Australian bitcoin services company CoinJar has opened up its debit card service CoinJar Swipe to the general public. The cards allow users to spend from their bitcoin accounts at over 820,000 retail terminals nationwide, as well as withdraw cash from bank ATMs. Notably, the new system means there is no waiting for banks to clear fund transfers […]

WordPress CEO Matt Mullenweg says his company hasn’t given up on bitcoin, despite its disappearance from his platform’s checkout page. Speaking to CoinDesk, Mullenweg, 31, said the decision to axe bitcoin came as a result of resource constraints during WordPress’ push to streamline its five-year-old payments system – not a change of heart. “It is simply a […]

The 30-day period during which the public can submit comment on the latest draft of New York’s BitLicense proposal has begun. The formal comment period was initiated by the publication of the notice in the New York Register, a weekly periodical designed to keep state citizens up-to-date on rulemaking. Following roughly three weeks since the introduction […]