First-Ever iPhone App for Trading Every ‘Major’ Digital Currency Released
ShapeShift CEO Erik Voorhees has spoken out against exchange security protocols at the launch of its multi-currency iOS app, calling them “archaic and insecure.” Quoted in a press release about the app, which ShapeShift says is the first to allow trading of all “major” digital currencies including Monero and Counterparty, Voorhees today stated that security and data protection had already departed from current norms. “Most exchanges hold customer funds and extract personal information, which is an archaic and insecure model,” he said. “Mt. Gox was a teachable moment for everyone in the....
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