Ethereum [ETH] backed crypto-exchange Ethfinex launches hardware wallet giveaway

Ethfinex, an Ethereum-based cryptocurrency platform launched by Bitfinex in the month of September 2018 announced a giveaway on Monday on its Twitter handle.

The platform stated that it will be doling out two Ledger Nano S hardware wallets across several social media platforms, namely, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Furthermore, there are no sponsorers involved including Ledger, in the giveaway, Ethfinex stated. The tweet read:

“We are giving away 2 Ledger Nano S! Simply send 1 ETH to… (kidding) For the first time ever you can use a hardware wallet to trade with high liquidity at http://trustless.ethfinex.com . To celebrate, we’re giving away branded @LedgerHQ wallets.”

The second tweet in the series read:

“We’re giving away 2 Ledgers across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The contest above will run till Friday, October 12th, 12.00 PM UTC. Anyone is free to participate. This giveaway is not sponsored by Twitter, Ledger or any party besides Ethfinex.”

Ethfinex was built for the Ethereum-based cryptocurrency tokens and has recently added support for multiple cryptocurrencies, such as Tron with EUR, JPY, GBP, Contentos, ContentBox and more. The platform was formed to solve the purpose of a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange. Thus, Ethfinex gives its users an option to trade on a centralized platform as well as carry on-chain trading activities.

Currently, the total trading volume of the cryptocurrency platform is over $3.6 million with the top-5 pairs by trading volume being OmiseGo [OMG/USD], Ox [ZRX/USD], Eidoo [EDO/USD], Dai [DAI/USD], DAI/BTC.

There is a policy that all the tokens that get listed on Ethfinex will also get listed on Bitfinex. More so, Ethfinex has Community Listing Vote as one of the criteria for adding cryptocurrencies to its platform. Here, Nectar.community is known to be the platform for Ethfinex community voting to take place. In the last round, the voting was won by ContentBox, Contentos, and VideoCoin.