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Cryptsy is one of the largest cryptocurrency platforms in existence to date. Not only does this platform give users the chance to trade various types of virtual currencies intermittently, but Cryptsy also added support for fiat currency trading a while ago. A new UI and set of features has been involved, and Cryptsy 2.0 is now available to users all over the world.
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When it comes to cryptocurrency exchanges, there is one constant to be found : all altcoins have to be traded against either Bitcoin or Litecoin. Exchanges such as Cryptsy and Bittrex have been experimenting with additional trading markets in the form of Blackcoin and Primecoin, but these endeavours have not lead to any major successes just yet. EmpoEx, a recently launched digital currency exchange, is looking to open up an additional trading market in the form of Viacoin. On the other hand, some coins will be facing delisting , so let’s look at those as well.
It looks like we have an influx of Dogecoin news as of late, but that might have something to do with their very active community, and the fact so many people want to use DOGE for their projects. This article has nothing to do with either though, but it is all about Dogecoin’s recent block reward halving. Such celebrate!
Most of us cryptocurrency enthusiasts know there are a ton of Dogecoin in circulation, and there is no official supply cap in place. While this may be reason for concern to some, the general Dogecoin community isn’t worried about this fact, nor should they be in my opinion. But there are certain technical aspects in place to reduce the influx of DOGE coins over time.
For our final article of the day, I want to bring our loyal readers an update on the revival of CryptCoin. As we mentioned in this article, a new team is in charge of not just restoring confidence in this altcoin, but also bringing new features to the table. In order to do so, they have attracted a new developer who will be working on the project.
The new addition to the CRYPT team is a significant name, as is it none other than Zach Holmes! For those of you who are unaware of who Zach Holmes is, he is the developer of zTrader, a cryptocurrency trading application for the Android platform.
The OPAL cryptocurrency keeps making headlines as of late, because of their file sharing/storing platform called OpalDrive, and the fact they have been added to SuperNET. Furthermore, the team tries to keep taking things to the next level when it comes to offering people a way to purchase the coins. Paypal is one of the options being looked at right now.
While there are quite a few exchanges listing the OPAL, there is a growing interest from investors who are not usually involved in digital currency. Therefore, a new solution has to be found in order to gain more mainstream attention to Opal.
One of the altcoins I have been wanting to write about for a while is OPAL. As we mentioned in the Opal Marketplace press release, a full-fledged article would follow soon, so here it is. Let’s see what OPAL is all about, and why you should take notice of this digital currency!
Introduction
Even though OPAL has only been released on September 11th 2014, their developers and community have been slowly making headway in the cryptocurrency community. Some very interesting features have been developed, and plenty more will be coming in the near future. More on all of those features later on in this article.
The time has come to once again look at some altcoins we have yet to discuss. Jumbucks is one of those coins which I had planned to write about ages ago,but never got around to doing so for some odd reason. Let’s see what JBS brings to the altcoin table!
Introduction
While the name Jumbucks is fairly new, lost of you might know it under its previous name CoinMarketCoin. This rebranding took place on October 23rd, even though CoinMarketCoin was a great success in regards to being an educational tool for the altcoin trading community.
The time has come to take a closer look at another of the altcoins part of the BlockNet project. Apexcoin is the name of this digital currency, and this coin has been existence since July 11th of 2014. Let’s see what makes it so special, and more importantly, why it is a part of BlockNet!
Introduction
When Apexcoin originally launched in July, the trend of anonymous coins was only just gaining more and more attention. The original plan was to integrate Tor into the Apexcoin client, but the team decided against doing so , as Tor does not mask transaction identifiers.
One of the more interesting social “experiments” over the past few years has been how people enjoy telling their friends and even the whole world where they are at any given time. “Checking in” at your current location throughout the day seems to be the new hype, and with applications such as FourSquare allowing users to become a Mayor of places they visit frequently, it can be quite rewarding too. But what if we could tie this together with digital currency?
What is Checkcoin?
Panelists : Stanislav Wolf (Yacuna AG) , Benjamin Bommhardt (Draglet), Daniel Wicharz (Skrill)
The Yacuna exchange, which is UK based, launched about one month ago, Transactions can be done in either Bitcoin, DogeCoin or Litecoin. These digital currencies can be exchanged against each other, or against EUR/GBP fiat currencies.
Note from the author : We will do an in-depth article about Yacuna AG next week.
Cryptocurrency is a very interesting space, as you can come across certain people who have a strong opinion against it in the beginning. However, after spending some time learning and researching, they look at Bitcoin and other coins in a more positive manner.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – eSpend (http://www.espend.com/), a California financial technology company, has integrated Cryptsy, a Florida crypto-currency exchange, into the Ripple network. eSpend’s Ripple gateway software lets Cryptsy provide its customers with the ability to trade XRP, the Ripple network’s native currency, against Cryptsy’s current 90-plus currencies. In the near future, Cryptsy intends to become a full-fledged Ripple gateway, allowing all currencies to be transferred and traded on the Ripple network.
“We have been wanting to get XRP on Cryptsy for a long time now,” said Paul Vernon, CEO and founder of the Cryptsy exchange. “The team at eSpend has made it easy and we look forward to working with them to bring in more of Ripple’s features.”
So a lot of people have been asking me to do an article about CraigsCoin once the trading markets opened up. As the trading markets actually opened up yesterday evening on BitTrex, and were shortly thereafter closed again, we should find out what is going on.
CraigsCoin Introduction
CraigsCoin brings a new idea to the table in the world of cryptocurrency and altcoins in the form of classified advertisements on the blockchain. No one will be able to edit or delete these classified ads, so the concept in itself sounds pretty interesting.
Even though we usually don’t do these kind of articles, I think it would be refreshing to take a look at the Cryptsy exchange and the markets they have added over the past few days. Seven new trading pairs have been added, including two USD pairs!
Two of the coins added to Cryptsy two days are altcoins I haven’t even heard of yet. Then again, as Cryptsy has a habit of adding coins regardless of their maturity, that doesn’t exactly come as a surprise to me either.
There have been several small updates posted by the CannabisCoin team which we should take a closer look at. A Proof of Developer rating is now available for CANN, this altcoin has been added to Cryptsy and a local grower will grow supplemental supply for CANNdy!
Being part of the cryptocurrency world means you can see a lot of amazing things happen over a short period of time. CannabisCoin is one of those altcoins which a lot of people didn’t see a use for, but by the looks of it, they are gaining a lot of momentum lately.
When we try to bring cryptocurrency, and more specifically altcoins to the general masses, the use of social media is a good way to go. With Twitter and Reddit tip bots at the ready, and soon Facebook integration as well, things are headed in the right direction. But why not build an altcoin on top of a popular social network? Meet SocialxBot!
Twitter is one of the most widely used social networks out there, and it would be a nice breeding ground for creating awareness about your coin. SocialxBot allows users to do automatic trading of xBot and Bitcoin on Twitter via xBotMe.
It looks like some new coins have been released lately which are getting some big attention in the world of cryptocurrency and altcoins. Halcyon is one of those coins , so let’s take a look at the progress they have made in their three-week lifespan.
Being launched on August 16th, Halcyon is a fairly new altcoin with an interesting anonymity system, a development roadmap, PeerSend and so much more. We will take a look at all known aspects, as well as their updates along the way.
The GeenBacks developers have been working hard to provided us with an updated client, which was released according to their development roadmap. A new partnership has been confirmed as well, so let’s take a look at the big news!
Even thoguhd evelopment roadmaps are nothing new in the world of cryptocurrency or altcoins, sticking to a schedule is not always easy nor possible. The GreenBacks developers managed to release version two of the wallet in time though, with some new features :
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Even though we are currently being swarmed with cryptocurrencies, it’s hard to pick out an altcoin which might actually be worth taking your time to look at. GreenBacks, which we covered in this article, has provided some more updates in regards to their future.
First of all, we have received a small list of features to expect in upcoming GreenBacks wallet updates. Version 1.5 will include an embedded ticket support system, embedded social features, network statistics and new checkpoints. All in all, a functional update, which sounds pretty good to me.
Time to take a look at some more recently released altcoins in the world of cryptocurrency. This coin is called I/O Coin (IOC) which is apparently designed for mass market and merchant adoption. Let’s see what they have up their sleeve to make this mission statement a reality.
The efforts of the I/O Coin developers will be focused on increasing the overall ease-of-use and user experience. A complete user interface redesign is one of the rojects at the top of the priority list at this point.
Due to lack of any really interesting news, we will keep looking at some coins we haven’t talked about before. IcebergCoin is gaining popularity lately,so I think the time has come to see what this coin is all about!
IcebergCoin is the first ever PoW/PoS coin using the NIST5 mining algorithm. This is apparently an algorithm which cannot be mined by either FPGA or ASIC devices. There are also no multipools supporting this algorithm as of this writing.
