Remittance Alt Coin Turns a Year in South East Asia
Token Hub Asia in the Philippines recently celebrated its one-year anniversary as a remittance service for an altcoin called Eternal Coin (XEC) serving the Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong and Korea. Eternal Coin is owned by a Japanese company called Atom Solutions. The service charges users a flat 2 Philippine peso (approx $ 0.04 USD) remittance fee. It is possible to send the funds directly to a recipient’s mobile phone. Remittance Via Mobile Phone. “Through the use of your own mobile device, Eternal coin is the world’s first digital currency in which the transmission can be performed with....
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