The Embercoin team has announced this morning that they will be launching a new project and a brand new token in 2018. This new project is named Chártis and will be the first Path and Positioning Project powered by the Blockchain (in their words).
An announcement will be made by their team at a later date to include more information about when, where, and how the EMB token burn will take place. If you plan to hold or already do hold EMB tokens you will want to make sure that you stay up to date on this. Missing the burn opportunity will mean that your EMB tokens will become worthless after the burn date deadline, and you would miss out on getting the new Chártis tokens.
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