Opera Wants to Be World’s First PC Web Browser with a Built-In Crypto Wallet

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Marius Nestor
Aug 9, 2018

Opera was already the world’s first web browser to introduce a built-in crypto wallet when Opera Software announced it for its Opera for Android mobile web browser, allowing users to do seamless transactions on the Internet while promoting the adoption of cryptocurrencies by the mainstream. Now, the Chinese company behind the Chromium-based proprietary web browser wants to make its Opera for PC web browser the world’s first desktop browser to feature a built-in crypto wallet that will utilize the mobile app by allowing you to buy things on your desktop and confirm the purchases on your smartphone.

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Marius Nestor

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