Bittylicious Adds Visa and MasterCard Credit Card Support
UK-based bitcoin buying and selling service Bittylicious has announced that EU citizens can now use Visa and MasterCard credit and debit cards to buy BTC via its platform. Launched in June 2013, Bittylicious quickly grew in popularity among UK bitcoin users due to the difficulty posed by trading through popular international bitcoin exchanges. Marc Warne, founder and director of Bittylicious, framed the new service as an extension of Bittylicious' goal of improving the experience of site users, saying: "Bittylicious is designed to make the Bitcoin buying process as simple as possible, so....
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