Decentraland (MANA) Surges 60% Minutes After It’s Featured On HTC’s Blockchain Smartphone

In today’s crypto news, we have the largest mobile phone manufacturer based in Taiwan, HTC, and its massive influence on a virtual-reality-focused crypto asset named Decentraland (MANA) which apparently surged 60% following one announcement.

Within minutes of HTC announcing that the altcoin MANA will be their strategic partner, MANA spiked from $0.0363 to $0.0581 by nearly two fold against the US dollar.

We're excited to announce our new partnership with HTC! We'll be working with HTC to bring the Decentraland ecosystem to the Exodus 1, HTC's blockchain enabled phone, complete with an integrated hardware wallet. Read more on our blog at: https://t.co/a5g8FhEhry pic.twitter.com/JE6vijVSBC

— Decentraland (@decentraland) February 26, 2019

The increase in the price of Decentraland comes less than 24 hours after Enjin Coin (ENJ), which is a native crypto asset on a gaming blockchain network called Enjin, recorded a 200% growth against its Bitcoin after it was listed on the Samsung Blockchain Wallet.

For those of you who are asking themselves why these unique crypto assets are part of HTC and Samsung’s plans, the truth is that both smartphone manufacturers believe that their potential exceeds the realm of payments and goes above and beyond the popularized cryptocurrencies in the likes of Ripple, EOS, Litecoin, Stellar and TRON.

In an official tutorial, Samsung emphasized that the blockchain can be used in a wide range of areas, from insurance to gaming and eCommerce.

“The blockchain is a new method that enables every user to store and process data in a decentralized ecosystem, and it is used in many areas. [Such areas include] secure distribution information confirmation, insurance and contract verification, copyrights management, content distribution, game items storage, crypto assets storage, and cryptocurrency transactions,” Samsung’s tutorial reads.