This Week In Dash: April 1st – April 6th

It has been another fantastic week for Dash with new developments, integrations, and announcements. Continue reading to get a summary of the week.

Dash Developments of the Week:

• Discover Dash and Really Bad Apps Launch Global Dash Merchant Directory Mobile App: The popular merchant directory to locate Dash-accepting merchants has launched a mobile app that can geolocate the closet merchants to a consumer and automatically translate into English, Spanish, and Russian. The app will also enable filtering of nearly 5,000 merchants by merchant type, including ATMs. Really Bad Apps developed the app for free due to their belief in the long-term viability of Dash since it getting closer to becoming everyday digital cash by allowing consumers to actually use Dash in real life.
• Dash DAO Irrevocable Trust Completes Trust Protector Election in Historic Governance Moment: The Dash DAO Irrevocable Trust (or the Dash Trust) is a New Zealand-based legal entity that is controlled by the Dash network and allows the network to legally own property, such as Dash Core Group. The trustee is entrusted with carrying out the wishes of the network when monitoring the trust’s property (i.e. Dash Core Group) and will now be further checked by the trust protectors. The six trust protectors elected are Pieter Bakhuijzen, Raleigh Barrett, Michael Lewis, Mark Mason, Eric Sammons, and Perry Woodin whom are well-know community members and masternode operators. This represents another step of Dash actually achieving a self-sustaining decentralization model that meshes with real-world legal structure.
• Dash Embassy Thailand Continues to Advance Dash with Significant Transaction Numbers: A new feature from AnyPay displays the number and amount of Dash transactions made through their POS system and Thailand has consistently been ranking near the top, behind the United States, in both categories for the past couple months. Additionally, the Dash Embassy Team believes a similar trend is happening with Dash on other POS services in the country that are not AnyPay’s devices. They have focused on gaining adoption in the tourism industry and cite Dash’s focus on fast and inexpensive transactions as the reason for actually achieving real world usability.

Dash Integration of the Week:

• Daexs Integrates Dash, Expanding Liquidity in Colombia: The popular Latin American cryptocurrency exchange has integrated Dash with a direct Colombian Peso pairing, including a zero fee promotion for the next month. They will also be partnering with the Blockchain Center Colombia to host meetups in Bogota and Medellin in an attempt to raise more awareness and adoption. The integration will help expand the liquidity of Dash in the region that is rapidly on-boarding more merchants, including over 300 in Colombia and over 2,400 in Venezuela.

General News of the Week:

• Coinbase Strengthens Consumer Confidence with Insurance Program: Coinbase recently revealed the details of their cryptocurrency insurance policy, which covers up to $255 million USD for hot wallets and is through Lloyd’s of London. The policy covers both Crime (losses arising from criminals hacking, stealing, and……….

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