Cryptocurrency news - March 26, 2018. Part 1

🌐 NEM launched Beta Catapult. In a blog and a tweet of crypto-currencies, it was announced about the official launch of the Beta blockade Catapult, which was developed for 2.5 years. The new network will create reliable digital assets, decentralized swaps and extended account systems.

✅ Huobi was registered in the United States. The Chinese stock exchange has registered in the USA as a business with monetary services. Li Lin, executive director and founder of Huobi Group, confirmed the company's plans to enter the US market and launch the Huobi Pro crypto currency platform for US investors. Earlier, the exchange opened an office in San Francisco.

🏛 The US Treasury will help other state bodies to implement the blockade. The US Treasury Department offers advice to government agencies that are interested in using blocking or distributed register technology (DLT) in internal systems. The officials prepared several lessons to help them settle in with their colleagues.

🔖 In 2017, most of the blocking patents fell on China. Last year, the World Intellectual Property Organization received 406 patent applications related to the blockade, 225 of which were filed by China. Although not all patents are of great importance or lead to a workable product, they are an important tool for companies that attract investments.