#Altcoins News

BitPay Enabling Merchants to Overcome Bitcoin Volatility with Stablecoins

December 11, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

BitPay, a leading bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins payments processor established in May 2011, has added support for top stablecoins including Circle’s USD Coin (USDC), the Gemini Dollar (GUSD) and Paxos Standard Token (PAX). With this significant development, merchants can now receive stablecoin payments for their goods and services without having...

Zcash (ZEC) Blossom Upgrade Promises Scalability, Speed and Capacity

December 11, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

The Zcash Foundation, the nonprofit organization in charge of privacy-centric crypto Zcash (ZEC), in collaboration with Electric Coin Co., is set to launch the Blossom hard fork today December 11, 2019 (22:06 UTC+00:00) at block height 653600. The Zcash Blossom upgrade is expected to bring more scalability, capacity, and speed...

CAD and JPY walking outside the Simplex Building Green

Cryptocurrency Payments Processor Simplex now Supports JPY and CAD

December 10, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Simplex, a European Union-licensed financial institution that functions as the fiat gateway provider of top crypto exchanges like Binance, Huobi, Poloniex and a host of others, has now added support for two more fiat currencies: the Japanese yen (JPY) and Canadian dollar (CAD). The move could enable Binance and other...

Myron Scholes summoning a new stablecoin

Nobel Prize-Winner Myron Scholes Backs Stablecoin to Rival Facebook’s Libra

December 10, 2019 by Edoardo Vecchio at Altcoins

The Saga Foundation, a Swiss non-profit created last year dedicated to developing new technologies in open and decentralized software, is launching a new virtual currency called Saga (SGA). The token is connected to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF's) cash reserve that can initially only be owned by accredited and identified...

Brave Browser (BAT) Picked by East Asia Football Federation as Official Browser Partner

December 10, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Brave Software, the creators of Brave Browser a privacy-preserving internet browser that aims to give people absolute control over their online activities that also rewards them with Basic Attention Token (BAT) for watching ads, has become the official browser for this year’s E-1 football tournament being organized in South Korea...

Lithuania’s Apex Bank taps Blockchain Technology for Digital Coin

December 10, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Bank of Lithuania (Lietuvos Bankas), the 97-year-old financial institution that functions as the nation’s central bank, has announced plans to roll out a distributed ledger technology (DLT) powered digital collector coin dedicated to the country’s past leaders who fought for its independence, according to a press release, December 9, 2019....

Leading Cryptocurrency Exchange OKEx to Launch Options Trading Later this Month

December 9, 2019 by Edoardo Vecchio at Altcoins

Leading cryptocurrency exchange OKEx continues his expansion in the crypto derivatives market. After introducing Futures and Perpetual Swap Contract earlier this year, the Malta-based exchange is rolling out Options Trading according to a press release by BusinessWire, December 9. OKEx Options Valletta-based cryptocurrency exchange OKEx has officially announced the release of...

DAI Flippens SAI 3 Weeks After Multi Collateral DAI Launch

December 9, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoins

The total amount of SAI (single collateral DAI) that was converted to DAI has exceeded 50 percent of outstanding supply. At this rate, we could see nearly all SAI migrating to DAI by the end of 2019. Maker has been exceptionally healthy, faring well even as ETH and BAT prices...

Brave Browser Hits 40 Million Downloads on Android as Global Privacy Concerns Loom

Brave Browser (BAT) Now Has over 10 Million Monthly Active Users

December 6, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

Brave Browser (BAT), a privacy-protecting internet browser that’s focused on giving the masses absolute control over online activities, while also rewarding them with Basic Attention Token (BAT), has announced that the browser has seen more than 10 million monthly active users (MAU) since launching Brave 1.0 in November 2019, according...

VeChainThor (VET) Unveils VeVote for Decentralized Governance and Voting

December 6, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins

VeChain (VET), a distributed ledger technology (DLT) project aiming to enhance supply chain management and business processes, has announced the launch of VeVote, a decentralized voting system designed to foster transparency and improve VeChain’s governance model, according to a blog post on December 5, 2019. VeChain Fostering Transparency In an...

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