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The 13 Most Preferred Cryptocurrencies!

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This digital currency can provide efficient, secure, and transparent transactions. Ethereum uses its currency called ether, which is used to avoid intermediaries. Unlike most other digital currencies, Ripple’s XRP isn’t mined. The cryptocurrency was created in 2014 by Evan Duffield and named after his son.

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The Stellar Cryptocurrency – An Overview!

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The history of Ripple digital currency began 6 years ago, when the platform and tokens were launched. The only thing that was done was to open the source code of the platform. This was done to prevent investors from being able to manipulate the rate of the digital currency. The functioning principle of Stellar XLM.

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Handfield’s Supply Chain Analytics Predictions for 2014

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As 2013 comes to a close, here are some of my thoughts regarding the supply chain trends we are likely to see emerge in 2014. Major growth strategies are driven by economic realities, currency movements, government regulations, or access to existing logistics networks. Not surprisingly, analytics is at the top of the list.

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Reviewing the Hottest Cryptocurrencies!

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Ethereum was invented in the year 2014, and the network of Ethereum went live in 2015. Undeniably bitcoin is exceedingly volatile in nature, but the market capitalization of bitcoin in contrast to other digital currencies in the industry is much more. Coinbase coin is also a stable coin that is linked with the value of fiat currency.

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Top 3 Cryptocurrency Cloud Mining Sites!

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Hashing 24 was established back in the year 2012, but gained major influence in cryptocurrency cloud mining after forging a business partnership with the Bitcoin mining hegemon Bitfury in 2014. The website has been in business since 2014. Scam-free guarantee from a UK-based company. Supported cloud miner hardware: CPU, GPU and ASICs.

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The Messy Reality of Cross-Border E-commerce (Thoughts on UPS Acquiring i-parcel)

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The i-parcel platform supports merchant’s websites with a local language welcome mat, fraud protection, fully-landed total prices (including customs duties and taxes) in local currency and numerous value enhancing features. Source: Pitney Bowes (click to enlarge). Source: Amazon.com (click to enlarge).

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Cryptocurrencies Beyond Bitcoin! (Infographic)

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This secure, private, and untraceable open-source cryptocurrency launched in 2014. Dash (popularly called darkcoin) launched in 2014. NEO (initially called AntShares) launched in 2014. The decentralized and open-source cryptocurrency launched towards the end of 2016. Monero (XMR). Dash (DASH). Zcash (ZEC).