China App Store Bans Wiper Messaging After It Adds Bitcoin Functionality

China App Store Bans Wiper Messaging After It Adds Bitcoin Functionality

China's App Store has banned Wiper, the mobile messaging service that allows users to delete messages, after it added the ability to send bitcoin. Wiper announced its bitcoin functionality slightly more than a month ago. "We were removed from the iOS online app store in China due to violating that app store's policies." Manlio Carelli, Wiper's CEO, told CCN. "A rep from Apple explained to us by phone that this violation was related to Wiper enabling bitcoin payments." Wiper contacted Apple after receiving a removal notice through its iTunes Connect developer account. "We received a very....


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