Dedicated and Virtual Hosting With a cute mascot and a great product, Snel.com has been a strong player in the web hosting community since its founding in 2010 in the Netherlands. Its name, in fact, is a play on words. The word ‘snel’ means ‘fast’ in Dutch, and that’s exactly the kind of speed that the company promises its customers. In a world where time is literally money, we wanted our customers to save on both by providing them a fast Dedicated and Cloud hosting platform with enough features to…
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DAI
DAI (DAIJ): Decentralized Stable Coin DAI Quick Stats As the cryptocurrency market has matured, there has been a push to solving the volatility issue that hampers wider adoption of the technology. To help cryptocurrencies move past investments and into consumption the incentives to buy and hold must be resolved through this stabilization. The “stablecoin” was made to solve this. A few have been created which utilize Bitcoin technology, however, DAI was created on the Ethereum blockchain, the first stablecoin to do so. CoinPayments now provides and integrations so merchants can…
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Storj (STORJ): Decentralized Cloud Storage Storj Quick Stats The need for storage continues to grow in our data hungry world. The amount of digital data the world creates doubles every year, and new methods for managing this storage are becoming necessary for the sake of sustainability and efficiency. Storj has begun using existing technology as well as new blockchain solutions to decentralize the cloud storage formula and make online storage more efficient and distributed. CoinPayments now offers Storj token payment processing to our merchants worldwide. How Does Storj and Storj…
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Resistance (RES): Privacy-Focused DEX Resistance Quick Stats The biggest blockchains in the world are not privacy oriented and for many the ability to profit from mining the coins is a distant dream in the face of large-scale miners. Resistance was made to address these two issues through their decentralized exchange (ResDEX) and their innovative approach to mining. ResDEX uses the Resistance coin as an intermediary during trades to add privacy and help prevent transaction tracking. CoinPayments now offers Resistance (RES) payment processing to our merchants worldwide. How Does Resistance Work?…
Read MoreComprehensive Cryptocurrency Store Directory
Even though we are 10 years into the creation of a cryptocurrency market, there is still a lack of information for the general user of digital currencies. Cryptocurrency as a method of payment is still not as common as traditional cash/debit/credit cards used by the average person, and since more cryptocurrency holders choose to trade and speculate, this has hindered adoption from lack of spending. This creates a situation where it’s difficult to find companies that will accept cryptocurrency as payment and with so many holders of cryptocurrency, it would…
Read MoreSpecial Rate for Coinmotion Fiat Settlement
CoinPayments is happy to announce that one of our fiat settlement providers – Coinmotion – is now offering our users a special discounted rate on their fiat settlement fees! The new rate, effective immediately, is only 0.5% for fiat settlements to EURO. All CoinPayments merchant accounts are eligible for this special rate, so start saving on your settlement fees today! How to Get the New Discounted Rate? This special discounted fee can be applied to your Coinmotion account by either sending a message to Coinmotion support (available when logged in)…
Read MoreNew Developments in the Crypto Regulatory Space
There are always changes occurring within the cryptocurrency industry. Generally, we hear about the technological developments that help to innovate and push the market forward in adoption and value. However, there has been significant attention paid lately towards the developments in the regulatory space as well, notably in terms of where cryptocurrency companies are offering their services and how customers are being identified through KYC (Know-Your-Customer) policies when they use them. Both are important considerations to explore and understand as the industry matures and such practices become more commonplace. Sanctioned…
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Bitcoin Diamond (BCD): Convenience and Versatility Bitcoin Diamond Quick Stats Bitcoin Diamond (BCD) is a fork of the original Bitcoin blockchain that keeps in line with Satoshi’s vision of a peer-to-peer electronic cash system accessible and usable to everyone, regardless of status or country of origin. Due to the high demand on the Bitcoin network, the Bitcoin Diamond team decided to create a new blockchain with a different, more scalable cryptocurrency that will be ready for the mass adoption of the cryptocurrency market. CoinPayments has integrated Bitcoin Diamond (BCD) payment…
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Globcoin (GLX): A World Economy Stable Coin Globcoin Quick Stats In the world of crypto, wealth management and preservation are complicated tasks. Some who have gotten in early have benefitted greatly from the early gains of the system, while persistent volatility has made entry into the market intimidating for newcomers. There have been solutions that have come out to stabilize the market and make entry into crypto more attractive, but the Globcoin team claims to have taken this one step further. CoinPayments is now offering Globcoin (GLX) payment processing to…
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