Canadian Exchange CAVIRTEX to Launch Bitcoin ATMs Across Canada
Canadian digital currency exchange CAVIRTEX has announced plans to relaunch a balance deposit feature and establish a new network of branded ATMs. The company revealed the plans in a 1st May message to customers, outlining a number of future services improvements, which include a new trading API and merchant user interface. CoinDesk spoke with CAVIRTEX business development manager Reed Holmes, who framed the choice to relaunch the bill deposit option as a bid to make it easier for people to move their money into the marketplace: "We're very excited to offer this service again. We feel like....
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Canadians can now trade Litecoin at VirtEx. Here's some awesome news for Canadians. VirtEx, Canada's first and largest Bitcoin exchange just started accepting Litecoin for LTC/CAD (Canadian dollars) and BTC/LTC trading. Our site will be going down at 9:30am(MST) for approximately 2 hours to upgrade and launch LTC/CAD and BTC/LTC trading!!! - CaVirtex (@cavirtex) February 19, 2014. While VirtEx is a relatively small exchange when compared to the likes of Mt. Gox and Bitstamp, it's the most widely-used exchange in Canada and has generally positive reviews. "I'm Canadian and a big fan of....
Canadian digital currency exchange CaVirtex is reportedly planning to launch a network of bitcoin ATMs across Canada. The news comes along with plans to re-introduce a balance deposit feature, a new trading API, and a new merchant user interface. Details with regard to the program are very much under wraps at this juncture, with the company's business development manager Reed Holmes telling CoinDesk that the exchange is looking into the idea and formulating how such a network would be formed: There are a lot of different moving parts there - who's going to be operation, where are they....
Canadian bitcoin exchange CAVIRTEX is looking to get into the bitcoin ATM space. We already had an indication of this happening, when the exchange teased a picture of a line of BitAccess ATMs in a warehouse at the end of July. At the time, we didn't have a whole lot of information, but we're learning that at least six of the machines have launched today, and another four will be launching shortly. It effectively makes Canada the country with the most bitcoin ATMs in the world, beginning with the first two-way ATM installed by Las Vegas-based Robocoin last year in a downtown Vancouver....