Electroneum Is Now Available To Trade In South African Rand (ZAR) For The First Time

Electroneum made another important step to reach the unbanked.

Officially announced on Twitter, Electroneum with the focus to help the unbanked, is now listed on South African exchange Artis Turba.

#ETN is now available to trade in South African Rand (ZAR) for the first time. A massive step towards mass adoption in South Africa.

Some of interesting facts about South African:

20% of South African (11.2 million) are unbanked
46% of people in townships are unbanked
30 million South Africans earn less than $70 a month
20% earn less than $30 a month



Electroneum Skyrockets 174% in a Week

Interesting article by globalcoinreport.com about the mooning of Electroneum.
Price-wise, in just the last 24 hours, ETN rose 32.38 percent in price (and 173.96% in just a week!)

Not to forget, now ETN is currently holding the rank of 49 on CoinMarketCap.

Critical Update Regarding The Electroneum Network Upgrade

There is a CRITICAL network upgrade planned for 30th May 2018 (block height 307,500). The estimated time of upgrade will be 09:30 UTC.

If you are a regular App user or my.electroneum.com user, you do not need to do anything. However, if you mine via a Pool please ensure that pool is aware that they MUST update their wallet and node software before May 29th.

The latest software is available from GitHub

Please share this information as much as possible to ensure a smooth transition that will bring about numerous positive changes within the community! The full information on how to update your nodes are clearly outlined here on the blog: https://electroneum.com/2018/05/17/critical-electroneum-network-upgrade/

Thank you for your involvement this week, do remember to share our news regarding the Network upgrade and have a fantastic week!

The Electroneum Team.