Apple Approves Three More Cryptocurrencies for iOS App Store

For the time being, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies remain a high-value target for criminals. Fake Bitcoin wallets are a real threat to the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Mainly the Apple App Store seems to allow illegitimate wallets more often than not. A total of six new false wallets has been added to the Apple App Store over the past few days. Bitcoin users need to be aware of these issues and make sure they only install legitimate offerings. Six new malicious wallets on the Apple App Store is quite a significant development. Not in a positive manner by any means, though, as the....

...wow? Yes, really. After just recently removing Blockchain from the App Store, Apple has approved the first Dogecoin wallet app for the App Store. It's called MYDOGE, and it's available free for iPhones, iPads, and iPod Touches. This is pretty surprising seeing that Apple's been aggressively removing Bitcoin wallets from the App Store. Why should Dogecoin be treated any differently? It seems that MYDOGE is a read-only wallet. It can be used to monitor a wallet's balance, but it CANNOT be used to send or receive DOGE. This might help explain how the app got approved, since it's not really....

Recently Apple approved two applications called Ocean and AlphaWallet that are structurally designed to steal Bitcoin from users. Although Apple has been removing a substantial number of suspicions apps on its app store, the consistent emergence of obvious scam applications are beginning to concern the Bitcoin community. IPhone and other Apple device users have had serious issues with scam Bitcoin applications on the Apple App store that are designed to extract and steal user funds. The company’s inability to filter scam-like apps is creating a poor ecosystem for Bitcoin users. Legitimate....

Bitple's Interface. Apple has recently approved Bitple for the App Store. Bitple is a virtual Bitcoin trading simulator that allows users to experience trading Bitcoin with fake money. The user is given $10,000 of play money and is then left on their own to create buy and sell orders and to try to generate a profit from trading Bitcoin. Apple has had a very strictAnti-Bitcoin policy since late 2013. There have not been a Bitcoin wallet available since February 6th when the last remaining wallet called Blockchain was removed from the store. The terms and conditions of the App Store state:....

Over a week ago, Apple announced that they’ll once again be allowing digital currency wallets in the App Store. Apple did not previously allow digital currency wallet applications, while Google phones have allowed digital currency wallet applications for quite a while now. Coin Pocket, a new Bitcoin mobile wallet application for iPhone devices, was released on the App Store yesterday. The application, which is called ‘Coin Pocket‘, requires iOS 7.1 or later. It’s compatible with iPod touches, iPhones, and iPads. It takes up 581 kilobytes of spaces, which is not much at all. Coin Pocket was....