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March 12, 2018, 02:24:48 PM Last edit: March 12, 2018, 07:14:17 PM by turtle13 |
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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.
Wirex has just announced the coming of the following in March 2018:
New updated currency accounts with the ability to buy Bitcoin; Virtual cards – immediately according to the timeline,
Next milestones:
Plastic contactless Bitcoin cards – within the next 4-5 weeks (by the end of April basically) Wallets for Dash & litecoin, then – Ether, Ripple and more. Worldwide debit cards
The timeline of user registration is the following:
March 12-17:
UK waiting list users. This is the time to get your bitcoin debit card for UK – sign up here to get it
March 20-24:
Accounts open for France, Italy, Germany. This will let everyone from these countries spend Bitcoin with a debit card.
March 26-31:
Accounts open for the rest of the EU: Romania, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Sweden, Portugal, Greece, Croatia, Poland, Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Norway and more.
Releasing a financial product is a responsible and complicated task where many things can go wrong.
Looks like Wirex is being cautious with its’ users, hence the conservative release timeline.
But the best part is – looks like they got everything already works and only in 2 days UK users will be able to spend their Bitcoin using virtual cards, and 1 month later – physical ATM cards.
P.S. Make sure you sign up to Wirex to get alerted when your turn for a prepaid Bitcoin card comes.
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