Day: December 10, 2017

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December 10, 2017, Gibraltar – STK is delaying its Token Generation Event to coincide with STACK’s public beta launch in January, 2018. The public token sale will run from January 31 to February 14, 2018. The STK pre-sale is currently running and will end as scheduled on December 10, 2017 at 16:59 UTC.

STK is the first mass market instant cryptocurrency payment solution, providing access to more than 33 million merchants around the world.

“There is a growing demand for improved liquidity of cryptocurrency,” said Miro Pavletic, Director of STK. “Having a beta product in the market during our token sale will provide the first public proof-of-concept in the cryptocurrency payments space and solidify our position as the premiere mass market solution for instant crypto payments at point of sale.”

STK is also reducing its hard cap to $17MM USD, projecting early traction to support funding for future deliverables.

“Based on the response from our community and investment network, we’re anticipating fast growth in our initial markets,” said Pavletic. “This will allow us to replace a higher hard cap with early revenue, fuelling international expansion and supporting a larger user base.”

The STK token supply will remain the same at 500,000,000, of which 55% will be available for sale for a total public supply of 275,000,000. The token price has been updated to $0.10 USD. Token distribution will be based on the conversion rates from Ether to USD 24 hours before the close of the public sale or when the sale hard cap is reached, whichever comes first.

For full sale information, visit www.stktoken.com.

About STK Global Payments

STK Global Payments is the cryptocurrency technology solution which enables real-time cryptocurrency payments at points of sale, and the issuer of the STK token. The STK token was designed to provide a method that can allow cryptocurrency to be used instantly at retail for seamless integration into everyday transactions and financial services. The STK token will be implemented on the public Ethereum blockchain as an ERC20 token. The STK token is part of a global solution to facilitate borderless transactions through a smart contract which facilitates a real-time exchange of cryptocurrency into fiat at the POS.

For more information on the STK token, visit www.stktoken.com.

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A Singapore based young entrepreneur, Vikas Gupta is getting widespread media attention by  sharing on how he is in the process of launching GINNI ICO and creating a huge multi-million dollar mining infrastructure along with a crypto vending  solution to support block chain businesses across Asia, starting off with Singapore.

Vikas Gupta is scheduling an Initial Coin Offer (ICO) of 300 million GINNI tokens. He is raising about US$15 Million for 50% of GINNI tokens. Funds raised will be mainly used to install 2300 mining servers in Singapore which will be able to generate a regular profits .MAW will also install 100 Fast coin ATM machines in many countries namely Thailand, UAE, India besides Singapore. Both of these are expected to generate an average turnover of over 1 billion per annum and profits of over $21Million.

FASTCOIN ATM machines will help crypto buyer and sellers. Currently It is quite tough for buyers to buy or sell crypto coins especially general public who is not so tech savvy. Currently they have to wait for 1-3 days to get funds remitted to online exchanges leading to a substantial price variation. FASTCoin ATM will help them to buy/sell instantly about 40 different type of coins giving users a wide choice and peace of mind. Fastcoin ATM will have very good demand for coins on a daily basis.

Vikas emphasized that FastCoin ATMs will prove to be a great benefit to the MAW and its token holders. We are presently mining coins, but it needs to be sold to materialize rewards and to reap the rewards of the collective efforts,” he shared. FastCoin gives us the opportunity to sell coins to end users without any intermediary, broker or exchanges. It further divides our business risk and enhances our business with value proposition.

MAW’s first prototype is now ready in Singapore and any potential investor can book a tour of the facilities to see the premises ,mining and ATM in person. Pilot testing of ATM is being done in December and will be fully operational in a popular plaza by January 2018.Vikas has plans laid out for FastCoin to be positioned as leading brand in the Crypto coin ATM sector.

‘MAW is launching its GINNI token PRE-ICO starting on the 6th of December, 2017 at a  price of 3100 Ginni /Ethereum. Public crowd sale for ICO will start on the 6th of January 2018 starting from 2800 and closing at 2200 Ginni /Eth on 3rd Feb. 2018. It gives a benefit about 40% in Pre ICO and about 27% in ICO  making it very attractive proposition.

Vikas also mentioned, “We value our supporters as our lifeline and we have decided to reward them more than us( around 58% for token holders in prorated ratio to be distributed quarterly) from the rewards the business will generate, making it a lifelong asset for them. Our tokens will be listed on  2 exchanges so any crowd funding supporter can trade them easily to get liquidity or exchange them with other tokens.

We see a strong response from media and good demand for the GINNI tokens worldwide as we are ICO based on a concrete and profitable business. We have sold 1.289 Million token in less than 12 hours of launch.

MAW has done successful road shows in India namely Delhi. Lucknow , Chandigarh , Kurukshetra , Karnal and getting very good response and massive media coverage. MAW will be having more road shows in Singapore on 10 Dec, Bangkok on 12th Rajkot on 26th and in Mumbai on 27 Dec. to have face to face meetings with media and public.

More details and white paper about upcoming GINNI ICO can be seen on www.minersatwork.com

This is a sponsored press release and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views held by any employees of The Merkle. This is not investment, trading, or gambling advice. Always conduct your own independent research.

There is no doubt ICOs are entering a period of intensive care but should emerge fitter and stronger in the second half of 2018.

The price of Litecoin is quickly heading for $200 USD, marking LTC the sixth largest market capitalization at almost $9 bln.

It is evident Bitcoin holders have received a lot of free coins throughout 2017. With all of the hard forks and airdrops taking place, things have certainly evolved in an interesting direction. What is rather surprising is how there is still very little interest in Bitcoin Gold. Fewer people have claimed their BTG balances than expected, mainly because it has proven rather difficult to do so. This goes to show that Bitcoin Cash may have the brighter future ahead.

Bitcoin Gold is in Less Demand Right Now

Everyone who has kept tabs on the Bitcoin Gold launch will have noticed that there have been plenty of issues when it comes to claiming one’s BTG balance. This currency was, like most other hard forks, issued to Bitcoin holders at a specific time. This means anyone who had a Bitcoin balance at the time of this hard fork should have an equal amount of Bitcoin Gold coins. That is, assuming one can obtain his or her BTG balance and withdraw it to a wallet he or she controls.

Ever since the launch of Bitcoin Gold, there have been few people actively looking to collect their coins, by the look of things. It is still somewhat difficult to do so, mind you, as there are only a few wallets supporting BTG at this point in time. Moreover, there are only a handful of exchanges which automatically credited these balances to user accounts. It is evident Bitcoin Gold simply isn’t of big interest to most companies, despite the currency having a value of US$250 at the time of writing.

According to Forks Network, 2.184 million coins have been moved on the Bitcoin Gold blockchain since its release over three weeks ago. There are less than one million outputs on the network, which is well below what one would expect at this point in time. It is evident Bitcoin Gold is struggling somewhat, and its value certainly reflects this lack of interest. With a 16.24% decline over the past week alone, things aren’t looking all that promising either.

Especially when we compare these numbers to that other Bitcoin hard fork which got a lot of attention, Bitcoin Gold looks like the third wheel. Bitcoin Cash is clearly of much greater interest to users all over the world. This isn’t surprising, as there was plenty of wallet and exchange support in place even before that fork happened. It was handled in a more professional manner than BTG, and the community responded in a positive manner.

For its part, Bitcoin Cash has had 6.595 million coins moved on the network since August 1st. Moreover, it has 4.891 million outputs split on the BCH side. There is a good reason why Bitcoin Cash is higher in market capitalization, has a bigger community, and simply is of greater interest to Bitcoin users all over the world. Although all airdrops should be treated equally, it is evident there is a clear difference between Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold.

How all of this will play out in the long run remains to be determined. It is evident Bitcoin Cash is still a very valuable altcoin which has a bright future ahead if its developers keep up. Bitcoin Gold, on the other hand, seems to have continually gotten the short end of the stick from day one. Bitcoin is still the dominant form of this currency, and it seems highly unlikely any of the future hard forks will disrupt this scene in a major way.

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As was somewhat to be expected, the Bitcoin price is suffering from a massive sell-off all of a sudden. With the Bitcoin futures launch coming closer, things could have gone in either direction. No one is surprised to learn the market is effectively going through some big dips right now, and it will take some time for the Bitcoin price to recover. Coinmarketcap still depicts a BTC value of over $14,000. but that level will not hold whatsoever.

Bitcoin Price Woes Continue

After a very strong run toward $19,000 it quickly became evident the Bitcoin price would go through a correction sooner or later. While there is no massive sudden price dip to speak of, it is evident the sentiment has turned against the world’s leading cryptocurrency. What goes up in value in spectacular fashion must eventually come down as well, and Bitcoin is no exception in this regard.

More specifically, the Bitcoin price seems to come down in short but volatile waves these days. We have seen a  steep dip to $17,000 followed by a small leg up and then another push toward $15,000. After a few hours of upward momentum again, the price eventually dipped to $14,000. Over the past 24 hours, we have seen a few attempts to go as low as $13,000 but that has not been a successful venture as of yet. It seems to be only a matter of time in this regard.

Whether or not tomorrow will be a better day, remains to be seen. The Bitcoin futures markets will open officially, as the weekend is often a very problematic time for cryptocurrency trading. With a fresh mindset, we may see some major Bitcoin price changes in the future.Whether or not that is a positive or negative trend, remains to be determined for the time being. Speculation is running wild among Bitcoin enthusiasts, that much is certain.

Thanks to over $14.55bn in 24-hour trading volume, things are still looking pretty good for Bitcoin. The demand for the world’s leading cryptocurrency has not diminished whatsoever, but there is still a lot of negative pressure on the market as well. How all of this will evolve in the next few weeks and months, is anybody’s guess right now. The Bitcoin price predictions are still all over the place right now, and there is a chance to hit either $1,000 or $40,000 in the near future.

As one would expect, BitMEX has successfully maintained its position as the leading exchange by Bitcoin trading volume. Over $2.57bn worth of BTC has changed hands on this platform alone. Bithumb and Bitfinex are still duking it out for second place, although the South Korean exchange is clearly in the lead right now. Bitfinex has the lowest Bitcoin price of all top 10 exchanges right now, which is rather unusual.

There is an interesting end of the year ahead for Bitcoin price speculators. With this wake-up call behind us, we may see another push toward $19,000 in the coming weeks. At the same time, this may only be the beginning of a major correction, which pushes the price down to $10,000 or lower. Everything is possible in the world of Bitcoin right now, yet there is a very good chance to make and lose money at the same time.

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