Lol and you need dash coin to be dasher. That's april mop and so many threads have already discussed that. theymos will always try to give us a new surprise in 1st april. I just feel doubt about is this a true story?

Despite the explosive advancements taking place in the world of digital money, some in the crypto community have become increasingly disenchanted with Bitcoin.
And I happen to be among them. My main gripe with Bitcoin is that it’s exclusively viewed as a speculative investment. This runs counter to the core intent of founder
Satoshi Nakomoto who envisioned it as a peer-to-peer alternative to fiat currency.

For a little over two years, I used bitcoin as my sole means to pay rent, purchase groceries, and transportation. It was during this period of my life that I became acquainted
with Joel Valenzuela, a New Hampshire resident who was living off of a cryptocurrency called Dash. We are planning to feature him soon on an upcoming episode of Money Monday.

Dash Core Group (“DCG”) announced in July 2017 the formation of The Dash DAO Irrevocable Trust, with the intent of ensuring the operations of Dash Core Group would be effectively controlled and governed by the Dash network.
Work setting up the Trust was completed in late December of 2017 and publicly announced in January of 2018. The Dash network is the ultimate beneficiary of the Trust, and the Trust owns 100% of the shares of Dash Core Group Inc.
With this setup, DCG took the first step to ensure that the Dash network would always have full control over the direction of the project, without resorting to the drastic and disruptive step of defunding DCG and developing an entirely
new team to replicate its primary functions.

The ownership structure of DCG established a fiduciary duty to the Trust (and indirectly to the network itself). This enables the network to safely permit DCG to accumulate a significant balance sheet of assets for the benefit of the network,
allowing it to become more resilient to future market downturns. It also enables the network to replace the leadership team of DCG instead of necessitating replacement of the entire organization should it determine DCG’s performance is unacceptable.

However, thus far, the network has not had direct power over Dash Core Group Inc., other than through the proposal decisions, because the six “Trust Protector” positions overseeing the Trust were initially populated with DCG team members.
To complete the process of establishing the intent of the Trust, we are organizing elections for Trust Protectors, who will have the ability to oversee and replace DCG directors. The Trust Protectors will be a new tool in the hands of the network to
shape the future of the project.

Daexs, the popular Latin American cryptocurrency exchange, recently integrated Dash, which will expand the liquidity options in Colombia and nearby countries by enabling individuals to purchase Dash via Colombian peso pairings.

Their press release stated that “as part of the integration, the Daexs team in cooperation with Blockchain Center Colombia will organize meetups in Bogota and Medellin” to help facilitate adoption.
They also claim to be “the first and only digital assets exchange operating in Colombia” and will have “a zero fee promotion from April 3 until May 3” to promote the integration.

Sebastian Cortes, Daexs Tech CEO, highlighted how the integration further helps promote crypto adoption throughout the continent. “We are honored to list Dash on our exchange. Dash represents an outstanding alternative and reliable payment method worldwide.
This partnership allows us to serve the growing Dash community in Colombia and this will contribute to the massive use of Dash not only in this country but also in adjacent economies like Venezuela, Peru, and Panama.
Daexs is permanently enhancing its services, ensuring the adoption of digital assets based on blockchain technology in Latin America.”

Expanding Dash throughout Colombia and Latin America

Dash has been rapidly growing throughout Latin America to the tune of over 2,400 merchants in Venezuela and over 300 merchants in Colombia. This integration, as Dash Core Group CEO, Ryan Taylor, explains will further help increase consumer access.

According to the AnyPay statistics, Thailand has relatively consistently ranked in at least the top three positions for the past few months.
The Dash Embassy team has been able to achieve such significant adoption by focusing on tourism industries that both get Dash exposed to visitors to Thailand,
as well as to locals that are getting paid in Dash by the tourists. Additionally, Thailand visitors then take their Dash experience home and potentially spread Dash even further.
Sascha also highlighted that “there are many other coins around as we have a very crypto friendly environment in Thailand, but Dash is the only one actively used and accepted at merchants”.

Additionally, the Thai team has focused on educating consumers and merchants about Dash since many are unfamiliar with the service. This not only helps educate more consumers and expand the reach of Dash usage,
but also expand the pool of future Dash developers and community members, which will help make Dash even more robust.