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If you've been holding a large amount of Ripple XRP coin and looked for a way to sell it for USD - starting today there is a great new way of cashing out. Instead of exchanging it to the more liquid BTC and then sending to bank accounts you…

Bitpanda continues to deliver great news. The company is well on its' way to becoming Europe's #1 platform to buy Bitcoin. They've just announced "Bitpanda to go", which is an amazing way to buy Bitcoin (or Ethereum, Litecoin, IOTA,…

Crypto-focused fintech companies that provide Bitcoin debit cards have entered an active phase of struggle for customers' attention. So far Wirex is winning the first stage and launching the best UK and EU Bitcoin card. More contenders come…

The market of prepaid debit cards that let you spend cryptocurrencies is very dynamic. Currently led by Wirex with a working solution for UK and EU residents and Coinbase card for US residents (see full crypto debit card list), there is…

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…

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…

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…

Updated Aug 4, 2018 The best way to use Bitcoin for purchases in offline stores, as well as turn smaller amounts of Bitcoin into cash, is through Bitcoin debit cards. Bitcoin cards are prepaid plastic VISA or MasterCard cards that are…