitcoin mining. Despite criticisms against proof-of-work, they argue there is little risk of centralization-induced attacks.

Swiss-based crypto bank SEBA is now open for business. After receiving a license from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority in August this year, the bank has now achieved its target of becoming operational this week.

SEBA will now begin serving Swiss customers, including private investors and corporations. It comes with initial support for legacy currencies and five crypto assets: Bitcoin, ETH, XLM, LTC, and Ethereum Classic. Cryptocurrencies can be traded into and out of fiat.