Mycelium Gets Suspended: Bitcoin Wallet Removed from Google Play Store
Digital wallet provider Mycelium has had its popular bitcoin wallet suspended from the Google Play store following a violation of the Google Play content policy. Google informed the app administrators of the reason behind the suspension: "REASON FOR SUSPENSION: Violation of the paid and free provision of the Content Policy and section 3.5 of the Developer Distribution Agreement. Please refer to the Third Party Payments help center article for more information." Section 3.5 of that agreement reads: "If the product is free, you will not be charged a transaction fee. You may not start....
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