In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency exchanges, DDM Bitcoin has launched biometric authentication for Android users of its app, Fxcoin has hired former Deutsche Bank AG employee, Yasuo Matsuda, as a senior strategist, and Ironfx has estimated the company's upcoming virtual currency exchange will launch during the fourth quarter of 2018.

DDM Bitcoin Adds Biometric Authentication for Android Users

DMM Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency exchange operated by Japanese e-commerce and entertainment conglomerate, DMM Group, has launched biometric authentication for Android users of the company's app.

A notice published on the company's website states that "'Biometric authentication' is a function that uses a dedicated application," Polarify, and "authenticates with either fingerprint, voice, or face."

With regards to rolling-out biometric authentication for iPhone users, the company states that it is "keenly preparing for introduction" and that it "will start offering as soon as preparation is completed."

Fxcoin Hires Deutsche Bank's Yasuo Matsuda as Crypto Strategist

Japanese cryptocurrency startup, Fxcoin Ltd., has announced the hiring of Yasuo Matsuda as a senior strategist. Yasuo Matsuda is a 19-year-old former foreign-exchange dealer at Deutsche Bank AG.