Cryptocurrency Adoption Boosted By MerchantCoin Announcement At CoinAgenda
Today marks the beginning of CoinAgenda, a Bitcoin conference made especially for Bitcoin investors. Companies from around the world are gathering in sunny Las Vegas to present their ideas to over a hundred hopeful investors that have or are interested in making moves in the digital currency space. One such Bitcoin company that is seeking new users (advocates) is MerchantCoin, a new cryptocurrency that exists to promote Bitcoin and greater cryptocurrency use where it is needed most: Merchants. Also read: MerchantCoin Incentivizes Bitcoin Adoption. According to their website: MerchantCoin....
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Most bitcoiners seem to be pursuing their own unique methods of increasing global bitcoin adoption. There are those who simply educate the merchants they frequent on the benefits of Bitcoin; on the other side of the coin, there are those who are planning on distributing bitcoins to an entire island nation. And now with MerchantCoin making an appearance on the scene, there's an actual cryptocurrency, altcoin to some, whose express goal is to increase Bitcoin adoption. MerchantCoin is the first digital currency whose sole purpose is to facilitate worldwide adoption of Bitcoin by....
This week at the CoinAgenda conference in Las Vegas, a group of leading cryptocurrency investors, experts, and entrepreneurs discussed ongoing trends in the Bitcoin and blockchain industries. At the center of this discussion was the rising “Appcoin” phenomenon, a topic which sits in murky legal waters. CoinAgenda Las Vegas 2016, organized and run by Michael Terpin, co-founder and chairman of BitAngels, was well received, with one prominent attendee claiming that “this was the best conference he had ever attended, period.” CoinAgenda will host its next conference in Puerto Rico in March....
MerchantCoin to capture 5% of Visa-accepting merchants. According to their whitepaper published earlier this month, MerchantCoin estimates that it’s efforts will garner 5% of Visa accepting merchants to also accept bitcoin. “Merchant coin envisions a world where “Bitcoin is routinely accepted in payment for goods and services; Bitcoin lending, borrowing and investing is routine; Bitcoin’s standing and liquidity is equal to any other currency; Bitcoin is a household word. The XMC token was created to make this happen.” MerchantCoin launched it’s crowdsale at Coin Agenda in Las Vegas, Nevada....
CoinAgenda, a highly popular fintech and investor conference, will hit the Las Vegas Strip this week on October 25 and 26. The third-annual BitAingels Global Conference will coincide with CoinAgenda, both events bringing the biggest names in digital currency to Vegas. Both conferences are located in the Skyview Ballrooms of the Ballys Las Vegas. On Monday, October 24, organizers will host a pre-conference with a “mini-hackathon” and cocktail party. BitAngels, the organizers of the two conferences, organizers told press that the event is “aimed at both mainstream investors, as well as....
Earlier this month MerchantCoin published their whitepaper. The following scenario is included in the paper and illustrates the MerchantCoin vision for a consumer and seller in the commercial sector who use the MerchantCoin ecosystem. “A Consumer is browsing the internet, seeking to buy a new sports watch. Finding a great deal and placing it in the shopping cart, he discovers that the Merchant accepts PayPal, Visa, Amex, XMC and BTC. Opening his mWallet, he discovers that he has enough crypto coin but not in a single currency. On the mGateway, he exchanges some XMC for enough BTC to make....