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<p>Coins.ph, the leading crypto exchange in the Philippines, has announced its support for BRC-20 tokens. As part of that move, the exchange has successfully integrated the ORDI token, thereby becoming the inaugural platform in the country to embrace the BRC-20 standard.</p><p>The platform clarified its support for BRC-20 in a recent <a href="https://coins.ph/blog/coins-ph-first-ph-exchange-to-support-brc20/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">blog post</a>, which it published to its website. Coins.ph revealed its intention to expand its services further by adding support for additional BRC-20 tokens, showcasing a forward-looking approach to cater to the evolving needs of its user base.</p><p>BRC-20 is a standard facilitating the creation of fungible tokens on the Bitcoin blockchain. The inclusion of this technical standard allows for the minting of tokens with unique features, introducing a new dimension to the capabilities of the world’s flagship cryptocurrency.</p><h2 id="header-0"><strong>ORDI memecoin addition</strong></h2><p>ORDI stands out as one of the most popular BRC-20 tokens, gaining traction and reaching an all-time high above $81 earlier this week. This surge in value followed the addition of trading support by crypto exchange Binance in early November, underscoring the influence of strategic partnerships and market dynamics on token performance.</p><p>Wei Zhou, CEO of Coins.ph, expressed the company’s commitment to staying at the forefront of digital asset innovation through this strategic move. Highlighting the remarkable growth in BRC-20 activity since its launch earlier in the year, Zhou emphasized the importance of enabling users to participate in these opportunities. He mentioned the recent listing of $ORDI and hinted at future product offerings enabled by the BRC-20 standard.</p><h2 id="header-1"><strong>Industry trend</strong></h2><p>While coins.ph may have been the first exchange in the Philippines to introduce BRC-20 support, it’s not the first mover in the broader Asian region. Back in May, leading crypto exchange OKX decided to <a href="https://coinnesslive.page.link/rFGdscZSxPAKcofE8" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">support</a> the BRC-20 standard through its OKX Wallet product. The company’s support of the standard was validated more recently when it <a href="https://coinnesslive.page.link/Nst6mdHBM1Td26je6" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">emerged</a> that BRC-20 support played a large role in OKX NFT Marketplace taking top rank as the NFT marketplace with the greatest trading volume earlier this month.</p><p>Seychelles-based crypto derivatives platform Bitget has also identified the associated growth potential. Earlier this week, the platform <a href="https://coinnesslive.page.link/LUvsGWCytLFKjJ9v7" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">unveiled</a> a plan to support development within the Bitcoin ecosystem, inclusive of BRC-20.</p><p>The fusion of ordinals and BRC-20 enables users to embed images, texts or audio, among other data, into satoshis — the smallest units of BTC.</p><h2 id="header-2"><strong>Bitcoin community controversy</strong></h2><p>Amidst these developments, concerns have been raised by Bitcoin core developer Luke Dashjr. On Dec. 6, Dashjr <a href="https://x.com/LukeDashjr/status/1732204937466032285?s&#61;20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">disclosed</a> that developers are working to remove Bitcoin inscriptions before the v27 update scheduled for the next year. This would imply the elimination of ordinals and BRC-20 from the Bitcoin landscape.</p><p>Dashjr clarified that Bitcoin Core has allowed users to set limits on extra data size in transactions since 2013 through the “datacarriersize” setting. Despite this, inscriptions have found a way to bypass the limit by obfuscating their data as program code. He reassured the community that a recent bug in Bitcoin Knots v25.1 has been fixed, addressing concerns about vulnerability.</p>

Filipino exchange Coins.ph adds BRC-20 support

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