Reports Show Crypto Custodian Xapo Set to be a Digital Bank in Gibraltar
According to a recent report, the cryptocurrency custodian Xapo is getting ready to become a “fully-fledged” bank in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. The region located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula has also been extending “regulatory guidelines for digital asset exchanges,” according to a partner at the international law firm Isolas LLP. Just recently, the cryptocurrency custodian Xapo sent out a wave of emails that noted it would not serve U.S. customers going forward. “Due to a change in our global business strategy, Xapo, Inc. is....
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Gibraltar is becoming well known for its pioneering crypto regulations, support for blockchain development and Bitcoin adoption. Cointelegraph reporter Joe Hall visited Gibraltar to explore Bitcoin (BTC) adoption on “The Rock,” as the peninsula is known locally, and how the adoption of Bitcoin for shopping in the territory is impacting business. The visit was also an opportunity to visit Xapo Bank, the world's first private financial institution to combine traditional banking with Bitcoin. Coinbase acquired its custody business in 2019, making the American exchange the largest crypto....
XAPO Cat is watching you... You may have heard about how XAPO is charging excessive previously undisclosed fees on their Xapo Debit Card, but what you may not know is that they will reimburse you for the third-party monthly fees, in Bitcoin! Though, aside from the $15 shipping fees, XAPO included a few other hidden fees they consider to be "customary fees just as with any other debit card." XAPO Debit Card Fees. XAPO has been under a lot of PR stress lately as they released the fee schedule from their debit card supplier. On August 4th, XAPO posted an update on their news feed which stated....
‘Bitcoin Bank’ Xapo has still not completed its move to Switzerland more than 18 months after announcing the plan. CEO: Swiss is Best. The company, registered in the Cayman Islands but run out of the US, said that regulatory issues were behind the delays, with Swiss authorities unsure as to how to classify Xapo’s activities. “The regulatory environment for Bitcoin in Switzerland is very advanced, perhaps the best in the world,” CEO Wences Casares previously told local news publication Finanz Und Wirtschaft. As 2016 draws to a close, however, a sense of irony is beginning to creep in. In a....
Crypto experts on The Rock of Gibraltar shed light on the crypto-friendly jurisdiction; it could explain why Binance is now recruiting on the British Overseas Territory. Gibraltar's 6.8km2 territory houses 35,000 people and several large international crypto companies. The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, ruled by the United Kingdom and an important gateway to Europe, is an attractive jurisdiction for distributed ledger technologies (DLT) or simply crypto.The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, is now hiring for four roles in the “Rock of Gibraltar,” up from two roles....
If you're a Xapo user, you may have received an email last night from the company with a nice little announcement. The bitcoin debit card and vault provider announced a little something they're calling Xapo Deposit (perhaps aptly enough), a service that will allow users to acquire bitcoin on the Xapo platform via wire transfer. The addition of the feature will allow Xapo's users the ability to more easily get their hands on the digital currency, and thus requiring a place to store them (which is good for Xapo). As one might come to expect, the process is really quite simple. To make it....