Headlines for the world of Cryptocurrencies - February 10, 2019
Video Sharing Sites Lets Content Creators Earn Bitcoin Cash
Bitcoin Cash users will be glad to know that there is a new video sharing service that pays out users and content creators with Bitcoin Cash (BCH).
Content creators can get paid in crypto through tips and pay-per-view (PPV) sessions.
Most of the contents are available to watch freely where in users will have an option to give tips if they like the video while PPV videos need to be paid before hand to watch the content.
The Two BCH-powered video platforms are Porn.Cash and Cinema.Cash.
The two platforms are very similar which each other with the former geared towards adult entertainment.
Registering in these sites is fairly straightforward as the site needs no verification of any sort.
New registrants just need to give a username and password.
There is also a fund raising section perhaps to be used when someone wants to raise money for someone in need.
The site has its own token called Cash that will be used to incentivize tipping.
There will be chances to win Cash tokens for every tipping done according to a developer.
Cash token holders will also be entitled to a share of the platform’s profits relative to Cash tokens they hold.
Holding 1% In Bitcoin Logical According To U.S. Billionaire Investor
Mike Novagratz is a known bitcoin bull billionaire who just recently took to twitter saying that every major macro fund should invest 1% in bitcoin even if they are skeptics.
Although many may see this statement common rhetoric from crypto bulls, it may not be unsubstantiated.
Bitcoin, throughout its existence have been proven to be a resilient asset class being able to rebound from disastrous lows to new all-time-highs.
Many pundits believe that Bitcoin (BTC) may begin to recover in the latter half of this year.
Historically, BTC tended to rebound a year prior to its blockchain reward halving.
Halving event occurs every two years wherein BTC generated through mining is decreased by 50% effectively decreasing the circulating supply of BTC.
The halving events is more than a year from now but there are several short-term catalyst that could contribute to the start of BTC recovery after a year-long crypto winter.
The launch of Bakkt, the entrance of a multi-trillion asset manager Fidelity to crypto currencies as well as the impending halving event could fuel its recovery.
Credit Cards Now Accepted In Kucoin
It is Kucoin’s first attempt to establish a fiat on-ramp that would hopefully make it easier for more investors to acquire cryptocurrencies.
Currently credit card purchases are only supported for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Ripple.
Newly listed crypto assets are not allowed to be purchased with credit cards like BitTorrent Token and Grin.
The new feature of the Singapore-based exchange was made possible through a partnership with Simplex, a leading payment processing service.
Interestingly, this is the same company that Binance partnered with to enable credit card purchases on its own platform.
Purchases made with credit cards will have a fee of 5% with a minimum purchase of $10 USD.
Development for the exchange that was once called the Binance killer is going along quite nicely with fresh new capital from a series A funding round.
In December, the platform started supporting XRP trading with several interesting pairs.
Now it is moving towards developing KuCoin Platform 2.0 which will enable users to trade small amounts using the exchange’s native token,Kucoin Shares (KCS).
Tippin Bot Allows Users To Receive Or Send Bitcoin Tips On Twitter
A new tipping bot has gotten the attention of cryptocurrency community.
The application will have an upgrade later this month that will enable it to send Bitcoins through LN.
The said upgrade will enable users to send tips through twitter via a Chrome extension.
Tippin is still under development with some features already running, such as the HTML-based BTC tip button already functional.
According to the developer, Sergio Abril, the Google extension for Tippin may be released at the end of February.
The new application is a great way to demonstrate the capacity of LN.
According to a recent report by CryptoGlobe, the LN is already comparable with more established traditional payment processors.
It was revealed in the report that surpassing the 650 BTC capacity level it comparable with traditional and centralized digital payment processors such as Apple Pay.
U.S. Wholesaler Now Accepting Cryptocurrency
It seems that cryptocurrency merchant adoption is slowly gaining ground in the United States.
The latest business to accept the cryptocurrencies is the American wholesaler H&M distributors.
The company is a distributor of low-cost lamp holders, lamp holder accessories and replacement ballast.
They are known for selling shatter-resistant fluorescent light bulbs.
This was made possible with their partnership with Chimpion, a cryptocurrency e-commerce platform that allows merchants to accept crypto payments for their online businesses.
Customers who wants to purchase items using cryptocurrencies will be able to use Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Bitcoin Diamond (BCD), Dash, Ether (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), Zcoin (XZC) and a few other cryptocurrencies.
According to the copany’s founder and CEO, Herb Needham, accepting cryptocurrency payments allows them to share their expertise with more clients by removing the many barriers that made it difficult to sell internationally.
He adds that the ability to convert immediately to USD sold them to the notion of accepting cryptocurrencies.
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