Colored Coins Now Tradeable on MasterXchange
In a move that is sure to bring more attention to the umbrella of colored coins projects currently in development on top of the Bitcoin protocol, issuers of colored coins can now list their assets on MasterXchange. This online exchange was started as a hub for trading bitcoins and mastercoins, and it has more recently branched out into offering many other types of tradeable assets on the platform. Various tokens issued on top of Counterparty and Mastercoin have been traded on MasterXchange in the past, but this is the first time that assets issued in the open assets protocol will be listed....
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Colored coins allow issuers to add an additional layer of value to bitcoins in a rainbow of different ways. Colored coins are part of an Open Assets Protocol, which means you can attach an additional value to bitcoins. If you want to be able to carry a stable amount of cash with you, but with the simplicity of transactions that Bitcoin offers, now you can. You can now have a colored coin equal one dollar, euro, pound… Since colored coins tie an additional value to Bitcoin, governments or banks can issue Colored Coins that represent represent fiat currencies, thus using the Bitcoin protocol....
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