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One of the most established exchanges in South Korea, Korbit, has added support for an additional cryptocurrency, litecoin (LTC), known as the silver to bitcoin’s gold. Korbit has announced their introduction of litecoin on April 17, 2018, incentivizing their customers to trade litecoin by offering the top six traders prizes. Within the cryptocurrency market, Litecoin is one of the top…

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In December 2017, Papa-Wassa Chiefy Nduom wrote a post on why African central banks should get into bitcoin; mainly, to protect their reserves and mitigate the weakening dollar. He also outlined how the digital asset can be used to tackle the severe infrastructure issue plaguing the continent. BTCManager reached out to Nduom to find out more.    Papa-Wassa Chiefy Nduom…

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A very exciting step forward for all you crypto enthusiasts! Trezor have used their excellent knowledge, expertise, and efforts to build the next generation of secure hardware wallets for cryptocurrencies. Trezor’s Model T has been meticulously manufactured in the Czech Republic providing a valuable piece of kit that; is open source, will offer even greater functionality in the future, and…

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Cryptocurrencies have recently dominated the news, whether it is Bitcoin, Litecoin, Monero or Ethereum. With astronomical value increases, our attention has been captured and our thoughts amplified of whether we are missing out on the seemingly limitless profits from the surge in prices experienced in crypto markets. Such hot topics circulate all over our social media and not to mention…

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Executive board member of European Central Bank (ECB), Yves Mersch, recently recognized digital currencies have the potential to spread internationally and does not feel this is something regulators should continue ignoring. Mersch outlined that economies should prepare for a global response to cryptocurrency platforms as he expects the use of cryptocurrencies to continue with its current hype. In an interview…

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In what could be a turning point for Coinbase the exchange has promised to implement the bitcoin scaling solution SegWit (Segregated Witness) to reduce fees and congestion “in the next few weeks,” after an extended period of the community calling for this move. The announcement was made on Coinbase’s Twitter account on February 5 stating: “Our engineering team has begun…

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Mark Fisher, a renowned trader and CEO of MBF clearing Corp., made the comparison of bitcoin being much like the commodity silver during the 1970’s and 1980’s to CBNC on December 5. “Bitcoin was what silver was back in the late ’70s and ’80s, for sure.” Additionally, he said, “The reason people are so attracted to bitcoin is because people…

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Since the entry of shipping containers in the 1950’s to transports goods passing different borders, international trade has not adopted any technological advances aiding the process shipments go through. Typically, there has been little change in the way goods are transferred from one location to the other. For example, the modes of transport used in this process such as sea…

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According to Reuters, Victor Constancio, the Vice President of the European Central Bank, said on November 9 cryptocurrencies will not serve to be an alternative substitute for money, and central banks are unlikely to create digital currencies independently without placing limitations. Central banks worldwide have been forced to monitor the price of bitcoin which has soared, with some predicting a…

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Why do People use Slang? Individuals and groups of people frequently use slang and acronyms to communicate ideas, concepts or descriptions quicker than with formal language. When it is the industry’s use of particular terminology we would refer to this as jargon, whereas when used socially we refer to this as slang. The cryptocurrency industry has emerged with new jargon…

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