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Many have been following the growth of this service by now, but it's just gone live in the USA which is great news. HodlHodl is pretty much a LocalBitcoins alternative that does the same but in a more decentralized way. That is, HodlHodl is a peer to peer Bitcoin (and Litecoin) trading system.…

Mark Karpeles, the ex-CEO of MtGox (the infamously hacked pioneer cryptocurrency exchange) did an AMA on Reddit recently. While the whole thread is interesting for those that either follow the story or want to recover their lost coin (hopefully everyone will at some point!), we're particularly…

We wrote in our 2018 forecast for Bitcoin that decentralized exchanges (also abbreviated "DEX") would be one of the factors shaping the future. First quarter into the year 2018 we still stand on that, and it seems that Q2 will be bringing some exciting updates DEX-wise. In fact, the current…

On our quest to keep track of working Bitcoin debit cards we've been getting a lot of comments with suggestions, both on site and on the Google sheets table with all the Bitcoin debit cards. One of them mentioned Amon.tech and we took a look at what they offer for this short review. Amon ICO and…

Coinfloor exchange, part of the UK Coinfloor group is set to increase fiat withdrawal minimums starting April 2, 2018, as Twitter user Jorge Fernando noticed: The old withdrawal limit for USD was 20, and on Monday it's going to be 10K, which means there was a 500-times increse. GBP withdrawal…

So yesterday's post on Monaco was attacked by their fan-base (or ICO investors) as a biased one. We've even had people try and squeeze in comments that could be used to compromise our website in various ways. A lot of people apparently believe that Monaco is just the best thing that ever happened to…

We've been closely watching the situation with Bitcoin debit cards. As we've been building the Bitcoin debit card list, we'd be getting comments about add Monaco card from time to time. Each time the commenter was talking about their "plans" and never about a working card. As some point, a Reddit…

Finally after the WaveCrest ban, all the fuzzy updates and ICOs promising things (1, 2, 3), a debit card provider finally comes out with a working card that lets you load and spend Bitcoin. It's Wirex. Before you read on, please get on the waiting list for the new Wirex account fall back behind…

A large fintech event is going to happen in Singapore on 13-15 March 2018: Money20/20. This is a fintech even primarily, so there are a lot of crypto-related companies and startups represented among speakers. Scroll down to the bottom of this post for the full list. There are several long-awaited…

After we've put together this table on Bitcoin debit cards it's become pretty popular with cryptocurrency users. No wonder - everyone is waiting for working Bitcoin cards after the WaveCrest ban. We're probably the only cryptocurrency news website watching the subject closely, without bias and with…

Since we follow the Bitcoin debit card news closely (we believe working ATM cards are crucial for adoption), we've put together a quick Google spreadsheet to check the status of cryptocurrency debit cards. Here it is:…

Exwal, one of the "mysterious" debit card providers (no blog, no twitter) you may have seen in our list of bitcoin cards, is suddenly jumping into the card race together with Bitwala, Spectrocoin, TenX and Denaro, by announcing the new cards in March 2018. The announcement, however, only takes…