Altcoin Watch
StormX has quietly rallied more than 2,800% since February as the project's crypto rewards program and plans to launch a debit card bear fruit for early investors.
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Bitcoin Debit Card News
The idea of creating plastic cards pegged to Bitcoin has been developed from the start of the appearance of Bitcoin in 2008. In 2011-2012, the Bitcoin community started discussing the real possibility of issuing Bitcoin debit cards and their prospects. The attractiveness of this idea is obvious to investors, developers and users, as BTC debit cards could significantly facilitate the use of virtual currency in daily life and, consequently, popularize cryptocoins. By replenishing such cards with Bitcoin, it is possible to pay in shops which don’t accept Bitcoin, as it will be converted into fiat currency automatically. In 2015-2016, the number of projects related to virtual money debit cards began to grow, so currently a cryptocurrency holder can choose among over 25 companies.
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Cryptocurrency exchange platform and card issuer Crypto.com has partnered with Visa and plans to debut fiat lending.
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Fiat-to-crypto on-ramp service provider Simplex has partnered with Visa to allow its client firms to issue crypto debit cards.
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Swiss DeFi startup Eidoo partners with principal member of Visa Europe to issue a new Visa crypto debit card.
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Crypto.com’s debit Visa cards are now available in all EU states as the company aims for global presence.
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Coinbase’s Visa debit card expanded support for five more cryptocurrencies in ten new countries.
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The three-year-old scheme faced skepticism about its popularity on launch, but Shift has not publicly stated the reason behind its decision.
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Mobile payments are set to reach $1 trln by 2019, and Bonpay wants cryptocurrency to capture a large share of that market.
18875 Altcoin fans can now use their favorite cryptocurrencies to load a virtual VISA card.
4074Cointelegraph looks at Bitcoin debit card market, what makes it tick and in what direction it will develop.
728Prepaid debit cards will be subjected to tightened regulations by October 2017, users can top up their cards using Bitcoin.
1586Cointelegraph contacted the eight major providers of Bitcoin debit cards with the question: Can Bitcoin debit cards really be private or anonymous?
50423Cointelegraph takes a look at six of the market’s best Bitcoin debit cards: Bitplastic, Shift, CryptoPay, Wirex, Xapo, and BitPay.
31793WireX has released the first two-way bitcoin debit card with a buy bitcoin function. It will allow its users to fund their bitcoin accounts from anywhere through traditional bank transfers and alternative payment methods.
1664Cointelegraph spoke with E-coin founders Pavel Matveev and Dmitry Lazarichev about competition in the bitcoin debit card market, the importance of multi-sig security, and crowd investment with BnkToTheFuture.
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