How Cryptocurrencies Already Help Sovereign Nations
Article by Scotcoin’s own Temple Melville published in City AM on 28/8/19 Cryptocurrencies are almost as old as money itself. Indeed, crypto simply means concealed or secret. So the first man (or woman) who tried to exchange some rocks for a sheep could be said to have been using a crypto currency. Up to that […]
Scotcoin awarded the ‘Most Community-Focused Digital Currency Platform 2019
A pleasure to announce that Scotcoin has been awarded the ‘Most Community-Focused Digital Currency Platform 2019 – Scotland’, by the CV Magazine’s Corporate Excellence Awards 2019.
Types of token
On July 31, the FCA issued its settled policy statement on cryptocurrencies in a document titled “PS19/22: Guidance on Cryptoassets.” The document represents an updated version of a consultation paper on crypto assets that was first released for public comment in January 2019, and intends to bring more regulatory clarity to existing types of digital assets. In essence it describes 3 […]
When Harold Wilson said “The Pound in your pocket won’t be affected” he didn’t know about crypto currencies
Life has moved on a great deal since those days, and not least because, slowly but surely, people are carrying less and less cash on them. Only a couple of years ago, the Royal Mint didn’t produce ANY 20p pieces or £2 coins. Why? Because the fall in their use had meant they didn’t need […]
Blockchain has moved on…
Blockchain has moved on since we started this journey. If Bitcoin was first generation Blockchain, Hyperledger was second generation. We are now into THIRD generation, which is described as permissioned decentralized blockchain. Libra, Facebook’s offering in the digital currency space is exactly that, and Microsoft is clearly committed to blockchain technology. That being the case, […]
Scotcoin Advisory Panel and Other News
New Social Media Manager at Scotcoin Scotcoin welcomes onboard Elizabeth Myles-Geddes as Social Media Manager. Elizabeth has worked in digital marketing for 7 years with clients as diverse as Harvey Nichols, Heriot Watt University and the Google sponsored Start Up Grinds in Edinburgh and Glasgow. She currently runs her own consultancy advising micro businesses on […]
XCP Situation
We have had some enquiries about what is happening with Counterparty and its DEX market. All Counterparty Protocol coins have fallen massively because they are all denominated in XCP, which is Counterparty’s own token. Less than a year ago, 1 XCP was around .004 Bitcoin. Now it stands about .00004 ie a fall of 99%. […]
Scotcoin MeetUp – Tuesday 9 July 2019
Did you know? Only 8.5% of cryptocurrency traders are women. Christine Bamford of Women’s Coin joins us to talk about gender issues in FinTech and how they are working with Scotcoin to promote equality of opportunity using digital currencies. More info: https://www.womenscoin.com/ MEETUP DATE: Tuesday 9 July 2019 @ 6pm VENUE: The Avalon, 25 Kent […]
The house that Scotcoin built…
Scotcoin is well known for being the first cryptocurrency to conduct a real estate deal in Scotland, but we’re also helping Social Bite build more social housing. Scotcoin’s initiative with Social Bite is helping their innovative social housing roll out. The Social Bite Village is a project that combines an innovative housing model, using vacant […]
Ever wanted to start your own crpytocurrency?
Our friends at Data Driven investor have laid out a simple step-by-step plan…
