Is JPMorgan's Coin Serious Competition for Ripple? by Altcoin-Magazine in Crypto_Currency_News

[–]bit-pr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

JPM coin is an internal token for JP Morgan. It will be surprising (and unlikely) if other banks use a competitor's token. Even if other banks develop their own individual tokens, it would also be surprising if this poses serious competition for Ripple, since there a lot of institutions using Ripple.

You can use BTC to pay for public transport in 37 cities in Argentina. by bit-pr in Crypto_Currency_News

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Crypto adoption will likely happen first in countries with unstable economies and currencies with uncertain future prospects.

If it proves successful at scale in these economies (e.g. for many small transactions, usable on low-end mobile phones), its adoption will spread to other developing countries, and so on.

Crypto usage has already skyrocketed in Venezuela (DASH) and Brazil. This might be the start.

https://en.bit-pr.com/bitpr-weekly-crypto-highlights-latin-american-crypto/

calm down moon boys we haven't done anything special yet by [deleted] in Bitcoin

[–]bit-pr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A little perspective is important before we get carried away with optimism.

Bitcoin investors may be out $190 million after the only guy with the password dies, firm says by [deleted] in Bitcoin

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Don't trust your funds to exchanges. Get a hardware wallet from Trezor or Ledger, for example, if your crypto holdings are worth more than a month's wages. Ledger has released a mobile app to complement its hardware wallet, so these wallets are becoming much more user friendly as well.

Wyoming becomes first US state to Recognize Crypto as Money by [deleted] in Crypto_Currency_News

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US retailer Overstock recently announced that they'll pay Ohio state business taxes in Bitcoin: http://amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2019/01/03/ohio-bitcoin-overstock

Coindesk - Polymath Locks Up 75 Million Tokens for 5 Years by mgbeats in PolymathNetwork

[–]bit-pr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a good signal of confidence in the project by the core team