Cointelegraph examines where crypto debit cards are available and what options they offer as wider adoption starts to take hold.
Bitwala News
Bitwala is a global payment service provider based on blockchain technology. Bitwala was founded by by Jörg von Minckwitz, Jan Goslicki, and Benjamin P. Jones in 2015 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. The main goal of Bitwala is to provide global, instant money transferring services with Bitcoin or other altcoins at a lowest possible cost. In 2017, the interface of Bitwala was updated. Due to this, the company conducted a Bitwala ICO for their tokens, which function as Bitwala stocks so that anyone who bought it owns part of the company. Recently, the company announced the release of a contactless Bitwala debit card. Among the main advantages of the service is that Bitwala operates with bank accounts licensed and insured within the purview of European legislation.
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Blockchain banking app, Bitwala, has integrated with DeFi app Celsius to offer interest to Bitcoin hodlers.
5655German neobank Bitwala offers users interest rates up to 4.3% with its new Bitcoin Interest Account product.
29480Bitwala launches smartphone Bitcoin banking app for customers in 30 European countries.
7841German Bitcoin bank Bitwala announced that it received €13 million (almost $14.5 million) in funding.
5695Are Mastercard and VISA about to deem crypto and ICOs ‘high risk’?
5708The Visa corporation has suspended membership for company that powers many crypto-backed Visa cards, leaving customers stranded.
83072The future of the hard fork looks increasingly shaky as F2pool signals it has stopped supporting SegWit2x.
28440Blockchain ICOs are no longer just for new business, as Worldcore prepares a token sale to boost its market presence.
9402Bitwala has released its stance on the upcoming SegWit2x hard fork in response to customer demand.
19494Bitwala has created a virtual assistant called Lola that helps people go around Bitcoin.
671Though BitGo was the wallet software used by Bitfinex who lost $60m of its customers’ funds, Bitwala says it will still work with the provider.
1548Cointelegraph contacted the eight major providers of Bitcoin debit cards with the question: Can Bitcoin debit cards really be private or anonymous?
53384Bitwala users can now chat and make payments at the same time on a new messenger designed to improve customer’s experience on the platform.
740With Turkey residents losing a convenient option for sending and receiving payments online, the country’s online payment sector is gradually yielding to a free control market with the uptake in Bitcoin use.
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