CoinJar Returns to Apple App Store With Features Restored
Australia-based bitcoin wallet and exchange provider CoinJar has announced that its iOS app is now available for iPhone users in the UK and Australia. The news follows the Cupertino, California, company's surprise App Store policy update issued 2nd June, which indicated that apps could facilitate the transmission of "approved" virtual currencies provided they did so in accordance with state and federal laws. Despite the widespread enthusiasm that followed the announcement, it remains unclear to many in the bitcoin community as to what exactly the policy change means for bitcoin and other....
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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....
Historically, Apple and cryptocurrency have had a contentious relationship, largely because Apple refused to allow the development of any iPhone apps that enabled the transmission of cryptocurrency. However, Apple recently revised their app development guidelines, which gave iPhone owners hope that they would once again be able to download popular mobile wallets like Coinbase and Blockchain. Though only Apple only just announced the guideline changes, developers are already resubmitting their mobile wallets to Apple for approval. The first mobile wallet to appear on the App Store belongs....
Popular DeFi wallet MetaMask, with 21 million monthly users, was pulled off the Apple App Store for a few hours on Saturday. Although the crypto wallet app has now been restored, there has been no official explanation of the reason behind this incident. Related Reading: Security Firm Warns Of Telegram Bot Token Risks As Wallet […]
Apple has removed the Blockchain wallet app from its iOS App Stores, leaving iPhone and iPad users with no native bitcoin wallet options for their devices. Apple offered no explanation for the action and no option to appeal, other than saying the removal was due to "an unresolved issue". The Cupertino company's move did not come as a complete surprise, as Apple had previously banned bitcoin wallet apps Coinbase and CoinJar, and insisted encrypted messaging app Gliph remove an option that allowed users to send bitcoin. CoinJar is still available for download on the local Australian App....
Good news, iPhone owners! Now that Apple has revised its App Store Review Guidelines to allow apps that “facilitate transmission of approved virtual currencies,” more and more bitcoin wallets are popping up on the App Store. CoinJar was the first app to reemerge and just recently, the open source Coin Pocket was approved for App Store distribution. But it’s not going to stop there. A brand new, iOS 7-style Blockchain app is being developed and could be released very soon. A few hours ago, Blockchain’s CEO posted this tweet with a screenshot of the new app: The Bumpy Road to the App Store.....