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Zimbabwe Doesn’t Have Its Own Currency and Bitcoin Is Surging [2017W47]

Altcademy Team wrote on 7 February 2018

This Week's Update on Bitcoin and Blockchain [2017W47]
Issue: Week 47 of 2017

Markets

  • Bitcoin BTC is at ~$7975 USD (+27.7% from last Monday)
  • Ether ETH is at ~$359 USD (+14.4% from last Monday)
  • Bitcoin Cash BCH is at ~$1202 USD (+2.1% from last Monday)

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This week’s new initial coin offerings (ICOs)

  • Game.com (Game) is creating a services platform for the gaming industry.
  • Services on the Game.com platform includes Digital Wallet, Digital Currency Exchange, ICO Platform for games, GToken Fund which invests in games, and a universal instant messaging service for games.
  • Game.com is minting the G Coin (GTC) to be a payment and utility token on its platform.
  • A total of 2 Billion GTC will be created
  • 300 Million GTC goes to the Game.com development team.
  • 200 Million is sold in pre-sale.
  • 500 Million will be offered in public sale.
  • 1 Billion GTC is reserved for the Candy G Plan, which will reward GTC holders at a 1 to 1 ratio when growth goals are reached.
  • The ICO began on October 10 and is scheduled to end on November 30, 2017.
  • The ICO exchange rate is 1 ETH for 3000 GTC.

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