GoCoin and Ziftr Announce Partnership

Crypto payment solutions provider GoCoin has announced a new partnership with Ziftr that envisions a combined platform for payment processing and loyalty programs.

GoCoin is the third largest crypto payment processor after Coinbase and BitPay, and the largest to offer integration with altcoins. Last year, it added support for Litecoin and Dogecoin. It had also entered into an agreement with GAWMiners that would see it integrate Paycoin, which did not pan out. Most recently, it added Tether, a Blockchain Blockchain Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned). In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data, making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tamp Blockchain comprises a digital network of blocks with a comprehensive ledger of transactions made in a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin or other altcoins.One of the signature features of blockchain is that it is maintained across more than one computer. The ledger can be public or private (permissioned). In this sense, blockchain is immune to the manipulation of data, making it not only open but verifiable. Because a blockchain is stored across a network of computers, it is very difficult to tamp Read this Term-based cryptocurrency pegged to fiat. The company recently outlined its selection criteria for adding new coins.

Ziftr states to offer a number of related services, including a crypto and credit card Payments Payments One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl One of the bases of mediums of exchange in the modern world, a payment constitutes the transfer of a legal currency or equivalent from one party in exchange for goods or services to another entity. The payments industry has become a fixture of modern commerce, though the players involved and means of exchange have dramatically shifted over time.In particular, a party making a payment is referred to as a payer, with the payee reflecting the individual or entity receiving the payment. Most commonl Read this Term platform, a loyalty program with its own digital currency, and a wallet.

GoCoin CEO Steve Beauregard commented that consumers did not have much motivation to use Bitcoin, and that it "has a serious adoption problem." The new partnership aims to give consumers the chance of earning loyalty points when making purchases with digital currency.