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Today was marked with good news from AdvCash - here's the full announcement text: Card program for Russia now live! Great news for Russian users who have been waiting for ADV cards to go live. Starting today, ADV users in the Russian Federation can order new and replacement cards. Cards…

July 2019 update: AdvCash have just released prepaid cards for Russia. EU cards are coming. AdvCash used to be one of the best crypto debit card provider for non-US and non-EU users. Ever since their cards stopped working they've been looking for an alternative plastic card issuer. The rest of…

Bitcoin und andere Kryptowährungen in Fiat-Währungen zu konvertieren, ist normalerweise langsam. Sie müssen entweder zu einem Marktplatz wie Localbitcoins.net gehen oder eine große Börse für Banküberweisungen nutzen. Bitcoin Debitkarten bieten eine viel einfachere Möglichkeit, Ihre…

According to the latest announcements, Mastercard, the financial payments services giant has been granted several new patent approvals this week regarding the implementation of several blockchain technologies into their existing network. Among others, the one that catches the eye especially is…

A patent application from Mastercard suggests that the payments giant is eyeing blockchain as part of a way to verify the authenticity of coupons. Posted by Stan Higgins on May 31, 2018 @ https://www.coindesk.com/mastercard-looks-blockchain-make-coupons-immutable/ If you're interested in…

Furthering its interest in blockchain-based technology, MasterCard has filed a patent for a system designated to increase the speed with which blockchain nodes are being verified.   It seems the bees in the company’s crypto department have been busier than one may think. Earlier in April,…

A Mastercard patent application outlines how nodes could be quickly added to a blockchain. Posted by Nikhilesh De on April 30, 2018 @ https://www.coindesk.com/mastercard-seeks-patent-fast-track-blockchain-navigation/ If you want to spend Bitcoin or other crypto using a Mastercard then check…

Revolut is a banking app that lets you buy Bitcoin, transfer money, operate a prepaid debit card, buy insurance products and a lot more. It's been pretty popular, having onboarded 1.7 million users and processed $10B worth of transactions since their launch in 2015. If you are interested in…

Mastercard has their hiring eye on blockchain specialists. The massive corporation seeks to further incorporate the technology into their company and needs skilled help to do it. Long gone are the days when “blockchain” was a term synonymous only with cryptocurrencies. Yes, it is the…

Updated September 20th 2018 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 have pulled the plug on plastic…

An executive confirms that Mastercard is open to the use of cryptocurrency, but there is a major catch involved. Banks have notoriously been steadfast in their opposition to cryptocurrencies, and this is for a very good reason. The peer-to-peer economic marketplace of digital currencies…

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 users, new cryptocurrency ATM card (MasterCard), and a ton of…