Bitcoin Exchange Bittrex Says ‘So Long’ to Three Dozen Cryptocurrencies

For those of you who have read George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm,’ you probably remember the classic rule revealed at the end of the story…
‘All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.’
Napoleon’s classic manipulation of the animal code seems to be making its way into a number of different arenas, one of them being digital currency. Even the world of bitcoin and its altcoin cousins are susceptible to similar twists.
Bitcoin exchange Bittrex is removing a staggering 36 different cryptocurrencies from its platform today, Sunday the 15th. I guess some currencies just aren’t as good or as ‘equal’ as other currencies.

This post was published at NewsBTC on February 15, 2015.