Verge (XVG) reached another milestone in its history, as the block reward halved from around 1,500 coins to 750 a minute for the block discoverer. The halving, happening every four years, is a milestone for many coins, sometimes working to lift the price.
https://twitter.com/vergecurrency/status/994217486429184000
After the news, XVG gained 6.89% on the Asian markets to $0.075, but prices are near the lower range for the past month. The XVG price remains volatile, with high spikes in volumes often followed by stagnation.
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In the case of XVG, however, the news was expected. On a more positive note, the Verge project gets a boost from the Tokenpay partnership, promising to launch a debit card soon.
https://twitter.com/vergecurrency/status/994312390798962688
The biggest problem of crypto coins is the access to banking services - and this problem is solved by Tokenpay through an acquisition of a licensed banking company in Germany, which may be owned completely in the near future.
Token Pay Swiss AG has acquired 9.99% of the shares from the German WEG Bank AG, with an option to acquire the rest of the shares. Having a crypto company with its own banking license and no danger of being denied service is a great advantage to Verge. This way, the fate of projects like TenX and others that used third-party services will be avoided.
The XVG price may see additional pressure, either up or down, from the upcoming listing on the BiteBTC exchange later today.
https://twitter.com/bitebtccom/status/994306110143246337
The XVG market price forms its volume from BTC trading, with only a very small share of direct USD trading, as well as USDT inflows. Binance has returned as the leading carrier of XVG, with more than 36% of volumes concentrated there.
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