BuyAnyCoin: A Prepaid Crypto Card at Your Local Store
Startup BuyAnyCoin (BAC) wants to hang a prepaid crypto card next to prepaid phone and debit cards in convenience stores. They're currently holding an Indiegogo fundraiser, hoping to raise US$10,000 for merchant outreach and continued backend development. Thor Thurneau, BAC founder, writes: BAC cards would be available for credit and debit purchases, naturally, but they'd also be available for cash, which Thurneau hopes will attract the unbanked. “Imagine this: You walk in to your local convenience store, grab a drink and head to the register. In your peripheral vision you catch a glance....
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