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How to convert bitcoin into euro in a few steps

How does funding for Holytransactions work?

HolyTransaction is a multi-currency wallet that allows you to store, send, receive, and exchange numerous cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. To utilize HolyTransaction, you must first fund your wallet with the cryptocurrency of your choice.

You may fund your HolyTransaction wallet in two ways:

Depositing cryptocurrency: You can deposit cryptocurrency into your HolyTransaction wallet by sending it from another wallet or exchange. To do so, go to your HolyTransaction account’s “Wallet” section and select the cryptocurrency you want to deposit. Finally, select “Deposit” to obtain the wallet address for the desired coin. Copy this address and use it to transfer funds from another wallet or exchange to your HolyTransaction wallet.

Bank Transfer: To do so, go to your HolyTransaction account’s “Deposit” section and select the currency you want to deposit. Finally, select “Bank Transfer” and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the transfer. You must give personal information such as your name, address, and bank account information.

How to convert Bitcoin into Euro using HolyTransaction:

  1. Go to the HolyTransaction website at https://holytransaction.com/ and log in to your account. If you don’t have an account, you can sign up for one by clicking on the “Sign up” button on the top right corner of the website and filling in the required details.
  2. Once you’re logged in, click on the “Wallet” button on the top left corner of the website. This will take you to your wallet page where you can see your Bitcoin balance.
  3. Click on the “Send” button next to your Bitcoin balance. This will take you to the “Send Bitcoin” page.
  4. In the “Send Bitcoin” page, enter the amount of Bitcoin you want to convert into Euro in the “Amount” field. You can also select the currency you want to convert your Bitcoin into by clicking on the “Currency” dropdown menu and selecting Euro.
  5. Next, enter the recipient’s wallet address in the “To” field. If you’re not sure about the recipient’s wallet address, you can click on the “Address Book” button to select an address from your saved addresses.
  6. Review the transaction details to make sure everything is correct, including the amount, recipient’s address, and currency conversion rate.
  7. Once you’re ready to complete the transaction, click on the “Send” button. HolyTransaction will deduct the Bitcoin from your wallet and convert it into Euro at the current exchange rate.
  8. Your Euro balance will now be visible in your HolyTransaction wallet. You can use this balance to send Euro to other wallets or withdraw it to your bank account.

That’s it! You’ve successfully converted your Bitcoin into Euro using HolyTransaction.

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Amelia Tomasicchio

US Federal Reserve studies Blockchain

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The US Federal Reserve studies Blockchain as “this may represent the most significant development in many years in payments, clearing, and settlement.”

According to governor Lael Brainard, in fact, this technology could be very disruptive for the financial system.

During her speech at the Institute of International Finance in Washington, D.C., she explained that the Federal Reserve studies Blockchain to study and test the technology for a next-generation payment and settlement system.

“We are paying close attention to distributed ledger technology, or blockchain, recognizing this may represent the most significant development in many years in payments, clearing, and settlement.”

Brainard’s speech came a week after Janet Yellen commented that the distributed ledger could have a “significant impact” on the fintech industry. Also, she explained that the central bank is “trying to understand digital currencies and other blockchain applications”.

During her speech, Brainard commented on the various use cases of the blockchain in financial field, as well as talked about the potential risks.

“Like many new financial technologies, distributed ledgers could ameliorate or exacerbate traditional financial risks,” she explained.

Federal Reserve studies blockchain: a whitepaper will be published soon

Also, Brainard said that the Federal Reserve will publish a whitepaper on the blockchain by the end of this year.

Furthermore, the central bank will continue to study and discuss the tech with both private and public sector stakeholders.

To read more about Federal Reserve involvment in the fintech field, click here. 

Open your free digital wallet here to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.

Amelia Tomasicchio

PaymeaBit: a Bitcoin Social Network

PayMeaBit is a new Bitcoin social network where you can publish your contents (videos, photos, charts, infographics and more) and earn bit, or a small fraction of Bitcoin.

As Bitcoin has 8 decimals, it allows microtransactions that are very useful when you want to buy or leave a tip online, this is the reason why we call it the Internet of Money.

So, Paymeabit is a “value Network”, a platform where contents – such as a comments, a photos, a videos or blog posts – can earn value in bitcoin. Paymeabit enables this by allowing every like to have a value in bits – which are fractions of bitcoin worth less than a cent. This makes it easy for content creators and all the users to monetize their content with bitcoin nanotransactions.

To use PayMeaBit (now it is a beta version) follow this guide.

Bitcoin Social Network: a guide to use PayMeaBit

  1. Go to the PayMeaBit website
  2. Scroll down the page and click on “Join PayMeaBit”
  3. Sign in with Google, Facebook, Twitter or with your e-mail
  4. You are in!

As you can see, the sign in process is very simple and the platform is user-friendly.

Now you should publish somenthing to start earning some bits.

  1. After the “Log in” you will find the “Create” Button on the right top of the page
  2. Click on Create and go to “Post”
  3. Then you can create your post. You can now add a URL, write your article or add an image.
  4. Now you can start to monetize your content.
  5. Share your post on your social networks such as Twitter, Facebook and more to allow your friends to leave a bit.

You can also create a premium post and/or a group where you share your problems or questions with the community.

This is very simple, isn’t this? 

 

Open your free digital wallet here to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.

Amelia Tomasicchio

Russian Party accepts Bitcoin

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Today reports explain that a minor political Russian party accepts bitcoin donations.

The center-right party created back in 2009 called the Party of Growth, in fact, will accept donations in the cryptocurrency. 

This news originally appeared on Interfax and TASS, two magazines about Russia and that cover remarks from Boris Titov, the head of the Party of Growth and advisor to Russian President Putin for business-related issues.

Why the Russian Party accepts Bitcoin 

According to these magazines, Titov explained that the party need funds from new sources, including crowdfunding and bitcoin – but only from people with verified identity, he continued. 

In fact, the party wants to promote the acceptance of the digital currency within its own country.

To do so, the party will also create a legislation that will be able to simplify the technology adoption and development in Russia.

“Russia can take advantage of the difficult economic situation that has developed today for us to become a very profitable country open to blockchain.”

Currently the party of Growth doesn’t hold any seats in the Duma, but it has two representatives in Russia’s regional legislatures.

Open your free digital wallet here to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.

Amelia Tomasicchio

US Department Homeland Security uses Blockchain

 

The division created after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, US department Homeland Security (DHS) uses blockchain technology to solve security issues.

First announced in a press release published in December, the DHS announced in June that it awarded a prize of $199,000 to the blockchain startup Factom that aims at using the distributed ledger to ensure the security of cameras that monitor US borders.

How US Homeland Security uses Blockchain

This way the blockchain could be helpful for DHS as it aims at building an identity for devices, or a way to extend the company’s ability to monitoring services and devices.

Data privacy program manager Anil John explained to Coindesk:

“The Factom piece is more along the line of these devices exist, but how do we build a picture of the identity of this device over time? The blockchain could be the catalyst that allow us to document the changes”.

Also, he explained that the company wants to learn more about the potential applications of the blockchain.

“For DHS use cases, the projects we’re funding are focused on proving or disproving that security and privacy can be supported by a blockchain-based infrastructure. It is much broader than IoT and identity.”

To do so, DHS gave funding also to projects such as Solarity Solutions, Respect Network and Digital Bazaar.

Universal Wallet

To store in a safe place your digital currencies you need a good wallet such as the one provided by HolyTransaction.

We define it as a “Universal Wallet” as you can store different kinds of digital currencies in a single account.

In the HolyTransaction wallet, in fact, you can store Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, Peercoin, Blackcoin and Litecoin in a single account easy to manage.
Open your wallet here for free!

Open your free digital wallet here to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.

Amelia Tomasicchio
BNP Paribas Blockchain: banks love the distributed ledger

BNP Paribas Blockchain: banks love the distributed ledger

A few days ago BNP Paribas revealed its new project related to the Blockchain: a lab that will study the distributed ledger technology with the goal of building new solutions for data and money management, as well as a tool to help users in case of liquitidity needs.

BNP Paribas Blockchain: a partnership with SmartAngels

Previously this year, BNP Paribas announced its interest in the blockchain technology when it started a partnership with SmartAngels, a crowdfunding platform that will help the bank to develop a project to be launched by the end of 2016.
According to the press release published in April, BNP Paribas would develop a ledger for shares in companies through the blockchain.
Also a few months ago BNP confirmed its interest in the blockchain for financial applications and announced that they were working on their own blockchain called Bizhackathon, that aims at finding use cases for the distributed ledger technology in the banking system.

Growing interest in Blockchain

All the central banks worldwide are expressing their own interest in the distributed ledger and digital currencies.
For example, recenlty we talked about the idea of the Central Bank of Canada to create its own digital currency called CadCoin.
Also, another revevant news on banks and cryptocurrency came yesterday when the Dutch Central Bank revealed its tests on the blockchain. 

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Thanks to our innovative system, you can now open your own wallet here for free and you can store not only Bitcoins but also several other cryptocyrrencies (eg. Peercoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, etc…) in a universal wallet that is very simple to use.

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Amelia Tomasicchio
Blockchain Revolutionizing Banking

Dutch Central Bank Tests Bitcoin Blockchain

 
Dutch Central bank presented the results of their digital currencies tests whose goal was to better understand the Bitcoin blockchain to adopt it within the main bank institutions.
After this test conducted in 2015 by De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), the bank presented the results earlier this month.
On 20th June Ron Berndsen, head of the bank’s market infrastructure policy department, explained to Coindesk:
“The general idea was that by adapting the Bitcoin software ourselves we could learn deeper how an actual implementation of the blockchain really works than if we would only perform desk research and go to conferences such as these, no matter how interesting.”

Dutch Central Bank test number one

To do the first test the DNB created a working group who acts as fictional participants in the digital currency world, as they want to replicate how the bitcoin environment seemed in the first two months of its existence.

Also, they sent each other several coins, testing the process.

DNB Second test

“The second DNBcoin prototype takes the other extreme of bitcoin by jumping to the year 2140, the year when the last fraction of the 21 million bitcoins will be issued,” said Berndsen.

For this second test, the team mined all of the DNBcoins in advance, beginning with a block reward of 1 billion of DNBcoins.

“In doing so we were able to generate 3 billion DNBcoins in 30 seconds. In addition, we observed that after all DNBcoins had been generated, blocks could still be mined and added to the blockchain. The reward was reduced to zero but transaction fees were still collected by the miner who finds the next block.”

Blockchain central bank adoption

Central banks are increasing their interest in the blockchain.

Recently, in fact, we talked about several central banks who studied, tested and adopted the blockchain.

For example, you may be interested in the news related to the Central Bank of Canada that revealed its new digital currency called Cadcoin.


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You are now ready to open a wallet, where you can store Bitcoin and other digital currencies in an easy and safe way.

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Amelia Tomasicchio
Bitcoin price rise again thanks to the Brexit

Bitcoin price rise again thanks to the Brexit

After reaching a low of $550 during the week, the bitcoin price rose again reaching a high of $650 today.
Although it was normal to see a correction after the fast climb of the previous weeks, the bitcoin price probably fell also because of the “Bremain”, or the possibility of UK to remain into the EU.
This volatility has a main reason: Brexit and Bremain.
When it seemed that England would remain in the European Union the bitcoin price fell immediately.
Conversely, now with the official news of the Brexit, the Bitcoin price is finally starting to rise again.

Brexit and Bitcoin price rise

Yesterday England had to vote for a referendum in which voters had to decide if their country should remain (Bremain) or leave (Brexit) the EU.
When the official news of 54.4% votes for the Brexit arrived, the Bitcoin price increased from $560 to $655.
This phenomenon is probably due to the fear led by the volatility in the fiat currency and traditional markets.

5 reasons why Bitcoin price rise

Few days ago we talked about the causes of the Bitcoin price rise.
Among these we quoted the Brexit, and in fact it seems to be confirmed by the market movements.

Universal Wallet

If you want to store your Bitcoin in a safe and secure way, you should open your wallet on HolyTransaction.com 
On HolyTransaction you can store your Bitcoin but also other digital currencies such as Peercoin, Dogecoin and more.
Usually if you want to store different kinds of cryptocurrencies you need to open several accounts.
With HolyTransaction we changed this method, as you can store your different coins in an only wallet, with a single login.

Open your free digital wallet here to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.

Amelia Tomasicchio
Bitcoin Price Drops because of the Bremain

Bitcoin Price Drops because of the Bremain

Bremain and Bitcoin

Today Bitcoin price drops of about $100, falling to peak of 15% by reaching the value of $551 according to Bitstamp.
In the recent weeks we talked about the 5 reasons of the Bitcoin price was rising so fast. In the list we quoted the “Brexit” as a possible reason.
In fact, the uncertainty caused by this move could be a foundamental reason for the Bitcoin growth.

Bitcoin price Drops

This Bitcoin fall is a continuation of the recent correction – probably due to the previous too fast growth, as explained George Sammam – that began on June 18th, when the price hit $774.
A possible reason for this Bitcoin decline is the “Bremain”, or the possibility of the UK to remain in the European Union.
In fact, experts suggested that maybe the bitcoin price is falling down because of the increasing possibility that UK will vote to remain in the EU.
Tim Enneking of Crypto Currency Fund; investor Vinny Linghan and Arthur Hayes, co-founder of BitMEX, all quoted the ‘Brexit’ vote as a possible reason for this drop:
“The drop below $600 indicates that many traders believe that ‘Bremain’ will prevail. The vote is still too close to call with various polls indicating ‘Brexit’ and ‘Bremain’ in a dead heat.”
So, will the Bitcoin price continue to fall or it will remain stable? Stay tuned for next updates.

Multicurrency Wallet

With this high volatility it is a good behavior to store your Bitcoin in a safe wallet and wait for better times.
You can store your Bitcoin and other digital currencies such as Litecoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin in the HolyTransaction Multicurrency wallet.

Open your free digital wallet here to store your cryptocurrencies in a safe place.

Amelia Tomasicchio
Blockchain Revolutionizing Banking

Central Bank of Canada revealed the digital Cad coin

Is Cad Coin the future for Canada?

Yesterday the Central Bank of Canada announced its new project: Cad coin, or the digital version of the Canadian dollar based on the blockchain.
Cad coin is just a part of a greater study about the blockchain, called “Project Jasper”, according to The Financial Times.
Bank of Canada is not the only bank involved: in fact, other important banks such as Bank of Montreal, CIBC, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotiabank and TD Bank are participating to this innovative project.
As you can read on a Forbes post, Bank of Canada is doing tests on a system that allows people to give their cash to the bank that will convert it into Cad coin.

Banks: in love with the Blockchain?

During the last months, we read about several bank projects related to the blockchain and digital currencies.
“The development of modern financial markets is inseparable from the development of financial technology”, said Bank of Russia’s deputy chairman Olga Skorobogatova.
Are these news the proof that banks love blockchain applications or is it just fear?

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Amelia Tomasicchio