The US cryptocurrency giant will also build an R&D center in Israel based on the infrastructure of the Israeli crypto solutions firm.

Israel’s blockchain community is bidding 2018 farewell with a very strong reputation, and industry experts have high hopes for blue-and-white developers and academics over the next year.

Israeli amateur cryptographer George Lasry has solved a century-old puzzle, by deciphering a WWI and WWII encryption code that was thought to be unsolvable. Now, Lasry's solution can be used to crack the cipher within minutes.