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Bitpanda came out with a bunch of noteworthy news recently. It looks like the platform is growing nicely and aims at becoming a one-stop Bitcoin transaction spot for European users. Some of the things Bitpanda have implemented brings…

This week in Canada has been marked by another blow delivered to Bitcoin from the traditional banking system. Several large banks have disallowed purchases of Bitcoin using the cards they've issued. In particular, these two large banks…

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…

Bitwala just emailed out an inspiring vision update, - they are good at inspiring updates - they are almost ready with a "blockchain-driven bank" in Germany, that will offer simple fiat-crypto-fiat transfers, German IBAN accounts for all…

Earlier Bankera, an ambitious startup intended to cover the crypto "banking" sphere, has announced it's almost ready to issue new prepaid Bitcoin ATM cards that work. This could not have been timed better, considering both Visa's and…

VISA has announced that it terminates all cards issued by WaveCrest, a debit card issuer used by many Bitcoin debit card companies. Currently they are Bitwala, Cryptopay, Wirex and TenX. The VISA prepaid cards issued by these companies…

Coinbase is a major BItcoin exchange that has been around since 2012, and by the end of 2017 it has $12 million users, adding impressive numbers of users each month (around 1 million). You can track their impressive progress online. Is…

After the news about China banning ICO fundraisers has spread throughout the world there has definitely been a certain amount of panic. Bitcoin and other cryptos tanked a bit (though already recovered by now 2 days after): The rates…