CoinJar Q&A: "Bitcoin represents the power of choice"
Asher Tan tells us what makes his company - CoinJar - different to other bitcoin wallets and what he believes is the biggest challenge for the digital currency. CD: Why did you decide to set up CoinJar? AT: I've been working on startup projects for about a year. As much as I would like to take credit for forming the CoinJar team, it really formed itself. All three members were keen to work with each other in one way or another, and bitcoin was the common denominator among us. Getting accepted in the AngelCube venture accelerator program gave us a great reason to leave our former jobs and....
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Australia's CoinJar has announced pricing for its new 'Swipe' debit cards, which allow users to load and spend funds from their bitcoin balances at any business in Australia's widespread EFTPOS electronic debit network. CoinJar, which launched the trial of its regional-first card product last week, is promising "no activation fees, no load fees, no conversion rates (subject to CoinJar Fair Rate policy), [and] no inactivity fees". Users will still face some costs, however. Ordering the card initially costs AUD$29 ($26). Additionally, cash withdrawals from ATMs on Australia's 'Redi-ATM'....
CoinJar has clarified that only the iOS version of its new app is available today. Anglo-Australian bitcoin exchange CoinJar has released a new mobile app, now called 'CoinJar Touch', saying new user-friendly features will speed up bitcoin payments and attract new users to digital currency. CoinJar's Samuel Tate said the new app is in response to user requests for transfer in and out of bitcoin on its exchange "on-the-go", and to manage their payments and contacts lists with greater ease. Users can send instantaneous payments to other CoinJar accounts by using Twitter-style user names....
Australian bitcoin exchange CoinJar has for a while had their wallet application up-for-grabs on Apple's iOS App Store. Interestingly so, because most of its competitors' apps with similar (if not the same) functionality had already been removed for violating Apple's money-transmitting policy. But not CoinJar, their resilient little app became the lone soldier on a battleground. But no longer, it appears. CoinJar today announced their application will be pulled from the iOS App Store by the end of this week. Apple reportedly gave CoinJar an ultimatum: remove the receive and transmitting....
Admittedly, yes, it is a slow news day. Let's get that out of the way. But potentially of interest to our readers from the land down under is Australian bitcoin company CoinJar's new invite-a-friend program. It's exactly as it sounds: any CoinJar users who gets a friend signed up and 'identified' (which we assume to be verified), CoinJar will pay out $5 to each of the parties involved. The way it works, according to today's CoinJar blog post, involves the already-joined user heading up to the 'Filler' section of the CoinJar site where they would ordinarily go to buy bitcoin. In the lower....
CoinJar officially announced that they had incorporated as a UK company and would be relocating. Although their company will move, a strong presence will remain in Melbourne. This group will focus on continuing Bitcoin education, setting up meetup groups and interacting with customers. The UK has exempted digital currency trading from value added tax (VAT). CoinJar relocates and cites the alleviation of Australia's 10% Goods and Services Tax (GST) as the catalyst for change. This announcement coincides with CoinJar's online wallet revamp. CoinJar offers services to manage online finances.....