8pip launches Bitcoin prepaid card to make Bitcoin more accessible to the public
Not long ago, Singapore Bitcoin payments system startup CoinPip brought US-based 37coins’ SMS bitcoin wallets to Singapore in a bid to make Bitcoin transactions simpler for the public. Now, Singapore-based startup 8pip wants to go one step further by introducing what it claims are the world’s first Bitcoin prepaid cards. The team will launch the cards at Startup Asia Singapore 2014 on May 7, as well as at Singapore’s first BOOST:Bitcoin event, an event aimed at promoting and celebrating the use of cryptocurrencies. A CoinPip-affiliated company, 8pip’s Bitcoin prepaid cards allow customers....
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