Bitcoin Market Aimed at College Students, CoinBase Bitcoin Give Away

Question: How do you introduce people to something new and make sure they use it in the future? Answer: Catch them young and give them a reason to use it. Guess who got it right, Coinbase. The leading North American bitcoin wallet company with its base in San Francisco, California did it last year by introducing its wallet to students. Coinbase gave away free bitcoin to over 20,000 college students. All the students got $10 worth of bitcoin in their Coinbase wallet after they signed up on Coinbase platform. In order to avail the offer, students were required to sign up using their .edu....

MIT students aren't the only ones who are getting their paws on free bitcoins. Coinbase announced on Wednesday that for a limited time, they'll be giving away $10 worth of bitcoin to college students who create a new Coinbase account with a valid .edu email address. The offer applies to universities around the world (not just in the United States), and Coinbase says they've done well to include the top 500 universities around the globe. "We believe that getting more young scholars thinking about and transacting in bitcoin will help spur the growth of the ecosystem and contribute to the....

Bitcoin digital wallet and payment processor Coinbase has announced a unique bitcoin giveaway aimed at college students. The company says it is handing out $10-worth of bitcoin to students who create a new Coinbase account using approved .edu email addresses. The giveaway kicked off a few days ago and Coinbase says interest is "impressive". The company published a leaderboard on its blog, featuring the most popular university domains so far: University of Illinois is in the lead, with 496 students signing up using illinois.edu email addresses. Bitcoin loving Texans rank second, with 290....

Coinbase, a San Francisco company created to act as a wallet and platform in which merchants and customers can "transact" with bitcoin, is now offering the digital currency to students. CyptoCoins News reports that any student that signs up for Coinbase will receive $10 worth of bitcoin. Students must verify enrollment by signing up with an email domain ending in "edu." Fred Ehrsam, who founded Coinbase in 2012, used Twitter to announce the limited time offer, which according to Ehrsam's social media account, is currently only "enabled for a small handful of .edus at the moment." He has....

Coinbase has already handed out free bitcoin to over 20,000 students as part of its college bitcoin giveaway, the company says. The bitcoin wallet and payments provider launched the scheme on 14th May, giving students who sign up the equivalent of $10 in bitcoin. Not all students are eligible, however - only those with .edu addresses can apply and a limited number of universities can participate. CoinBase says it tried to include the top 500 universities worldwide. The promotion was inspired by a similar project launched by two MIT students last month. The MIT giveaway, or 'airdrop', is....