ShapeShift Ends its Relationship with PayCoin
Things haven't been going particularly well for PayCoin, lately. Following a recent drop in price due to what some are calling the work of "online trolls," altcoin exchange Shapeshift.io has removed the currency from its platform due to what the exchange is calling a "broken promise," where customers could purchase PayCoins at $20 each. ShapeShift made the announcement via a Reddit post, saying: "We've looked further into Paycoin, and while there are some criticisms that are superfluous (a coin being 'premined' does not necessarily make it a scam, for example), there is one particular....
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