Latam Giant Mercado Libre führt Mercadocoin in Brasilien ein

Freier Markt, ein führender lateinamerikanischer E-Tailer, hat die Einführung eines eigenen Tokens angekündigt, called “Mercadocoin,” for Brazilian customers. The token will be the main reward of a loyalty program on Mercado Libre’s platform and will be awarded to customers that purchase certain items linked with the token. The token will have an initial value of $0.10.

Mercado Libre to Launch Mercadocoin Token to Power Loyalty Program

Freier Markt, a retailer and financial services unicorn in Latam, verfügt über angekündigt the inclusion of cryptocurrency as a part of its royalty program. The company announced the launch of its own token, denominated mercadocoin, that will be used to power its rewards to users. Der Token, to be issued on top of Ethereum, will be given to users that purchase certain articles on Mercado Libre’s platform identified with the loyalty program.

The program, which is already being implemented, will include Brazilian customers only, though the company aims to extend it to other countries in Latam. jedoch, Mercado Libre did not offer any details regarding this expansion. This initial phase will include only 500,000 people, but it aims to reach the full 80 million customers before September.

Token Details

Mercadocoin will be launched at a price of $0.10 first, and then the company will allow it to float in the market. While Mercado Libre does not have plans to list the new token on external exchanges, it is an ERC-20 token, and parallel markets can be funded in different decentralized exchanges such as Uniswap.

Reuters explains that this token initiative seeks to improve the situation that the e-tailer giant is facing in Brazil, having fierce competition from emerging foreign companies like Alibaba and Sea Ltd, whose sales numbers have increased significantly.

The mercadocoin token will have two different uses: It will serve as a means of payment for articles on the platform, and users will also be able to integrate with the trading services of Mercado Pago, and exchange it for other crypto assets.

Mercado Libre’s crypto foray started last year, with the company launching trading services in November in Brazil. Diesen Monat, the company announced it would extend these trading services to more countries in Latam.

Markus Galperin, the founder of Mercado Libre, is also a big believer in cryptocurrencies, having declared that bitcoin was a better store of value than gold, but questioning its use due to the power needed to send or receive bitcoin.

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Sergio Göschenko

Sergio ist ein Kryptowährungsjournalist mit Sitz in Venezuela. Er beschreibt sich selbst als spät im Spiel, Eintritt in die Kryptosphäre, als der Preisanstieg im Dezember stattfand 2017. Einen Hintergrund in Computertechnik haben, lebt in Venezuela, und auf sozialer Ebene vom Kryptowährungsboom betroffen zu sein, Er bietet eine andere Sichtweise auf den Krypto-Erfolg und wie er denjenigen hilft, die kein Bankkonto haben und unterversorgt sind.

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