Litecoin – CoinDesk

[ad_2][ad_1] Litecoin is a software fork of Bitcoin, which means the two share a lot of code. Litecoin is intended to act as Bitcoin’s “silver to gold” rather than compete with it. Lee sought to make Litecoin technically distinct from Bitcoin in two different ways. First, it initially aimed to …

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XRP – CoinDesk

[ad_2][ad_1] Created in 2014, XRP is the native asset of the XRP ledger, developed by Ripple Labs, which uses blockchain technology to improve cross-border payments. XRP is used on xRapid to provide liquidity in cross-border payments involving illiquid trading pairs. 100 billion tokens were created at the launch of the …

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Argo’s mining revenue declines after Bitcoin’s halving

[ad_2][ad_1] London-listed Argo posted a drop in revenue in May, likely due to the bitcoin halving event. According to the mining company’s monthly operating update, monthly mining margins – revenue minus operating costs – were about 34% in May, down from 39% in April. Overall, the company mined 252 bitcoins …

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David Hunter, former CEO of Ukash and veteran of the payments industry, joins leading crypto payment processor CoinPayments as a consultant

[ad_2][ad_1] GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, June 3, 2020 / PRNewswire / – CoinPayments, the world’s leading cryptocurrency payment processor, today announced a payments industry veteran and entrepreneur, David Hunter, as a consultant of the company. In this new role, Hunter will provide strategic direction relating to CoinPayments’ ongoing expansion and …

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