BitAccess Presenting to Canadian Senate

While Robocoin was this week busy demonstrating their bitoin ATM on Capitol Hill, a similar occurrence is taking place up North in Canada. BitAccess, Canadian bitcoin ATM manufacturer, is demonstrating their kiosk before the Canadian Senate Standing Committee on Banking today. According to Bitcoin Magazine, the company's co-founder Haseeb Awan will be showing off the machine's features and even assisting Senator Irving Gerstein in acquiring some bitcoin of his own. According to Awan, this move is necessary to help lawmakers understand the technology before they try to regulate it. As the....

What is Canada's place in regulating bitcoin? This is the theme running through the Canadian Senate's Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce's study on the use of digital currency. The Bitcoin Strategy Group, BitAccess and CAVirtEx sat before the senators on 9th April to demonstrate how bitcoin is purchased and stored. Their representation marks the first presence of bitcoiners in the Senate sphere. The Canadian Senate has already heard from the Bank of Canada, the Department of Finance, economic historians and other academics. On Thursday, April 10th, the committee will hear....

Canada's Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce is set to meet today (9th April) as part of a hearing that will aim to study the use of digital currency and feature notable members of the local community. In attendance will be Haseeb Awan, co-founder of bitcoin ATM provider BitAccess. Joseph David, CEO of Calgary-based digital currency exchange CaVirtex; and Kyle Kemper and Victoria van Eyk, partners at Bitcoin Strategy Group, an organisation dedicated toward helping Canada's bitcoin businesses develop their public image. The in-person meeting is meant to educate the Senate....

Bitcoin ATM manufacturer BitAccess has in a recent announcement revealed that the cryptocurrency can be purchased across 6,000 retail storefronts in Canada, via a Flexepin voucher that works similar to a gift card. Ottawa-based Canadian bitcoin ATM developer BitAccess has revealed that the cryptocurrency will be available for purchasing at 6,000 Canadian retail locations, via a ‘Flexipin’ voucher. The voucher can be purchased via a payment card or by cash and works like a gift card. The voucher will be made available to shoppers across Canada and can be bought from a store cashier.....

Canadian BTM startup BitAccess has revealed a method for purchasing bitcoins without waiting for transactions to be confirmed. The tool, called BitAccess Cash, uses the company’s international network of BTMs to allow users to ‘cash out’ instantly once payment has been sent using a dedicated app. BitAccess, which recently published an investigation on....