This is really good news for steemit! It will bring more awareness of Steemit to the masses outside of our crypto community! EconoTimes got a lot of readers wordwide!
Link to the article
http://www.econotimes.com/Digital-currency-exchange-Bittrex-adds-12-new-coins-in-Q2-2016-including-Waves-Lisk-Steem-238141
From the article
Steem is a blockchain-based social media platform where users can earn rewards. July has been quite spectacular for Steem as it has become the third largest cryptocurrency with market capitalization over $400 million.
Bill Shihara CEO of Bittrex
“Bittrex continues to support innovative technology and business models on the blockchain, and we’re proud of the growing variety of options we provide our users. Each token is vetted thoroughly before we add it to Bittrex, and fair price discovery of tokens helps secure these networks and demonstrate market support in their use cases”.