Circle's Bitcoin Banking Platform is Savvy Bid for Mainstream Market

Circle's Bitcoin Banking Platform is Savvy Bid for Mainstream Market

Circle Internet Financial lifted the veil on its introductory product last week, providing CoinDesk with an extensive preview of what Circle.com will offer to the general market when it moves out of invite-only testing and past version one of its core offering. The company revealed the first hints about what was to become Circle.com in March and, since then, it has been gradually ramping up development of its product while slowly expanding its pool of invited users. First previewed at the Bitcoin2014 conference in Amsterdam this May, Circle largely delivers on its promise of providing a....


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